Does Gate Gourmet pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Gate Gourmet employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Gate Gourmet. This rating has decreased by 10% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Gate Gourmet?

51% of Gate Gourmet employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Gate Gourmet 2.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Gate Gourmet?

Manager (29) , Supervisor (20) , Auxiliar De Produção (19) , Driver (19) , Truck Driver (16) , Customer Service Representative (15) , Dishwasher (13) , Food Assembler (10) , Transportation Supervisor (10) , Director (9) , Sous Chef (9) , Cook (8) , Dispatcher (8) , Ramp Agent (8) , ASG Analyst (7)

What are the pros of working at Gate Gourmet according to real employee reviews?

"great people to work with and grow with" ((in 47 reviews)); "Free food from the cafeteria and uniforms along with jackets and boots provided to all employees." ((in 37 reviews)); "Free meals but it was awful quality" ((in 28 reviews)); "Benefits good but expensive." ((in 25 reviews)); "Fun coworkers that make the time go by fast." ((in 11 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Gate Gourmet according to real employee reviews?

"poor management and very unprofessional HR team." ((in 93 reviews)); "Long hours and no compensation for the hard work" ((in 27 reviews)); "No training at all they hand you off to a regular employee to train you." ((in 18 reviews)); "While many managers and supervisors in operational roles have lots of experience within the airline catering industry most have limited education background and this is reflected in poor managerial and people skills." ((in 18 reviews)); "term managers and supervisors who resent newcomers with less experience in the industry and make it difficult to succeed." ((in 15 reviews))

What are employees saying about Gate Gourmet layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Gate Gourmet layoffs and their outlook for job security at Gate Gourmet in 2026.

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Gate Gourmet reviews

3.0

51% would recommend to a friend

(967 total reviews)

Christoph Schmitz

47% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.0

Compensation and benefits

2.8

Culture & values

2.8

Senior management

2.8

Career opportunities

2.6

Work/Life balance

Gate Gourmet has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 967 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Gate Gourmet 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

967 reviews

3.0

Jul 15, 2014

Fast Changing Environment

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fast paced environment. Plenty of challenges and opportunities to learn and advance. Multi-national company.

Cons

Low pay scale. Sketchy bonus structure. Weekends and holidays may be required.

1.0

Jun 26, 2014

Gate Gourmet Ohare International Airport

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Guaranteed 40 hours a week Paid weekly Working at/for the Airport

Cons

Where do I begin Uh let's see. Most supervisors I had are pretty cool, it's the upper management that treat you like crap. The managers/directors will EXPECT you to do a million and one jobs for 8.71 an hour. They talk to you like you are beneath them. They have no respect whatsoever. We pay for our lunch but most times don't get to eat because the people from Transportation eat it all. Favoritism flows fluently. If you haven't been there for more than 20 years you won't get treated with any kind of respect. I just looked up our GM on Google. This guy is worth 200 million dollars.! I knew he had a lot of money when I found out he is paying a temp agency to come and help us. So he is paying them 10.75 an hour to do our job but will refuse to pay us more. He spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on hotels and have two Jaguars parked in front of the building everyday and we cant even eat food that we pay for.! The language barrier sucks. Co workers are full of drama. Seem like they just hire anybody. I do whatever my job is for the day and get out of there.

1.0

Jun 14, 2014

Really People First

Supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Let me thing about that?

Cons

20 words can't can't explain the short comings since there is NO work/life balance as your expected to stay 9-15 hours a day because of quality of the people they hire at minimum wage who don't show up for work and management continues to do nothing about the attendance. Time off what time off expectations are to work 6 days a week a maybe you'll be compensated for the extra days work some 6 months later. Really!

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Jobs at Gate Gourmet

Storeroom Helper - $20.00/hr

Dish Attendant - $18/hour

Storeroom Clerk -$20.00/hr. + Weekly Pay