Pretty good - Barista Bluestone Lane Employee Review

Access to management is easy, communication is great and if you are willing to put the work the company will see it and will try to help you grow.

Lack of company culture initiatives.

It's a job, you get paid. The drinks and food are good too, and you get a free meal on your lunch break.

The base salary is 11.50, customer tips are expected to cover the rest of the gap between that and the current minimum wage, which is enough pocket money for a teenager but is not enough to sustain an adult living in NYC. They're also a bit understaffed. New employee training is messy and unstructured and you are expected to know much of it on your own. Employees do basic cleaning every day, but the cafe desperately needed a deeper cleaning. All of the shelves, bathroom plants, and bathroom wall trim had a fairly thick layer of dust, and the furniture was clearly very used. The place just never felt fully clean.