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Potbelly Sandwich Works is a restaurant chain that sells sandwiches through its shops while providing pick-up facilities for online orders. read more
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PARTICIPANTS
225
TOTAL
RATINGS
1840
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Potbelly Sandwich Works Environment Employee Reviews

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

Being completely comfortable and having decorum

The diversity and the job is easy

Clean nice smiles historic and peaceful

Most employees are nice when talking to other coworkers or customers

help each other work fast and with care, fun conversation while cleaning on down time, no slacking

The people I work with. The customer who understands

Review from Sales Dept

Our team is eager and understands the guests

All the different types of customers

The best part was working with co-workers sjo cared about their job

The manager always kept her cool/ always communicated what she wanted next from us/ your work was just always known

Everybody got something they can do better

The accepting nature of everyone.

Review from Sales Dept

What needs to change to make the company culture better?

Good management skills and training

Definitely the management and the efficiency of getting back to troubled employees ESPECIALLY if they have made multiple complaints

New manager or an understanding one

Change the manager because he makes people feel uncomfortable

Review from Sales Dept

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Review Sentiment at Potbelly Sandwich Works

59
59%
41
41%

About Potbelly Sandwich Works' Environment

C
65/100

Where This Score Ranks Potbelly Sandwich Works' Environment

BOTTOM
40%

In the Bottom 40% of 1555 similar size companies on Comparably

BOTTOM
35%

In the Bottom 35% of 175 companies in Chicago

5th

5th place versus 5 competitors rated on Comparably

The environment at Potbelly Sandwich Works is considered positive by 40% of employees and regarded as having a “comfortably fast” work pace by 28 employees. Relative to its competitors, Jimmy John's, Jersey Mike's Subs, Subway, Panera Bread, and Noodles & Company, Potbelly Sandwich Works' environment score ranks in 5th place. This also puts them in the Bottom 40% of 1555 similar sized companies (5,001-10,000 Employees) on Comparably and Bottom 35% of 175 companies in Chicago.

Rate Environment the Highest

  • Experience - Entry Level
    +8%
  • Department - Sales
    +6%
  • Ethnicity - Caucasian
    +6%

Rate Environment the Lowest

  • Experience - 1 to 3 Years
    -19%
  • Department - Customer Success
    -14%
  • Experience - 3 to 6 Years
    -11%

How Potbelly Sandwich Works' Environment Score is Calculated

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Results from 75 Employees in All Departments, All Genders, All Ethnicities and All Yrs. Experience Experience

AnswerPercent
7 or less45%
830%
1011%
126%
More than 128%
On average, how many hours do you work a day?
AnswerPercent
Extremely fast34%
Comfortably fast38%
Moderate19%
A bit slow5%
Bureaucratic4%
What's the work pace at your company?
AnswerPercent
Positive40%
Negative60%
Is your work environment positive or negative?
AnswerPercent
Yes100%
No0%
Does someone you work with closely, make you want to quit your job?
AnswerPercent
Yes100%
No0%
Do you have a close friend at work?
AnswerPercent
5% or Less0%
5-10%0%
10-25%0%
25-50%0%
50%+100%
What % of the time are you bored at work?

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