Does Compass Group pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Compass Group employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Compass Group. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Compass Group?

61% of Compass Group employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Compass Group 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Compass Group?

Barista (154) , Catering Assistant (154) , Supervisor (122) , Manager (112) , Cook (100) , Food Service Worker (94) , Chef (88) , Cashier (80) , Executive Chef (72) , Utility Worker (60) , Waitress (57) , Sous Chef (52) , General Manager (51) , Operations Manager (49) , Bartender (48)

What are the pros of working at Compass Group according to real employee reviews?

"Good pay and very flexible" ((in 313 reviews)); "It has been great to meet so many people all over the world that are so passionate about food." ((in 280 reviews)); "Used to be a caring company that was great to work for and had good benefits." ((in 247 reviews)); "Very easy going and friendly staff" ((in 113 reviews)); "Good work life balance depending on your boss" ((in 105 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Compass Group according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours sometimes but that can be dependent on the unit /site you work at." ((in 217 reviews)); "Bad managers who are high handed" ((in 153 reviews)); "Base salary is low for many positions especially ones where you must travel on a regular basis." ((in 111 reviews)); "no training you're just thrown in and expected to know what to do." ((in 73 reviews)); "A lot of false promises from upper management and poor ethics/morals when COVID started and taking care of sick staff members" ((in 71 reviews))

What are employees saying about Compass Group layoffs in 2026?

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Item: Compass Group
Rating: 3
Author: Current employee - Anonymous employee

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(5,934 total reviews)

Dominic Blakemore

68% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.3

Culture & values

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

Compass Group has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 5,934 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Compass Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurantes y servicios de comidas industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

6K reviews

4.0

Jul 3, 2014

Food prep

Food service assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It's a good place to work, a Monday-Friday job, never late nights. Not much room to grow.

Cons

A lot of turn overs in this company.

1.0

Jun 30, 2014

Catering Manager, Gourmet Cuisine Toronto

Catering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, if you are full time.

Cons

Abusive District Manager ( 7 different Catering Managers in the last 3 years) Low income….long hours..weekends, 5am starts. Office in Basement of building by smelly loading dock. Consistently disorganized and under staffed. Kitchen staff, changes every 3 months….also poorly treated and underpaid. Human resources protect management and leave employees in dangerous and abusive situations. no loyalty…firing of decades long staff to hire cheaper labour. There is a Core Values manual..they do not follow it. oh yeh….and if they agree on an amount you will be paid…check your contract because that will change the second you get your first cheque.

3.0

Jun 30, 2014

Motivated and empowered workforce delivering quality results

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

work life balance is an advantage along with the culture of promoting from within but we should send our operational key performers specially skilled personnel to learn new trends in similar or different business ,so that we are trendsetters in our business

Cons

I am only as good as who I know and how I sell myself ,not on results I deliver based on challenges faced . Top management need to invest time in strategy development strategy deployment strategy execution at unit level based on the challenges of individual units Eye for detail in managers for competency and efficiency in job, lead by example attitude why why analysis by management why some initatives are success and what and who made it possible so that same or similar success stories can be written across organisation

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