McAlister's Environment Employee Reviews | Comparably
"McAlister’s Deli is an restaurant chain known for sandwiches, spuds, soups, saladsand desserts." read more
EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
522
TOTAL
RATINGS
4188

McAlister's Environment Employee Reviews

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

i’m at me partner there, other than that absolutely nothi

I feel it can be more organizrd and team members organization

My hours were perfect. Meal at end of shift. Great food.

Review from Product Dept

That it is a family friendly company.

We have a great regular customer base!

The people i work with besides the general manager

There is nothing positive about live oak location

If the pay was good and employees had more hours then the environment setting would have been fine

When and if I do catering orders

The most positive thing was the coworkers.

My Co-Workers would help me if i needed help

Young kids not older people

Review from Sales Dept

Loyal customers, some hard workers (not all), fast paced,

Food truck coming run out if food alot

Most positive is the customers theyre all pretty cool and the coworkers

Review from Sales Dept

The underlings are friendly and helpful. Parts of management are genuinely great people.

The customers that don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes. They give me a little happiness and h

Review from Product Dept

Nothing was positive at my place of employeement

My coworkers and the customers are nice

We too busy to worry about anything else sometimes the girls are catty

Review from Product Dept

What needs to change to make the company culture better?

Better communication, better understanding of what needs to be done and what doesn’t need to be done. Letting McAlisters CDTS help keep things to speck instead of blowing it o

Store Manager needs help in i training and more

Working together and helping one another

Review from HR Dept

Adult managers need to not feed into the youth employees

Everyone needs to put themselves in each other’s shoes and think about feelings and what everyone is going through.

Review from Customer Support Dept

Review Sentiment at McAlister's

63
63%
37
37%

About McAlister's' Environment

C-
65/100

Where This Score Ranks McAlister's' Environment

BOTTOM
35%

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

BOTTOM
35%

In the Bottom 35% of 85 companies in Atlanta

4th

4th place versus 3 competitors rated on Comparably

The environment at McAlister's is considered positive by 34% of employees and regarded as having a “comfortably fast” work pace by 69 employees. Relative to its competitors, Jason's Deli, Schlotzsky's, and Panera Bread, McAlister's' environment score ranks in 4th place. This also puts them in the Bottom 35% of 2025 similar sized companies (1,001-5,000 Employees) on Comparably and Bottom 35% of 85 companies in Atlanta.

Rate Environment the Highest

  • Department - Customer Support
    +13%
  • Ethnicity - African American/Black
    +9%
  • Experience - 1 to 3 Years
    +9%

Rate Environment the Lowest

  • Ethnicity - Hispanic or Latino
    -12%
  • Experience - 6 to 10 Years
    -6%
  • Ethnicity - Other
    -5%

How McAlister's' Environment Score is Calculated

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Results from 171 Employees in All Departments, All Genders, All Ethnicities and All Yrs. Experience Experience

AnswerPercent
7 or less58%
820%
1010%
124%
More than 128%
On average, how many hours do you work a day?
AnswerPercent
Extremely fast30%
Comfortably fast41%
Moderate21%
A bit slow3%
Bureaucratic5%
What's the work pace at your company?
AnswerPercent
Positive34%
Negative66%
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?
AnswerPercent
Yes0%
No0%
Do you have a close friend at work?
AnswerPercent
5% or Less50%
5-10%50%
10-25%0%
25-50%0%
50%+0%
What % of the time are you bored at work?
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