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    Keg Restaurants Reviews

    Updated 19 January, 2019
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    Keg Restaurants Chairman, President, and CEO David Aisenstat
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    • "Hard to move up in the company unless you pursue it" (in 6 reviews)

    • "We had to work very long hours in high heels" (in 9 reviews)

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    1. "Expeditor"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Keg Restaurants part-time

      Pros

      Good company culture
      Good benefits and staff meals

      Cons

      Difficult to get a raise

      Advice to Management

      Some of the managers have favoritism

      Keg Restaurants Response

      14 Jan, 2019 – Director, Human Resources

      We appreciate you commenting about working at The Keg. Please use our Quality of Work-life Survey feedback to provide us specific feedback on favoritism in the restaurant. Or reach out directly to... More

    2. "Great place to work at!"

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      Current Employee - Kitchen Staff in Vancouver, BC
      Current Employee - Kitchen Staff in Vancouver, BC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Keg Restaurants part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Learned a lot from working here for 1.5+years. Enjoyed it. Great for a part-time work while attending school.

      Cons

      It can be very intensive when there's not enough workers on the line on a busy day.

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    3. "Good Serving Job"

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      Current Employee - Server/Waiter in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Server/Waiter in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Keg Restaurants part-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Amazing co-workers, hard working staff, Positive work environment, schedules posted on time, leadership is cycled to avoid getting stale

      Cons

      Management lacks leadership (But this is cycled)

      Advice to Management

      Leadership training

      Keg Restaurants Response

      14 Jan, 2019 – Director, Human Resources

      Thanks for taking the time to write a review! Please reach out if you are comfortable discussing your thoughts on leadership - I'd love to hear more.

    4. "Server"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Keg Restaurants part-time

      Pros

      Amazing tips, fun family style staff environment, flexible hours and shifts. Minimal hours for great pay

      Cons

      Hours are not guaranteed. Have to work evenings/weekends

    5. "Strange termination"

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      Former Employee - Server in West Vancouver, BC
      Former Employee - Server in West Vancouver, BC
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Keg Restaurants part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Fun co-workers, great selection process / assessments

      Cons

      I got terminated without reason. Very troubling. Decent managers would help me grow, as an early 20s male. Will forever wonder what happened. Did my look not fit the brand?

      Advice to Management

      Be more transparent in communication with young employees. Give them a chance to learn and grow instead of scarring them for a long time

    6. "server"

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      Former Employee - Server in Vancouver, BC
      Former Employee - Server in Vancouver, BC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Keg Restaurants part-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      company life, friends, consistency, management
      the company worked around my schedule when I had kids.

      Cons

      customers always complaining that their steak isn't done right
      Once I became a parent, the hours were hard to manage

      Advice to Management

      stop giving people free food and they will stop complaining

    7. "Great place to work"

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      Current Employee - Server/Waiter
      Current Employee - Server/Waiter
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Keg Restaurants part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Flexible schedule
      Good money
      Great discount and food
      Awesome people
      Flexible hair/make up expectation
      Benefits covered

      Cons

      Immature management
      Overstaffed on servers
      Understaffed kitchen
      Too lenient with customers

      Advice to Management

      Don't act like a 15 year old
      Don't act overly superior

      Keg Restaurants Response

      14 Jan, 2019 – Director, Human Resources

      Your feedback is great - loving the bullet type points. Thank you for taking the time to comment on Glassdoor. Please reach out if there is anything you would be comfortable sharing directly... More

    8. "Could be great place to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Keg Restaurants part-time

      Pros

      Love the atmosphere love my manager love coworkers everyone is great for the most part. The job is challenging but so satisfying to do it right.

      Cons

      Love the management for the most part, supervisor is not on target with scheduling especially with students vs non students. Random shifts not really looking at the ideal employee for the time. Never leave on time and I, and a lot of my coworkers attend high school. We want to do our best and help out but it gets to be too much. 1:30 am is too late especially if we start at 4:45. Schedule is open ended meaning they give start time only with no end time.

      Advice to Management

      Check in with supervisor who does scheduling to ensure there is balance and the availability is stuck to as much as possible. Have shift end times and stand by them.

      Keg Restaurants Response

      7 Dec, 2018 – Corporate Training Manager

      Thanks for taking the time to leave a review! We'd appreciate the opportunity to follow up with you about some of the concerns you mention, please contact us at humanresources@kegrestaurants.com

    9. "An excellent second job"

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      Current Employee - Server in Victoria, BC
      Current Employee - Server in Victoria, BC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Keg Restaurants part-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great scheduling creates a really good work-life balance, I couldn't ask for a better second job. Any position at the Keg will fill those wee hours of the day when you know you would just be watching Netflix otherwise. It's a great place ti socialize and make money at the same time, an opportunity to work hard and improve yourself while still having pretty low stakes

      Cons

      The work culture at the Keg between the support staff and the servers makes me sick, having been both, I know it's all BS. Servers are not worth more as people than all the other people working there. It's gross to think otherwise, every person you meet knows something you don't, including the host, and the saute cook and the expo! This toxic dynamic makes bullying pretty commonplace and makes it hard to make meaningful friendships at work.

      Advice to Management

      Discourage this weird power dynamic between the servers and everyone else, who is it helping?
      Crack down on sexist and racist tendencies at some Keg locations (I've worked at more than one Keg and it really seems to be more about management than about Keg standard policy)

      Keg Restaurants Response

      7 Dec, 2018 – Corporate Training Manager

      Thank you for leaving a review. The Keg does not condone any type of bullying or harassment, we would appreciate the opportunity to speak to you about your concerns. Please contact us at... More

    10. "Dining Room Server"

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      Former Employee - Dining Room Server in West Vancouver, BC
      Former Employee - Dining Room Server in West Vancouver, BC
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Keg Restaurants full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      good tips occasionally, nice coworkers

      Cons

      power tripping and non-appreciative managers, very belittling, managers change very often

      Advice to Management

      Used to be a good management team then it went downhill really fast. Super disappointed.

      Keg Restaurants Response

      7 Jan, 2019 – Corporate Training Manager

      Thanks for taking the time to leave a review, we would appreciate the opportunity to follow up with you about your concerns- please e-mail us at humanresources@kegrestaurants.com.