Is Doherty Enterprises a good company to work for?

Doherty Enterprises has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 264 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 86% of employees would recommend working at Doherty Enterprises to a friend and 72% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Doherty Enterprises have been left by employees working as Assistant Manager , Manager and General Manager .

Does Doherty Enterprises pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Doherty Enterprises employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Doherty Enterprises. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Doherty Enterprises?

86% of Doherty Enterprises employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Doherty Enterprises 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 4.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Doherty Enterprises?

Manager (32) , Assistant Manager (24) , General Manager (20) , Server (11) , Restaurant Manager (6) , Server/Bartender (5) , Kitchen Manager (4) , Human Resources (3) , Manager In Training (MIT) (3) , Manager-In-Training (3) , Senior Manager (3) , AGM (2) , Associate (2) , Bar Manager (2) , Bartender (2)

What are the pros of working at Doherty Enterprises according to real employee reviews?

"Engaging with guest, helping the community, good benefits, advance in other positions" ((in 17 reviews)); "People are great" ((in 12 reviews)); "The home office staff is friendly and helpful." ((in 9 reviews)); "good culture." ((in 9 reviews)); "Coworkers are friendly" ((in 8 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Doherty Enterprises according to real employee reviews?

"The pay was awful and mistakes were made frequently, which resulted in getting shorted on money." ((in 12 reviews)); "poor management with applebee's" ((in 11 reviews)); "This is especially concerning after I heard myself another manager say a staff member tested positive but to not say anything to anyone." ((in 8 reviews)); "long hours and late nights" ((in 7 reviews)); "Upper management completely disconnected, they set goals with no idea how difficult it is to attain them in the modern restaurant industry." ((in 5 reviews))

What Doherty Enterprises locations have received the highest employee ratings?

New York , Allendale , Clifton , Garden City , Jacksonville

Doherty Enterprises reviews

4.3

86% would recommend to a friend

(244 total reviews)

Ed Doherty

96% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Culture & values

4.3

Senior management

4.2

Career opportunities

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Work/Life balance

Doherty Enterprises has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 244 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Doherty Enterprises employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Food Service industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

244 reviews

1.0

Jun 28, 2016

Corporate culture; cast system strictly enforced

Prep cook

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The perfect place to work if you're a masochist. Great place to meet your next drug dealer. You can drink on the job without issue; no harm no foul drug use policy.

Cons

Safety is secondary. The cast system is strictly enforced. Management is treated well. Everyone else are treated as peasantry. You are replaceable & treated accordingly. Slave wage.

Doherty Enterprises Response

9y

We appreciate your feedback, and sorry you had a bad experience. We’ve been in business over 30 years and provide jobs to over 12,000 employees, we strive to create the best working environment for everyone as well provide an open door and a dedicated resolve it phone number to all of our employees to speak with our HR department for any circumstance. To address some of your comments, we have strict policies and procedures in place regarding these concerns and we take them seriously. Regarding wage, we do not pay less than the Federal/State minimum and in most of our locations we do pay higher than the Federal/State minimum wage, we also offer a ton of opportunity for employees to grow with us and more than 20% of our hourly workforce have been promoted to a management position each and every year and along with those promotions are merit increases. I would like to learn more details about your comments and be able to address them. Please contact me at your convenience. Sincerely, Joanne Shannon JShannon@dohertyinc.com

4.0

Jun 26, 2016

Associate Manager

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

One of the largest restaurant groups in the US. They know what they are doing..and expect results. Plenty of coaching and development for management, including big trips for all the management in the area - good culture.

Cons

Sometimes you do not have the tools you need. They expect you to get things done without providing the necessary things - money, labor, tools, etc

Doherty Enterprises Response

9y

Thanks for your feedback, we appreciate hearing from our employees so we can continue to make Doherty a great place to work. We do recognize its takes hard work and dedication to work in the restaurant industry and we as you noted, reward that hard work and dedication with management outings/trips and trainer outings, to show our appreciation. I wish you provided more specifics regarding tools, we do have a great R&M department and invest in many products to allow our teams to perform successfully. Thanks again for your review, your feedback is much appreciated.

2.0

Jun 15, 2016

Panera Bread Associate

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible when setting up a work schedule

Cons

employee discount has been reduced no opportunity for advancement or pay increase

Doherty Enterprises Response

9y

Thank you for your review. I was very happy to hear that you appreciate the flexible work schedules Panera provides. We strive to offer a great place to work along with flexible hours because while we do want to be a part of your life, we believe in work/life balance. In fact, 'being balanced' is one of our company values as well as a place that offers lots of room to grow, so when I saw your comment about no opportunities I wanted to respond to you. I'm sorry that you feel we did not meet your expectations with this one and wanted to make sure you knew of all the possibilities we have to grow and earn a pay increase as you advance to the next level. From an Associate you can work towards becoming a Certified Trainer, not only assisting with training new bread heads within your own cafe but also for new store openings, we also offer advancement opportunities to become zone leaders, shift supervisors and managers too! In fact some of our Area Directors who oversee multiple locations started with us as Hourly team members! Now I realize that may not be the path you are looking for but I invite you to contact me so that we can discuss the opportunity you are looking for and I can point you in the right direction in getting there. Please email me at JShannon@dohertyinc.com Warm Regards-Jo

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