Famous Dave's reviews

3.5

46% would recommend to a friend

(582 total reviews)

Jeffery Crivello

65% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Famous Dave's has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 582 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Famous Dave's 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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582 reviews
2.0
Apr 29, 2014

Not the same old Dave's

Recommend
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Pros

I was a manager there for over 10 years. So that in itself should say alot

Cons

The new CEO even though has increased the stock prices drastically, every one is looking over there shoulder. He has let go the majors of the the Dave's family that built the company to what it is today. He even went as far as to tell the founder Dave Anderson when he would not adhere to the new dress code to take some time off and not come back to office. Which has not been made public, only a inter departmental email to all the stores He is changing the culture of the entire company. He wants to go to a conveyor belt system to cook the food which will cost jobs. He has played with the idea transfering existing stores from full service to fast casuel.... And a lot of other changes that I can't think of at the moment...

2.0
Aug 4, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The food. The place is kept clean. The decor is nice. there really aren't too many nice things about the place. Maybe if I was treated a little bit nicer I'd have alot more things to say.

Cons

being judged personally, being harassed by the co-workers and then told you're the one causing problems when you try to stand up for yourself. working hard and doing all the right things and not getting the recognition for it. I didn't miss a day of work, and the manager made up some excuse to get me out of there. I guess flirting would have helped.

3.0
Sep 30, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Fun teamwork, most of the people are very social and have a team work mentality, if a plate needs to be run they will help you, if you are busy with drinks too, but like I said most of the people, easy menu, the options are really easy to remember and de daily specials too.

Cons

Like most places after COVID they are short in staff, some days can be really busy with big customer partys but the shortage on people makes the work flow get stuck, like always the customers will blame you on things (wait time, quality) and affect your tip.

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