Whitbread Reviews

Pros

Great culture excellent ceo and leadership

Cons

Good culture and great people

Advice to Management

Continue to focus on growth and customers

Pros

Good company to work for

Cons

Sometimes it can be very busy

Pros

Great for progression and team members usually get on

Cons

Once you hit team leader difficult to get to next step

Advice to Management

Employ more staff

Pros

Lots of opportunities for promotion within the company if you work hard and suck up to the right people.

Cons

Managers are rude to you and you barely receive breaks on long shifts that end the next morning often.

Advice to Management

Realise that staff are people as well and appreciate being spoken to with respect after working hard non stop for long hours

Pros

Ok people and benefits. If you are the type who never questions anything you will be set.

Cons

Badly organised and messy. Inconsistent layers all over the place. Outdated attitudes and ways of working. Very slow and very hard work. Blame culture. Very resistant to change. This is somewhere where you don’t question things or upset the apple cart in any way. People get on by saying yes especially to the most senior people.

Advice to Management

Overhaul of culture and general modernisation is needed. Far too many people at the most senior levels fit a mould so there is no new thinking or drive to change. No one dares to be different and that’s a bad thing. A company outdated but refusing to change = going the way of the dodo

Pros

Friendly and you get very good discounts

Cons

Not the best culture despite friendly people. Many leaders tend to be very hierarchical and set the tone for that way of working. They focus on looking good to people above them rather than helping the teams. Politics can be bad. Especially people who’ve been with the company a long time. They say one thing to your face and do another behind your back.

Advice to Management

Train all managers of people so they understand how to treat, manage and support people. More supportive and encouraging conversations would be good. Discourage politics and the behaviour of one view to your face and another behind your back. Things should be discussed openly.

Pros

Good progression when the right general manager is in place Good company discounts Good holiday allowance Meet some great people through conferences/ going to other sites

Cons

Felt pushed out for being female manager Unclear site targets that change so often it’s hard to keep up with Awful work life balance Being told in end of year review what you’ve need to be doing rather than supporting throughout the year- telling team what they should’ve/ could’ve done in advance to achieve results- cuts bonuses. General manager only looks out for himself and his close circle.

Advice to Management

If you’re going to brag about women in high places within whitbread then support them to keep them. Make teams more diverse. Pay people equally for jobs.

Pros

Decent share scheme that you can opt into

Cons

Awful, overworked, understaffed and the quality of the produce is just not up to par.