It used to be a great place to work. - Bar Coach The Botanist Employee Review

2.0
28 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

At the start, this company was innovative, felt like a community and had great training plans and progression. There was never one way of doing things. Great for learning hospitality for your first time.

Cons

Now the company has been taken over, the structure has changed drastically. All of the people who made the bar team what it was in head office were made redundant. The new cocktails are now batch-made, you simply pour 50ml and shake. Where's the flair? Where's the fun for the customers? A robot could do it. Management are shockingly bad at communicating, especially with each other. Head office out of touch. No progression anymore, unless you want to be paid 50p above minimum wage for what is effectively a manager job. There is no longer a 50% staff discount on drinks unless you order food and book a table in the restaurant. Where's the incentive to even work for this company?

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5.0
16 Apr 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Easy and fun position, good work environment

Cons

Not many employees so difficult to take time off

2.0
1 Jul 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

25% off wholesale 40% house brand Decent health insurance

Cons

No sense of job security No freedom with scheduling Write ups are consistent Clique-like coworkers No real career path (youre just another body in a retail setting)

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