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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1.0
Apr 29, 2014

An in-between-jobs job

Recommend
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Pros

The pay was fair and the managers generally worked with me on scheduling. The food was well made and the building was clean. We were allowed a meal a day (dine-in, no taking food home) but we had to pay $3/week out of our paychecks (which isn't so bad.) The work itself was easy and they days went by fast enough.

Cons

The waitstaff were difficult to work with; very gossipy and catty. Management generally allowed any infighting as long as it didn't affect the customers. Pay was every other Thursday.

1.0
Apr 23, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Employees are congenial even thru all the trials they face with management

Cons

Favoritism on the part of management to "certain customers" with minor complaints so they get free meals and then the cust gets really friendly with one manager inparticular, expects employees with family to work on Christmas, "walmart" mentality, and don't mention you're pregnant...they will cut your hours to force you out without having to pay for unemployment

3.0
Apr 15, 2014

not too much to say

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

no pros to say, you work you butt off

Cons

managers are bad, work a lot of hrs no breaks

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