Great manager benefits on paper don't always materialize - Anonymous employee Pollo Tropical Employee Review

2.0
Jul 17, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good mgr benefits include 401k and paid vacation

Cons

Very poor working evironment in some stores created by GMs working for bonuses and using threats and intimidation to attempt to increase employee production. This makes it difficult for asst managers and team leaders to motivate hourly employees who are are told by ther GM that they never do enough, and are rarely, if ever, praised for what they do. This leads to poor moral and even lower production and customer order accuracy because of low self-esteem. Very poor home life and sleep for mgrs. Sometimes close one night and open next morning.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jan 11, 2026
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Pros

Free Meal Half off meal for family

Cons

Over Worked Under staffed Non English speaking workers Only hires their own kind Inconsistent Rules only apply to some

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