Incredible Growth Opportunities - Managing Partner Brassica Employee Review

5.0
Dec 3, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

- Intensive, hands on 20 week training program - Talented, supportive and upbeat colleagues - Clear cut systems and expectations - Real opportunities to grow within the company - Great compensation - Quarterly bonuses based on stores success - High energy, high success - Open door policies across the company - High standards for employees resulting in hardworking, detail oriented and fun loving hourly team members Though I have only been here for a short time, I have really come to love my job. It’s incredibly demanding work, but I believe that is what makes it rewarding. Everyday poses a new challenge and a new skill to master, so it is far from boring. As a life time athlete, this job has really found a way to emulate what I loved about competing with a team for a common goal — everyday feels like game day. We grind together and we win together and if we lose, we come together. Each day I leave my shift and feel accomplished because I have done something that not everyone is capable of doing and I do it at the sides of people who want to see me succeed as much as they themselves want to succeed.

Cons

- Minimal time off (3, 7 day vacations a year) - No 401K or retirement plan - If other stores are struggling the burden will be passed to the stronger stores/partners. - Though commonplace for the industry, the stores remain open for most holidays (omitting the major holidays — we usually have the day of off) making it very challenging to make enough time to enjoy family or friends if you are from out of town.

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Brassica Response
1y
Thank you for your thoughtful review! We’re thrilled you value the training, team environment, and growth opportunities at Brassica. Your comparison to a sports team perfectly captures our spirit. We understand the challenges with time off and holiday hours and appreciate your dedication. Thank you for your hard work and leadership!

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5.0
Oct 17, 2025
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Pros

There is plenty of training and clear expectations. They usually staffed us well. Free meal during your shift. The most fun food service job I had.

Cons

There were strict dress code and appearance guidelines (not just for food safety purposes, but limiting the number of earrings we could wear and hair/belt colors).

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Brassica Response
7mo
Thank you for sharing your experience! We’re glad to hear you enjoyed the training, clear expectations, staffing, and shift meals - and that Brassica was a fun place to work while in school.
2.0
Mar 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

They offer a competitive salary

Cons

- No sick time, illness results in resentment as the uncovered shift falls on the shoulders of someone else who had the day off. - Standards are different at every location making it unclear what is right/wrong when being transferred around/asked to cover - There is a salary cap unless you suggest quitting. Pay is inconsistent across the AOO level, some making more than OOs and tenured AOOs making less than brand new AOOs - It is a small company and rely on trickle down communication that often turns into a game of telephone. - Veteran leadership was trained completely differently than new leadership resulting in unclear standards and confusion. - Stores that are improperly staffed use leadership (training or from other stores) as free labor as to avoid upping labor costs, placing more on the middle man. - burnout is treated as a character flaw - areas of responsibility (schedule writing/inventory and COGS/repairs and maintenance) are not taught, just distributed - Being a yes man gets you more hours in unfamiliar understaffed improperly run locations, rather than more compensation. Being inflexible and allows for more work life balance. - Leadership is known to dangle promotion carrots far before it is feasible with unclear timelines and often no clear path - health coverage is mediocre

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