Sweetgreen Employee Reviews
Out of 315 Sweetgreen employee reviews, 86% were positive. The remaining 14% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Sweetgreen improve their work culture. The Operations team, with 90% positive reviews, reports the best experience at Sweetgreen compared to all other departments at the company. The Design team offered the most constructive feedback, with 25% of that department's reviews constructive in nature.
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Creating goals which make sense no just pretty powerpoints.
Review from Executive Dept
At practicing what they preach
Review from Design Dept
Show more appreciation for the daily work not just what is above and beyond. Be more clear about what is done well and where gaps are seen. Review compensation in a way that is more fair and consistent across the organization. Different pyramids experience this very differently.
Review from HR Dept
It would be helpful to identify thoughtful and clear communication, establish clear direction, identify prioritization that aligns cross-functionally, and acknowledging when the team is approaching burnout.
Review from Marketing Dept
Making and sticking to decisions
Review from Finance Dept
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
Not paid fairly for my roles and new hires get more valued and benefits than internal employees.
Review from HR Dept
receiving equity as every tech company does, even for lowest level FTEs. not receiving equity in a startup these days is unheard of especially in a role that directly impacts leadership and their ability to do their job well
Review from Executive Dept
As we transition from restaurant to platform we are beginning to bring in people from other industries. Restaurants/food service is among the lowest paying industries and tech is among the highest and this disconnect isn't accepted yet. I'd feel better if my base came up significantly.
Review from Engineering Dept
The work load across teams is not equal. There are some extremely fleshed out teams working a lot less hours than other teams who have to work 60 hour weeks to do the minimum required for their role
Review from Design Dept
kept in line with the changing market
Review from Operations Dept
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
be clear on objectives for meetings and projects. if you need help or time from other departments, you need to show why it is a priority and lead the work effectively so it isn't a burden with no clear reason why
Review from Finance Dept
Our talent level across the board does not achieve parity with other leading brands
Review from Product Dept
Need more cross-functional teams and leaders for many projects. A lot of the new dev seems to be silo'd - especially in the key areas that our company needs to tighten up to get to the next level: Ops, Digital, Data
Review from Engineering Dept
Too much ego and emotion, no realization that we are all playing for the same team
Review from Marketing Dept
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Planning of more realistic timelines. Working towards meeting the shortest conceivable timeline is good as a goal, but disregarding history and ignoring the reality of new initiatives and changes, in favor of boosting projected numbers, sets us up to fail at the first sign of an unexpected issue.
Review from Design Dept
Streamline the amount of initiatives we are focused on and ownership for those initiatives. Multi threaded ownership and the relative immaturity of our talent base ensures that we cannot movie quickly or effectively to meet executive priorities
Review from Product Dept
It's hard to believe but perhaps things are too laissez faire, and we need more discipline. We need stronger leaders and product managers to steer the ship and keep us on course. We need more team and culture building, and more moments to come together, perhaps on a daily basis.
Review from Marketing Dept
Stop chasing what every other
Review from Marketing Dept
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What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Not all areas of the organization are fair and apply the principles of the company with their employees.
Review from Executive Dept
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