Black Bear Diner Environment Employee Reviews | Comparably
Black Bear Diner Claimed Company
Black Bear Diner is a restaurant chain in the western United States which serves homestyle and "old-fashioned" comfort foods.Black Bear decor has a rustic motif with "over-the-top bear paraphernalia". It offers family meals such as breakfast, burgers, salads, and shakes. Baked goods prepared on site are offered, and some locations offer alcohol sales. read more
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PARTICIPANTS
284
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2340
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Black Bear Diner Environment Employee Reviews

What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?

Those that are actually there with the pride for what they do, make it postive

Review from Operations Dept

The staff is mostly respectful to others, and the guest.

The staff. They were all great.

Review from Customer Support Dept

Servers are friendly and some of the prep cooks are nice.

Our guest and coworkers are the only positive thing about our environment

I like my regulars who come in to see me and treat me like a human.

Everybody works as a team

Review from Operations Dept

The guest are the most positive I love to serve them smile.

There isnt much positive to say

The other managers on duty that do try to help us

My customers and the people I work with. We are a team.

There is a no judgement feeling all throughout

Coworkers that work as a team

Clean nice to work for

Everyone I work with is very friendly the cooks are so so. My issue is I went in for a job was promised a full-time position but yet cut me whenever they decide. So it's not like I feel that secure in this company. When you make your workers happy they make their customers happy. It shows

Review from Sales Dept

We get our job done

Waiters are nice. Everyone in the kitchen is awful.

Review from Product Dept

When we are busy and it's a team effort to bring hot food and fast service to the guest.

General manager is almost always in a good mood

The servers are great and efficient

What needs to change to make the company culture better?

Empathize with others who leave so much indifference.

Empathy, and working together as a team to get everything done ...at the end of the day a restaurant is only as good as it's employees ...

Better group of people that actually care

The managers need to put in their place

Review from Customer Support Dept

New management. Start from the top and work down.

Review from Sales Dept

This black bear diner needs new management.

Review Sentiment at Black Bear Diner

58
58%
42
42%

About Black Bear Diner's Environment

C-
64/100

Where This Score Ranks Black Bear Diner's Environment

BOTTOM
35%

In the Bottom 35% of 2025 similar size companies on Comparably

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Not enough ratings to compare against companies in metro

4th

4th place versus 3 competitors rated on Comparably

The environment at Black Bear Diner is considered positive by 26% of employees and regarded as having a “comfortably fast” work pace by 41 employees. Black Bear Diner ranks in the Bottom 35% of 2025 similar sized companies (1,001-5,000 Employees) on Comparably.

Rate Environment the Highest

  • Ethnicity - Hispanic or Latino
    +11%
  • Experience - 6 to 10 Years
    +9%
  • Gender - Male
    +9%

Rate Environment the Lowest

  • Ethnicity - Other
    -11%
  • Department - Product
    -7%
  • Department - Sales
    -7%

How Black Bear Diner's Environment Score is Calculated

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Results from 100 Employees in All Departments, All Genders, All Ethnicities and All Yrs. Experience Experience

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7 or less59%
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More than 123%
On average, how many hours do you work a day?
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Extremely fast22%
Comfortably fast41%
Moderate27%
A bit slow6%
Bureaucratic4%
What's the work pace at your company?
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Positive26%
Negative74%
Is your work environment positive or negative?
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Yes0%
No0%
Does someone you work with closely, make you want to quit your job?
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Yes0%
No0%
Do you have a close friend at work?
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5% or Less0%
5-10%0%
10-25%0%
25-50%0%
50%+0%
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