Tao Group Reviews

3.3

46% would recommend to a friend

(402 total reviews)
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Jason Strauss

50% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Tao Group has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 402 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Tao Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants and food service industry (3.7 stars).

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402 reviews
1.0
20 Sept 2023
Recommend
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Pros

In general, a nice opportunity and what would have been a fair compensation if hours were as per contract.

Cons

- abuse of power by the upper management, especially from the Director level + - inappropriate approach to work/life balance with expectation to pull 90h a week with no support processes in place - dismissive and poor communication style between upper management and middle management structures - lack of standard operating processes for joint venture projects - probation period with 150%-200% utilisation resulting in termination of employment without any probation monitoring and active feedback - dismissal process lacking any foundation - lack of support for delivery of staff training for new restaurant opening in hostile conditions (massive delays based on venture partner’s timeline, lack of training space, lack of upper management intervention)

3.0
20 Nov 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I worked with really lovely people who made shifts go by easy

Cons

I was asked to train runners on how to steam milk and pull shots "in case I was sick or away". I was made redundant a month later.

1.0
9 Feb 2025

Lied about used holidays

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nothing that strikes me as worth mentioning.

Cons

Years ago I took a job at one of their restaurants but quickly realised the culture is very toxic and decided to leave after 3 months. They deducted a few hundred quid from my payslip, stating I have used annual leave which I never actually did. I was young and naive back then and tried to dispute this, however, they left my emails ignored to this day. Well, it's never too late to leave a review, practices like this should be stopped and companies allowing this to happen have to be penalised harshly. My advice, find a better place to go to work if you want to be paid fairly even when you decide to leave.

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