Hickory Tavern Reviews

3.5

74% would recommend to a friend

(189 total reviews)

Paul Baldasaro

63% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Hickory Tavern has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 189 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hickory Tavern employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants and food service industry (3.7 stars).

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189 reviews
1.0
20 Sept 2019

RUN!!!!

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Pros

About 80% of the hourly employees, that’s the only pro I can come up with.

Cons

They hire people from the outsidethat don’t know the brand, and have not a clue how to actually manage people. They don’t want to move anyone up inside the company, or pay them decent in the positions that their in. One of the newest mangers can read, spell, or do anything admin related. There’s been multiple attempts to initiate some sort of change, but it never happens. Just a bunch of broken promises that are never fulfilled. No quality of life, no bonuses, training is weak, corporate doesn’t care about anything involving this particular location, there’s no incentive of recognition for the 14-16 hour days your required to work. The philosophy “your favorite place to work” is absolute comedy.. it was the worst and most miserable job I’ve ever had. Never did I feel welcome, cared for or important from any member of management or the corporate office.

3.0
27 Apr 2016

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Pros

You get to know a lot of the managers from all the locations since they always alternate management.

Cons

They will work you like a dog. Corporate does not care about their servers at all. There is no gratuity and the tip out is questionable but none of the managers can't give you an answer as to where the money is going. If you are a server they will not move you behind the bar. However, many people move up to manager positions. It is a boys club of a company and women have to work harder to be seen as management material.

1.0
11 Sept 2019
Recommend
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Pros

$ is better than local competition

Cons

Everything else. Expect you to work short staffed and do your job and everyone else while talking to every single customer and hitting their secret shopper key points while also cooking, washing dishes, doing schedules, fixing the broken restaurant and working 16-18 hour days on 4 hours sleep.

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