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DismissYoungs is a pub chain. Most of their locations are in London and South East England.
youngs.co.ukYoungs job reviews
Showing 38 reviews
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Best thing
The staff are friendly
Worst thing
Overworked, and stressed
Youngs Sous chef, February 2024
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Best thing
some of the people i work with, the tip system is good but only if you work on the floor
Worst thing
the general manager isn’t great, doesn’t set a good example, doesn’t always do their fair share of work
Youngs Front of house staff, February 2024
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Best thing
Team members are really cool and easy to get along with
Worst thing
It’s either Very busy so u don’t have time to think or Very dead and u get bored NO INVETWEEN!
Youngs Employee, January 2024
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Best thing
The investment that Young's did and does for my career as a Chef.
Feeling satisfied with my job and seeing costumers appreciation the work done.Worst thing
Having to work long shifts, specially on the weekends when those are the busiest days.
Youngs Sous chef, December 2023
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Best thing
Providing customer service and interacting with people.
Worst thing
Tough to get off days you want as they tend to be the busiest for the pub industry
Youngs Deputy manager, December 2023
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Best thing
They pay
Worst thing
Lack of respect
Youngs Sous chef, November 2023
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Best thing
Flexible work schedule, interesting customers, and a great team to work with.
Worst thing
The best and worst thing about any service job is always the customers.
Youngs Assistant manager, October 2023
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Best thing
Can book leave on request
Day of request taken into account
Short commute
Friendly staff
Paid overtimeWorst thing
Hours
Youngs Sous chef, October 2023
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Best thing
The people I work with
Worst thing
The long hours, not always having proper breaks as we're not enough people, no training on how to deal with drunk/disorderly people
Youngs Supervisor, September 2023
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Best thing
Service charge
Worst thing
No service charge for holiday, having to use holidays days if sick, no raises in over a year
Youngs Chef de partie, August 2023
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Best thing
social element
Worst thing
pay, long hours and short breaks
Youngs Supervisor, July 2023
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Best thing
Community
Worst thing
Out of touch head office
Youngs General manager, June 2023
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Best thing
Flexible hours when arranged in advance;
Decent service charge unless in quiet times of the year;
Staff food for free.Worst thing
Disrespectful management at times (little consideration of employees personal lives);
Inequality and favouritism from management;
Resistance to taking time off when you're sick. It should just be understood without too many questions subtle requests to work;
Sometimes very overwhelming stress as a supervisor when working with untrained staff, over-booked pub and lakc of communication about what's going on from management;
Unreliable and inconsistency in management at times;
Often just expected to just get on with what feel like marching orders.
Granted this is not in all youngs pubsYoungs Supervisor, June 2023
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Best thing
People I work with
Worst thing
Lack of management that care.
Youngs Kitchen assistant, June 2023
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Best thing
My breaks and days off
Worst thing
Getting paid a kitchen assistant wage and doing a Chef De Partie's job
Youngs Kitchen assistant, June 2023
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Best thing
The one person I like working with
Worst thing
Management is messy and disorganised. Managers are also very judgmental and have favourites. They are passive aggressive and don’t speak to you if they have a problem but instead reduce your hours. Micromanaging. I am told I’m not allowed to talk to customers/have a friendly conversation.
Youngs Waitress, May 2023
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Best thing
The co workers
Worst thing
Management, overly controlling management, 2 days notice for the following weeks rota, staff turn around is insane, controlling environment
Youngs Team leader, May 2023
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Best thing
Money
Worst thing
You get treated less than human, you are used and never promoted
Youngs Bartender, April 2023
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Best thing
You meet some nice people on the way
Worst thing
No social life
No good benefits
No room for progression
Underpaid over worked
I'm lucky if I get one proper day offYoungs Team leader, April 2023
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Best thing
The team
Worst thing
The manager and customers
Youngs Front of house, April 2023
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Best thing
Good people to work wjth
Worst thing
Such little care from those above, they have little to no understanding of what the job actually entails and therefore doesn’t give us what we truly need nor listen to our co verbs
Youngs Employee, April 2023
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Best thing
Always a lot going on, keeps me on my toes, not boring.
Worst thing
Unsociable hours, it takes up most of my life, often miss out on plans that friends and family make.
Youngs Employee, March 2023
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Best thing
Free food
Decide your own hoursWorst thing
Busy stressful evenings
Youngs Bartender, March 2023
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Best thing
Nice view of a historic London landmark. Decent salary. Good team.
Worst thing
Travel. Building size.
Youngs Employee, January 2023
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Best thing
People
Worst thing
The actual work is hard
Youngs Kitchen assistant, December 2022
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Best thing
Great place to make friends
Lovely co workers
Productive workWorst thing
Hours
Assistant manager acting more than their roleYoungs Floor staff, December 2022
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Best thing
the team
Worst thing
the late hours and minimum wage. getting home at 1am everyday
Youngs Team member, September 2022
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Best thing
The people make it feel like a family
Worst thing
Always busy
Youngs Commis chef, September 2022
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Best thing
Easy work
Worst thing
Managers can be difficult to work with at times.
Youngs Production operative, August 2022
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Best thing
The staff
Worst thing
The customers and managers
Youngs Employee, August 2022
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Best thing
Meeting people and socialising with people
Worst thing
The lack of respect from supervisors and managers. The length between breaks. Getting messed around with hours to save labour. Constant stress. Understaffed constantly.
Youngs Bartender, August 2022
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Best thing
It's the career I've chosen and I like it in general
Worst thing
Management are too preoccupied with doing "grunt work" to care about how staff are doing or to even offer breaks. Sometimes even during a 10+ hour shift you have to beg for a 5 minute sit down
Youngs Employee, July 2022
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Best thing
-flexable hours
-nearbyWorst thing
-stress
-harrasment from customers and managers
-fatigue
-poor food benifts
-inconsistent acessablity of food
-poor training
-infestationYoungs Floor staff, July 2022
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Best thing
My colleagues and learning
Worst thing
The hours and the stress
Youngs Commis chef, June 2022
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Best thing
There's not many things that are fine. If you get to work with good people then it's bearable to work in the busy pub of Young's company
Worst thing
Hours so long that you break down the next few days. 12 or 13 hour shifts without proper breaks and breaks are not paid and you need to pay for the food at work although you get a discount. Holidays are really hard to get. Managers can be so focused on earning money thru you that the often push you to a breaking point just because they don't care about your mental or physical health. When you call in sick you are always guilt tripped. And when you have days off they always call you in to cover someone. Hourly pay is always a minimum wage and it's incredibly hard to progress because all the managers hate competition and will do insane things just to keep you away from progressing.
When you get break finally they often don't let you have the entire break and they tell you they need you to be back way to sooner than your break finishes.Youngs Front of house, March 2022
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Best thing
Pubs can be sociable and entertaining environments, the team is on the whole supportive and pleasant.
Worst thing
Lack of clarity on hours, less than legal minimum of breaks, often long hours and often understaffed. Necessary equipment such as card machines and tablets often not working correctly.
Youngs Team member, June 2021
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Best thing
The people are nice, the hours are fine.
Worst thing
We are either over staffed loads or very understaffed
Youngs Team member, January 2021
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Best thing
People are ok to work with
Worst thing
Lack of ambition
Youngs Factory opp, June 2020