Does Sur La Table pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Sur La Table employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Sur La Table. This rating has improved by 13% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Sur La Table?

40% of Sur La Table employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Sur La Table 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 2.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Sur La Table?

Sales Associate (193) , Kitchen Assistant (103) , Floor Lead (38) , Retail Sales Associate (31) , Store Manager (31) , Assistant Manager (30) , Chef Instructor (27) , Resident Chef (26) , General Manager (22) , Manager (18) , Assistant Store Manager (14) , Seasonal Sales Associate (12) , Culinary Instructor (11) , Assistant Resident Chef (9) , Chef (8)

What are the pros of working at Sur La Table according to real employee reviews?

"The job itself was fun and the people were great" ((in 76 reviews)); "Great coworkers and a solid company." ((in 44 reviews)); "Flexible hours and fun to work for" ((in 27 reviews)); "Only the discount & mostly friendly staff." ((in 25 reviews)); "Free/discounted cooking classes" ((in 25 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Sur La Table according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay (the last raise they gave me a whopping sixty cents more)." ((in 118 reviews)); "There is NO training for pretty much every position from sales to management to culinary instructors." ((in 41 reviews)); "Good managers can't last long." ((in 41 reviews)); "Floor lead positions and below are only part time with no benefits or major incentive beyond the store discount." ((in 23 reviews)); "Since the acquisition and replacement of senior leadership with former Williams" ((in 17 reviews))

What are employees saying about Sur La Table layoffs in 2026?

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

Sur La Table reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(1,060 total reviews)

Jason Goldberger

41% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

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Sur La Table has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,060 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sur La Table 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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

1.0

Feb 24, 2017

High Risk, Low Moral, Negative outcome; part of working at Sur La Table!

General manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The cooking classes are first class. The customers are one of a kind and great to meet!

Cons

This company has no reality on how to hire part-time sales people for very low pay. They expect their part-time people to be available to work 30 hours per week with a minimum schedule of 6 hours per day, 5 days per week. At part time, this is unrealistic for someone to actually be able to afford to live, especially in New York. Most people would want to work for Sur La Table for the great product and especially the people they work for and the moral. If you don't have that...you have nothing! This company will be gone soon...don't waste your time with working for them!

1.0

Feb 24, 2017

Great Concept.....Poor Leadership....Horrifying Corporate Office

Floor lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Their concept of being Scrappy and an easy place to get all your cookware needs, plus they have cooking glasses!

Cons

Leadership in the stores are expected to run multi-million dollar businesses on zero training, no motivation and SOP's that are founded by corporate officers that have never actually never worked in the field! As previously stated, they want to have a MOD program that is similar to other retailers, yet stores never have more than 1 sales person working at a time....so who are they actually MODing? If the company can no afford to hire the right people, support the stores with appropriate payroll and training, they have not right in staying in business.

3.0

Feb 23, 2017

ok...shaky future

Assistant store manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good discount...pretty competitive pay

Cons

a lot of disconnect between corporate and stores. no clear direction on anything. upper management is very resistant to change.

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High Risk, Low Moral, Negative outcome; part of working at Sur La Table!

Great Concept.....Poor Leadership....Horrifying Corporate Office

ok...shaky future

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