Sodexo reviews

3.4

60% would recommend to a friend

(10,157 total reviews)
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Sophie Bellon

65% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Sodexo has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 10,157 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sodexo 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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3.0
Nov 24, 2010

That came out of left field.

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Pros

Work is usually exceedingly casual. Usually. Management is friendly. Usually. Workers who are hired are talented. Half of the time. At least I'm recognized for being devoted.

Cons

The only words I have to describe my time with my branch is...where the hell did that come from. Out manager is exceedingly chaotic and has trouble communicating. In the past he's hired a number of incompetent persons for any number of positions, and it drives me mad. But hey, it's very much a dead-end job. In addititon, the manager has a tendency of telling the staff one thing, then changing his mind and not telling anyone and giving hazy directions on the assumption that you know what the heck he's talking about.

2.0
Nov 21, 2010

It's just ok

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Pros

- decent benefits available - good at approving time off - pay is ok - staff appreciation week (if the manager does it) - training opportunities are available - good co-workers and staff

Cons

Each site seems to be manager dependent. If your manager does not really care or never seems to be available to the staff, it leads to dissatisfaction of the staff. Pay rates are not standard across all sites, I have a friend who is a diet technician with SDX who started at my current payrate. I started with a lower payrate as a supervisor. This friend has a higher payrate than another friend of mine working for SDX who is also a diet technician at another site. There is little to no opportunities to grow for staff. There are no implemented programs to identify promising new staff which will help them to move up the ranks. False promises from management, some co-workers were promised supervisor jobs, but are stuck as diet technicians. Pretends that there is staff empowerment, but everything is strictly regulated and is "my way or the highway". Hard to deal with long-term employees as they are used to the previous system and many think that they know everything and are not open to training and criticism. Very stressful. High expectations of management. Senior management keep cutting back the budget each year without giving leeway nor finding out why the budget was such a way for a site each year.

2.0
Oct 31, 2010

Work experience

Anonymous employee
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Pros

getting good experience; working in my profession; I have autonomy in my work which is good for growth and professional development; need to figure things out on my own.

Cons

No direction; leadership does not resopnd to my questions; feel extrememly disconnected from the company; no real direction, performance appraisals, etc....overall, a very disjointed company

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