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3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(1,804 total reviews)

Dolf Berle

60% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Nothing Bundt Cakes has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,804 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Nothing Bundt Cakes employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Sep 23, 2017
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Pros

I wasn't there long enough to have seen any pros

Cons

About a year ago I interviewed for a management position prior to their opening. I wasn't hired at that time due to the low salary. At that time, someone I knew also applied for part time and was hired at a low hourly rate. This past summer, this woman told me that the owner was interested in my joining NBC. I told her I was happy where I was employed. I was getting a great hourly pay plus benefits. In August, my friend again told me the owner was interested in me working there and would I come talk to her. When I walked through the door the owner made a big deal... Oh my gosh what do I have to do to get you on board here with us? I really want you to be a part of our team, blah, blah, blah. I said, make me your best offer. I told her what my pay rate was at my current position and my benefits. She said she was so excited and would speak to her husband and call me. In the meantime I thought a long time about leaving where I was. I finally decided if the money/benefits were the same or better I would take it based on it being closer to home and better hours. I received an offer from her on/about August 24th. My title was to be Froster/Operations manager. I accepted. I started work on Monday September 4th. I worked 9/4,9/5,9/7,9/9,9/10, 9/11. Every day I was told that everything was great. She and her husband both expressed how happy they were that I was a part of the team. I told them how happy I was to be there. I was enjoying learning everything I could about NBC. Wednesday morning, 9/13, I was due in to work at 10:30. As I was getting ready, I received a text from the owner instructing me to read my email. In my email was a termination letter telling me not to come back and our business relationship was over. I tried to call, she wouldn't answer. I wrote and asked what I did wrong. She said I did nothing wrong. She just decided that she didn't want to pay me what she was paying me. I left a secure position to come work for her. She courted me away from my job. After 6 days she apparently decided she had buyer's remorse? Is this the business model NBC subscribes to? I am a single parent. I have a disabled dependent child and now no job. She knew all of this. How heartless can a person be??? I did my job, I did all that was asked. The emails back and forth show that to be true. My previous position replaced me when I left so returning there was not an option. I've been a cake decorator for 30 years and quite frankly this was one of the simplest jobs I've ever had in terms of getting up to speed. I also heard that she did this to another person 2 months earlier after they left a secure position to join her "team". People with no business or management acumen or experience shouldn't be able to buy a franchise just because they have the money. Unless you're looking for a temporary, futureless position, run don't walk, far away from this one.

3.0
Nov 19, 2015

Froster

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Pros

Managers are very flexible on your schedule. As long as your notice is before 2 weeks of the time off you want, you will usually get it. They are very nice about your requests for hours and will usually try to get the hours you want. Pay is good for a food prep job and after a 30-60 day probation you will get a $0.50 increase if you meet their attendance guidelines. The work is pretty straight forward and can become rhythmic after a while. Hard work but bearable if you know how to hustle.

Cons

Job is very physically demanding. You will make frosting daily and have to lift a 30+ lb mixer to wash it afterwards. Clean up is standard at the end of the night so expect to sweat. If you are closing, you usually have to hustle to clean, mop, wash everything in 30 minutes or you might get a negative review from the managers. Most coworkers are nice but a lot of cattiness and talking behind people's back. Left because of negative attitudes and work environment.

2.0
Sep 5, 2015
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Pros

My coworkers were awesome and became some of my best friends. I really liked the flexible schedule and having evenings and weekends off. (I was lucky because not everyone had weekends off.) Working BOH was great because I didn't have to deal with customers that often.

Cons

The owners are essentially useless. They only knew the bare minimum about the product and did not know how to bake or frost, which put a lot of pressure on BOH employees, especially when people were sick/on vacation. The owners are also very disorganized and just plain unhelpful. I honestly don't know if they actually even care about their business. They never showed that they did while I worked there.

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