Waitress Review

by Greene King

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

4.6/10

1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

Typically just serving the customers. Running the food, preps and checks, any desserts that need making. Helping with shutdown each night. Setting up for hotel breakfast

4/10

2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

Ive learnt how to be more confident and to be more open

6/10

3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

I started to enjoy but then the hours got worse, ive worked every holiday since Christmas eve. I dont really get breaks and work up to 10 hours a day. All the staff have been walking out so ive been working even more hours

3/10

4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

I doesnt really have a structure to it. I tend to just work like all the other team. I meet my regional trainer every 6 weeks who gives me work to do.

5/10

5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

Not an awful lot. I never really see him and if I do he doesnt really know what work i have to do or where abouts i am with my training.

4/10

6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

Ive just got a new training provider so not a lot at the minute

5/10

7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

5/10

8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)

No there isnt anything

5/10

9a. Would you recommend Greene King to a friend?

9b. Why?

I would recommend another greene king pub but not the one i have been doing my apprentiship. It is always short staffed so you have to pick up all the extra hours, the managment isnt the best.

10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Greene King?

To look around at all the greene king pubs near you before starting at one of them.