When Greene King workers have taken our quiz, we will share with you their best things and their worst things about working there.
Area managers treat you as nothing but a number and won't do anything more than they have to to protect their bottom line, they'll throw you under the bus if they have to
Greene King Employee, May 2022
I like my job but there are not really any best parts of it to name
Working 10/11 hour shifts unable to get a break, doing other people's jobs, and a bit of favouritism in the workplace
Greene King Employee, April 2022
Being able to be flexible about what I’m able to do
The long hours starting at 7am and sometimes finishing at 12.30am with an hours break
Greene King Employee, March 2022
The staff are incredible as are most of my customers. It can be a fun job.
Terrible upper management (ivory towers and such).
Head office don't seem to care about customers or the staff, just numbers and branding.
Greene King Employee, March 2022
Fantastic company to work for. Great progression opportunities, work/life balance, great benefits. There’s so much to like about this company
Sometimes labour targets are unrealistic
Greene King Employee, March 2022
-Friends
-Mean customers
-Not a places for 16 year olds
-Not enough training
Greene King Employee, March 2022
Customer interaction and customer service
Poor management and lack of training.
Greene King Employee, March 2022
Consistently high weekly hours for management staff
Aggressive and sometimes violent coworkers; absent and openly uninterested upper management; (understandably) unmotivated team members
Greene King Employee, March 2022
Some of our staff are really nice and chill
I get called in to work on my days off and called in early constantly our bosses boss is way to harsh with management
Greene King Employee, March 2022
The staff
Weekends due to busy hours
Greene King Employee, March 2022
Discounted drinks, chatting to the regulars
Overworked and underpaid, stressful
Greene King Employee, March 2022
The regular customers, glass tetris, live music nights, shorter shifts
Greene King Employee, February 2022
Fun and laughter between staff close family
Greene King Employee, February 2022
great atmosphere and amazing people
Greene King Employee, February 2022
The customer interaction, and sense of community
The management.
Greene King Employee, February 2022
The other staff members
The feeling Of family and belonging
The pay
The customers
Greene King Employee, February 2022
The staff working together
The customers when drunk
Greene King Employee, February 2022
Discount and people I work with
Greene King Employee, February 2022
Team member discount
Long hours, unsatisfactory pay, some managers are rude, head office doesn’t understand what’s going on, area managers don’t care and keep staffing to minimum adding extra stress on regular staff, team leaders and house managers
Greene King Employee, February 2022
Making friends in work, everyone is really nice
When customers complain and sometimes stretched a bit thin on busy days
Greene King Employee, February 2022
Regular guests and certain members of staff are like family
Never enough staff on duty, hrs are controlled by Head Office rather than the Manager.
Greene King Employee, February 2022
Making friends with staff and customers.
Rude customers.
Understaffing.
Unsocial hours
Greene King Employee, February 2022
Discounts
Friendly team
Hard working managers
Greene King Employee, February 2022
Live in, cheap rent
Money isn’t too bad
Minimal privacy,
Little to no notice of change on rota,
Lack of respect for time,
Lack of communication,
Greene King Employee, February 2022
The people I work with
Not getting paid fairly or paid holiday
Greene King Employee, February 2022
Good meeting new people and genuinely a good atmosphere
Rude customers
Greene King Employee, February 2022
The people I work with
My wage
Greene King Employee, February 2022
The other employees
Under staffed days / getting blamed for not taking enough money when it’s not anyone fault
Greene King Employee, February 2022
The staff, not including managers
The managers, and hardly time off you actually want.
Greene King Employee, February 2022
Really good employer, everyone is friendly and good shifts.
Sometimes there's moody/rude customers.
Greene King Employee, February 2022
Great support network of a big company for training and access to resources.
Lack of work life balance
Greene King Employee, February 2022
Being expected to know what you're doing without any training and not being shown where everything is, also working in a toxic work environment.
Greene King Employee, February 2022
Relationship with customers
Head office don't care
Management don't care
Greene King Employee, February 2022
Flexible working hours,
If your team is good it can be fun
Leave with tips each night
Rota changes at the last minute
Difficult to plan things that aren’t holidays such as a day out, concert or family event as you don’t know when you will be off until the week before
Greene King Employee, February 2022
Meeting new people
The managers
Greene King Employee, February 2022
You meet lots of interesting people
Greene King reducing wage budgets
Greene King Employee, January 2022
The lovely regulars
Working behind the bar
Greene King Employee, January 2022
That’s it’s always a laugh when friends are on the same shift
That some mangers just should not be in that role
Greene King Employee, January 2022
The people you work with make it a lot better when on shift
Rude customers and some shifts can be quite stressful
Greene King Employee, December 2021
The flexibility
The people
The stress
Greene King Employee, December 2021
The flexible hours
Low pay and stress
Greene King Employee, December 2021
The customers
Staff you’re on with can be inconsistent, they will make or break your time there
Greene King Employee, December 2021
THe people I work with
Shift being put on schedule last min
Hard to get days off even if asked for weeks in advance
Slow replies to anything
Stay over to finish aster shift is finished
Greene King Employee, December 2021
Management
Colleagues
Customers
The hours
Can be stressful if busy
Short staffed
Managers get pulled away to reception
Expect more of you when tired
Greene King Employee, December 2021
Work colleagues
It's very busy
Greene King Employee, November 2021
Meeting people
Not having enough staff to manage the customers
Greene King Employee, November 2021
People you work with.
Usually the manager and working very hard and getting stressed for literally minimum wage.
Greene King Employee, November 2021
Time goes quickly and I have lots of work mates.
Long hours and high stress environment
Greene King Employee, November 2021
Good people to work with and discounts
Customers lack of empathy
Greene King Employee, October 2021
Building a great team to deliver great customer service
Work life balance can be a struggle
Greene King Employee, October 2021