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Youngs is a pub chain. Most of their locations are in London and South East England.

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Youngs job reviews

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  • Best thing

    The staff are friendly

    Worst thing

    Overworked, and stressed

    2.1

    Youngs Sous chef, February 2024

  • 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

    4.2

    Youngs Front of house staff, February 2024

  • 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!

    7.5

    Youngs Employee, January 2024

  • 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.

    9.4

    Youngs Sous chef, December 2023

  • 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

    4.2

    Youngs Deputy manager, December 2023

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  • Best thing

    They pay

    Worst thing

    Lack of respect

    1.5

    Youngs Sous chef, November 2023

  • 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.

    9.4

    Youngs Assistant manager, October 2023

  • Best thing

    Can book leave on request
    Day of request taken into account
    Short commute
    Friendly staff
    Paid overtime

    Worst thing

    Hours

    9.4

    Youngs Sous chef, October 2023

  • 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

    6.1

    Youngs Supervisor, September 2023

  • Best thing

    Service charge

    Worst thing

    No service charge for holiday, having to use holidays days if sick, no raises in over a year

    2.6

    Youngs Chef de partie, August 2023

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  • Best thing

    social element

    Worst thing

    pay, long hours and short breaks

    8.9

    Youngs Supervisor, July 2023

  • Best thing

    Community

    Worst thing

    Out of touch head office

    5.5

    Youngs General manager, June 2023

  • 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 pubs

    5.0

    Youngs Supervisor, June 2023

  • Best thing

    People I work with

    Worst thing

    Lack of management that care.

    7.8

    Youngs Kitchen assistant, June 2023

  • Best thing

    My breaks and days off

    Worst thing

    Getting paid a kitchen assistant wage and doing a Chef De Partie's job

    2.4

    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.

    2.8

    Youngs Waitress, May 2023

  • 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

    1.2

    Youngs Team leader, May 2023

  • Best thing

    Money

    Worst thing

    You get treated less than human, you are used and never promoted

    2.1

    Youngs Bartender, April 2023

  • 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 off

    3.2

    Youngs Team leader, April 2023

  • Best thing

    The team

    Worst thing

    The manager and customers

    5.0

    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

    2.4

    Youngs Employee, April 2023

  • 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.

    6.0

    Youngs Employee, March 2023

  • Best thing

    Free food
    Decide your own hours

    Worst thing

    Busy stressful evenings

    8.6

    Youngs Bartender, March 2023

  • Best thing

    Nice view of a historic London landmark. Decent salary. Good team.

    Worst thing

    Travel. Building size.

    7.5

    Youngs Employee, January 2023

  • Best thing

    People

    Worst thing

    The actual work is hard

    7.1

    Youngs Kitchen assistant, December 2022

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  • Best thing

    Great place to make friends
    Lovely co workers
    Productive work

    Worst thing

    Hours
    Assistant manager acting more than their role

    4.7

    Youngs Floor staff, December 2022

  • Best thing

    the team

    Worst thing

    the late hours and minimum wage. getting home at 1am everyday

    1.8

    Youngs Team member, September 2022

  • Best thing

    The people make it feel like a family

    Worst thing

    Always busy

    8.2

    Youngs Commis chef, September 2022

  • Best thing

    Easy work

    Worst thing

    Managers can be difficult to work with at times.

    2.1

    Youngs Production operative, August 2022

  • Best thing

    The staff

    Worst thing

    The customers and managers

    1.5

    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.

    1.2

    Youngs Bartender, August 2022

  • 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

    1.1

    Youngs Employee, July 2022

  • Best thing

    -flexable hours
    -nearby

    Worst thing

    -stress
    -harrasment from customers and managers
    -fatigue
    -poor food benifts
    -inconsistent acessablity of food
    -poor training
    -infestation

    1.7

    Youngs Floor staff, July 2022

  • Best thing

    My colleagues and learning

    Worst thing

    The hours and the stress

    2.8

    Youngs Commis chef, June 2022

  • 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.

    1.2

    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.

    1.3

    Youngs Team member, June 2021

  • Best thing

    The people are nice, the hours are fine.

    Worst thing

    We are either over staffed loads or very understaffed

    7.1

    Youngs Team member, January 2021

  • Best thing

    People are ok to work with

    Worst thing

    Lack of ambition

    6.4

    Youngs Factory opp, June 2020