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Blaze Pizza
Blaze Pizza is the leader in the fast-casual artisan pizza category, uses an assembly line format to create pizzas at lightning fast speed. read more
EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
196
TOTAL
RATINGS
1771
Updated on: January 24, 2026

Blaze Pizza Company Culture

Blaze Pizza Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
2.5/5
Blaze Pizza's Overall Culture is rated D

Top Rated Culture Dimensions

Environment
C+
Professional Development
C
Executive Team
D+
Team
D+
CEO Rating
D

Blaze Pizza CEO

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Mandy Shaw Blaze Pizza's CEO
Mandy Shaw
58 /100
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Diversity at Blaze Pizza

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D

Diverse employees at Blaze Pizza have rated Environment, Retention, and Professional Development as the highest categories they have scored

Women at Blaze Pizza

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D

Women at Blaze Pizza have rated Environment, Work Culture, and CEO Rating as the highest categories they have scored

Blaze Pizza eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
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Recommend to a Friend?

-38

Blaze Pizza employees are -38% more likely to recommend Blaze Pizza as a great place to work

23%Promoters
16%Passives
61%Detractors

Working at Blaze Pizza

Working at Blaze Pizza is rated below average by 196 employees, across various culture dimensions. Blaze Pizza employees rate Environment highest among all categories, and think that Perks And Benefits and Outlook have the most room for improvement, putting Blaze Pizza’s culture in the Bottom 15% compared to similar sized companies on Comparably and in the Bottom 15% compared to other companies in Los Angeles. See below in detail how working at Blaze Pizza was rated by employees.

Overall Company Culture at Blaze Pizza

D

Overall Company Culture at Blaze Pizza is rated D

Last updated 4 days ago

Bottom
15%

Blaze Pizza ranks in the Bottom 15% of other companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees for Overall Company Culture Score

Overall Company Culture Score by Department

This graph details how each department scores their Overall Company Culture

Results from 196 Employees

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20
40
60
80
100
Product
85
Product85
Operations
72
Operations72
Sales
48
Sales48

Blaze Pizza Employee Reviews

Out of 224 Blaze Pizza employee reviews, 60% were positive. The remaining 40% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Blaze Pizza improve their work culture.

60%
40%
Positive Reviews60%
Constructive Feedback40%

Positive Reviews From Blaze Pizza Employees

  • What do you like best about the leadership team?
    The communication and friendship within eachother
  • What are some of the best things about your team?
    they are helpful to custmers
  • What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
    The work is alright and coworkers are great
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Constructive Feedback From Blaze Pizza Employees

  • What needs to change to make the company culture better?
    Better management and traing in the staff
  • Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
    A simple thank you would be nice but we dont even get that.
  • Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
    More pay, and better scheduling. Less shifts where we are understaffed.
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Blaze Pizza Company Information

Blaze Pizza Company Overview

Blaze Pizza is the leader in the fast-casual artisan pizza category, uses an assembly line format to create pizzas at lightning fast speed.

Blaze Pizza was founded in 2011 and its current CEO is Mandy Shaw. Since its inception 15 years ago, Blaze Pizza has grown to 1400 employees.

Blaze Pizza Mission, Vision & Values

Blaze Pizza Mission Statement

We believe that each of us can benefit from making smarter decisions about what's in our food, how we treat each other and how we protect this wonderful planet we all share

Blaze Pizza Vision Statement

To start with a core belief that food free from artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives simply tastes better

Blaze Pizza Values

  • Enthusiasm
  • Openness
  • Courage
  • Together
Blaze Pizza Mission, Vision & Values
Headquarter35 N Lake Ave., Suite 710
Pasadena, CA
United States of America
Websiteblazepizza.com/
Founding Date2011
Tel(626)584-5880
Company StatusPrivate

Blaze Pizza Competitors

Blaze Pizza competitors include MOD Pizza and Shake Shack. Blaze Pizza ranks 2nd in Overall Culture Score on Comparably vs its competitors. See below how Blaze Pizza compares to its competitors with CEO Rankings, Product & Services, NPS, Pricing, Customer Services, Overall Culture Score, eNPS, Gender and Diversity Scores.

  1. #1
    MOD Pizza's Logo
    MOD Pizza
    2.8/5
  2. #2
    Blaze Pizza's Logo
    Blaze Pizza
    2.5/5
  3. #3
    Shake Shack's Logo
    Shake Shack
    2.6/5
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Blaze Pizza Employees

Blaze Pizza has 1400 employees. 196 employees at Blaze Pizza have reviewed Blaze Pizza across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was 4 days ago.

Overall, the 196 Blaze Pizza employees give their leadership a grade of D, or Bottom 15% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Blaze Pizza are mostly dissatisfied with their total compensation at Blaze Pizza, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Blaze Pizza are not very pleased with their team. 196 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a D+. Less than half believe the meetings at Blaze Pizza are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Blaze Pizza believe the environment at Blaze Pizza is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Blaze Pizza is extremely fast. About 69% of the employees at Blaze Pizza work 8 hours or less, while 10% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Blaze Pizza are dissatisfied, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

Joining Blaze Pizza - Employee Onboarding

The prevailing opinion from employees about joining Blaze Pizza is that the company was very unprepared on their first day. Blaze Pizza employees concluded that their overall onboarding experience was negative. First impressions are important, and how prepared a company is on your first day leaves a lasting impression.

Blaze Pizza Employee Onboarding

Blaze Pizza KPIs and OKRs

At this moment no Blaze Pizza employees have provided insight into whether or not they clearly understand Blaze Pizza's KPIs and OKRs.

AnswerPercent
Yes0%
No100%
Are your company's goals clear, and are you invested in them?
AnswerPercent
Yes0%
No100%
Are the KPIs/OKRs for your department clear?
Blaze Pizza KPIs & OKRs

Blaze Pizza CEO & Leadership

Blaze Pizza CEO - Mandy Shaw

Mandy Shaw Blaze Pizza's CEO
58 /100

Blaze Pizza’s CEO Mandy Shaw started in this role in 2019. Mandy’s approval rate is lower compared to CEOs at similar sized companies, putting Mandy in the Bottom 20% of all CEOs of similar-sized companies on Comparably, and in the Bottom 15% compared to CEOs of all other companies in Los Angeles. Mandy Shaw’s employees rank Blaze Pizza in the Top 50% for Environment, in the Bottom 40% for Professional Development, and in the Bottom 25% for Executive Team. Shaw is generally unpopular with Blaze Pizza employees, but ranks especially low with employees identified with Other ethnicities, and by Hispanic or Latino employees and employees with 1 to 3 Years experience. However, employees in the Product department have a slightly more favorable view of the CEO. When compared to Blaze Pizza’s competitors, Mandy Shaw ranks below both MOD Pizza CEO Scott Svenson and Shake Shack CEO Randy Garutti.

Blaze Pizza Leadership

The Blaze Pizza Executive Team is rated a “D+” and led by CEO Mandy Shaw, Chief Financial Officer Amanda Shaw, and Chief Marketing Officer Shivram Vaideeswaran

  • Mandy Shaw CEO / President

    Mandy Shaw CEO / President

    Mandy Shaw serves as the CEO / President of Blaze Pizza.

  • Amanda Shaw Chief Financial Officer

    Amanda Shaw serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Blaze Pizza.

  • Shivram Vaideeswaran Chief Marketing Officer

    Shivram Vaideeswaran serves as the Chief Marketing Officer of Blaze Pizza.

  • Jim Bitticks Chief Restaurant Officer & Executive Vice President of Operations & Training

    Jim Bitticks serves as the Chief Restaurant Officer & Executive Vice President of Operations & Training of Blaze Pizza.

  • Robert Kluger Senior Vice President Development

    Robert Kluger serves as the Senior Vice President Development of Blaze Pizza, LLC. Robert started at Blaze Pizza, LLC in... read more

  • Michael Miles VP Corporate Controller

    Michael Miles serves as the VP Corporate Controller of Blaze Pizza, LLC. Michael started at Blaze Pizza, LLC in Oct of... read more

  • Tiffany Vassos Vice President of Design and Construction

    Tiffany Vassos serves as the Vice President of Design and Construction of Blaze Pizza.

  • Lawrence Lessing Area Director

    Lawrence Lessing serves as the Area Director of Blaze Pizza, LLC. Lawrence started at Blaze Pizza, LLC in February of... read more

  • Carrie Sams Vice President Franchise Development

    Carrie Sams serves as the Vice President Franchise Development of Blaze Pizza, LLC. Carrie started at Blaze Pizza, LLC... read more

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Blaze Pizza Salaries

How much does Blaze Pizza pay?

How much do people at Blaze Pizza get paid? See the latest salaries by department and job title. The average estimated annual salary, including base and bonus, at Blaze Pizza is $107,032, or $51 per hour, while the estimated median salary is $110,643, or $53 per hour.

At Blaze Pizza, the highest paid job is a Group Engineering Manager at $208,541 annually and the lowest is a Technical Support at $48,738 annually. Average Blaze Pizza salaries by department include: Design at $122,061, Admin at $67,749, Marketing at $87,646, and Operations at $92,617. Half of Blaze Pizza salaries are above $110,643.

95 employees at Blaze Pizza rank their Compensation in the Bottom 15% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 284 ratings) while 92 employees at Blaze Pizza rank their Perks And Benefits in the Bottom 10% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 94 ratings).

Salaries contributed from Blaze Pizza employees include job titles like Operations Manager. Comparably data has a total of 1 salary records from Blaze Pizza employees.

Last updated 4 days ago.

1st Percentile
$69k
$69k1st Percentile
17th Percentile
$90k
$90k17th Percentile
33rd Percentile
$110k
$110k33rd Percentile
50th Percentile
$165k
$165k50th Percentile
67th Percentile
$225k
$225k67th Percentile
83rd Percentile
$234k
$234k83rd Percentile
100th Percentile
$283k
$283k100th Percentile
$107,032*
Average Compensation
$110,643*
Median Compensation

* Estimated salaries Estimated salaries are based on data provided anonymously by employees and/or estimated by other statistical methods.

Blaze Pizza Salaries by City

Blaze Pizza Salaries by Department

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Diversity & Inclusion at Blaze Pizza

Diverse employees at Blaze Pizza score the company 54/100 across various culture categories, placing Blaze Pizza in the Bottom 15% of companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees for Comparably's diversity score. The Diversity score provides insights into how diverse employees feel and rate their work experience at Blaze Pizza across various culture dimensions.

Ranked Culture the Highest

Women 85/100
Department - Product
Men N/A/100
Diverse Employees 49/100
Department - Sales

Ranked Culture the Lowest

Women 41/100
Department - Sales
Men N/A/100
Diverse Employees N/A/100
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Blaze Pizza Perks & Benefits

Health & Wellness

  • Dental Insurance
  • Health Insurance
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Blaze Pizza PTO

Blaze Pizza's PTO and Vacation policy typically gives 0-10 days off a year. Blaze Pizza's benefits and PTO Package averages to represent a less than $500 cash value per month.

AnswerPercent
Flex Time0%
Vacation Policy0%
Office Meals0%
401k Contribution0%
Childcare100%
Other than healthcare, which of the following benefits is most important to you?
AnswerPercent
Yes0%
No100%
Does your boss expect you to work when you're on vacation?
AnswerPercent
$2500+/mo0%
$1500 - $2500/mo0%
$1000 -$1500/mo0%
$500 -$1000/mo0%
Less than $500/mo100%
What do you estimate the cash value of your benefits to be? Healthcare, PTO, etc?
Blaze Pizza PTO Policy

Blaze Pizza Careers

Blaze Pizza Jobs

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Candidates By Department

Design
50%
Executive
50%

Candidates By Location

Los Angeles
50%
Hartford
50%

Frequently Asked Questions regarding Blaze Pizza

What is Blaze Pizza address?

Blaze Pizza location is at 35 N Lake Ave., Suite 710

Who is the CEO of Blaze Pizza?

Blaze Pizza CEO is Mandy Shaw, their score by employees is 58

What is Blaze Pizza eNPS?

The eNPS for Blaze Pizza is -38

What is the salary for Admin Assistant in Blaze Pizza?

Admin Assistant average salary in the US is 56k

What are the salaries in the Sales in Blaze Pizza?

The average salaries for Sales in Blaze Pizza is 140k

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