California Pizza Kitchen Employee Reviews

The support in house is good. My general manager is very nice. Corporate is unrealistic and out of touch with how a restaurant actually works. They also automatically take out tip money out of my revene but wont let us use auto gratuity so sometimes I end up paying for the guest to come in.

Review from Sales Dept

I have worked at California Pizza Kitchen Alton Square in Irvine for over a year and the management is absolutley horrible. I have been spoken to in a very demeaning manor by my general manager and other managers. There is also horrible communication between managers.

I've worked a variety of jobs. This is one of those jobs where many of my coworkers get away with standing around and socializing and other workers (like myself) are constantly chided and criticized despite working very hard to meet numerous expectations simultaneously.

Unfortunately i did not feel valued at my job even though i led sales and worked full time and was new to the team -

i love cpk i think its an amazing work environment

i think neal does an amazing job and i do a great job at encouraging my team to be better

Team work, good working environment

They are very nice and give great constructive feedback

Patient kind helpful workd as a team

They need to learn and listen to their long term employees. Just because the staff is hourly team members, it doesn't mean they don't have good knowledge and experience.

Review from Operations Dept

Understanding the ins and outs of how an actual restaurant works versus being focused on sales solely. Not creating unrealistic expectations and then being disappointed when it's not able to be delivered. Not running multiple promotions at the same time when the guest can't use multiple promotions.

Review from Sales Dept

Controling emotions and scheduling and common curtesy -

Care more about your employees

Lead with heart and care about employees more

I need to get paid.

Im not sure about it

I can be assured of hearing at least one false statement per week

Pay level is adequate for California

Review from Operations Dept

Fair and considerate pay here

I am paid very competitively with good benefits.

Review from Operations Dept

Being rewarded for my hard work instead of just making me do more work when my coworkers slack off. Being able to add auto gratuity for parties of six or more. Going back to caring about the guest experience instead of turn and burn mentality. Allowing a 10 minute break without making me feel bad.

Review from Sales Dept

I think when i do takeout/bar/serving, that $11 is not enough pay for three jobs.

They keep employees at part time hours to keep from giving them benefits.

Company performance is poor so poor bonus potential

I'm underpaid. I got ripped off on my last check.

For years, I worked with the same staff and recently a lot of changes have been made and there's been a lot of turnover. But I would of said that we work together as a team and we used communicate well. Everyone is nice.

Review from Sales Dept

My coworkers are hardworkers and super supportive

I love that my coworkers are my friends. My managers are amazing and i apreciate them so much. They are flexible with my hours and are so understanding that i'm a full time student. i love working with them and it has been the best experience!

Lower management is great, there are great people but they are all being driven out by declining culture

The 5 of us left since we open are great workers, new ones are not trained well, and management seems to have an inability to make their own decisions, they have to follow corporate ones that are not out in the working world.

A need for professionalism and compassion.

Walkout walkout walkout walkout walkout

They try there best but are set up for failure.

Accept accountability and put ego aside

I work with great workers.

Everyone is kind and is able to show their personality.

Review from Sales Dept

i love my managers and coworkers!!

The employees work collaboratively with one another and are very nice to one another.

Everyone supports each other and there is very little drama.

My fellow co works were awesome, the General Manager was rude and disrespectful.

Lead with kindness and respect and don't speak down to your employees.

Replace the leadership team ASAP

Respect, listen, and acknowledge other team members.

Review from Operations Dept

It was fun & easy

Review from Operations Dept

They gave me a chance to ask question about the company

I like that they got to know me and asked about who I am as person

Its a very comfortable interview and you get a friendly feeling from the get go.

Great recruiters with positive energy

The original interview went well.

To take the interview process seriously.

Review from Operations Dept

I love that im able to get along with my managers and coworkers. I think it makes to world of a difference in a work environment.

Leaving. Going home. Saying goodbye.

The operators are good people

The team is there to support you

The people I work with and the projects I get to work on.

We have a lot of regulars and people really used to love it but about two years ago, everything started changing and now it just feels like a lot of complaints and every time I go to work, there's something new and there's some new thing that I have to inform the guest anout.

Review from Sales Dept

We need to stop focusing on labor costs becuase when we cut servers to early to keep up with labor customers get bad service and complain

Executive team is uncaring and out of touch

stop misleading the employees and talking about fairness. The company keeps talking about how unfairly they have been treated by Landlords, but then turn around and do not pay their vendors for goods and services.

I feel like I’m treated unfairly by the management. I also feel like they don’t listen

Review from Sales Dept