Great Concept.....Poor Leadership....Horrifying Corporate Office - Floor Lead Sur La Table Employee Review

1.0
Feb 24, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Their concept of being Scrappy and an easy place to get all your cookware needs, plus they have cooking glasses!

Cons

Leadership in the stores are expected to run multi-million dollar businesses on zero training, no motivation and SOP's that are founded by corporate officers that have never actually never worked in the field! As previously stated, they want to have a MOD program that is similar to other retailers, yet stores never have more than 1 sales person working at a time....so who are they actually MODing? If the company can no afford to hire the right people, support the stores with appropriate payroll and training, they have not right in staying in business.

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5.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

- Very fun work - Get to work with professional chefs - You will actually learn more about cooking in this position than you will taking the classes - Employee discounts

Cons

- Low pay with no opportunity for advancement, not a career path - Sometimes kitchen is understaffed, putting a lot of pressure on you

1.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

I gained lots of knowledge & was inspired to cook.

Cons

What was once a fun job, became chaotic & sad!

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