Golden Corral reviews

3.6

57% would recommend to a friend

(1,335 total reviews)
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67% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Golden Corral has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,335 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Golden Corral employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Food Service industry (3.4 stars).

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1K reviews
2.0
Jun 23, 2014

Sometimes good, oftentimes bad.

Recommend
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Pros

Co-workers are friendly, customers are generally nice people. The work keeps you busy and occupied, so the day goes by quickly. Nice starting salary. Good hours in the bakery. If you work well, you may get a $0.25 raise every 6 months or so.

Cons

Understaffed. Sometimes they would work one person alone in the bakery on a Saturday night and none of the managers would ever help. Poor management. Difficult to finish prep and stock the buffet by yourself. Always walking on eggshells with the GM, no matter what you do. I've had to work 12 hour shifts before without ever getting a break. Labor costs outweigh wellbeing of the restaurant--sometimes, when productivity levels are low, they cut a lot of hours and send people home early, which hurts everyone.

3.0
Jun 23, 2014

Great Work for starters

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome Co-workers, and easy work (unless you are a server)

Cons

If you are a waiter/waitress the pay will be inconsistant

3.0
Jun 20, 2014

Its been good.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The money is good, and fun environment.

Cons

The job is hard on your body over the years. Its also not guaranteed money, and not a career.

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