Sur La Table reviews

3.1

41% would recommend to a friend

(1,059 total reviews)

Jason Goldberger

46% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Sur La Table has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,059 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).

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1K reviews
1.0
Aug 14, 2014

Sales Associate

Recommend
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Pros

If you enjoy cooking, its great

Cons

Constant pushing to achieve sales goals that leads to pressured customers who are not too happy with the sales pressure.

1.0
Aug 11, 2014

In the bottom three of jobs I've ever had.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Employee discount was 40%. - Most of the part-time staff was nice. - If you're into cooking/baking on any level, you'll find a ton of things to pique your interest here.

Cons

- Absolutely terrible management. Whether it was the culinary manager showing up late and drunk to work (and forgetting to order necessary supplies), or the store manager virtually ignoring a customer getting seriously burned during a demo, this is easily the worst retail management I've ever seen. And that's saying something. The only thing that could be any worse than this crew of habitual screw-ups is.... - .... the pay. Minimum wage. As in $7.25/hr. After taxes, I would take home about $20 a night. That may be OK for a third world country, but for the time being this is still America, right? I hear the pay for the rest of the staff wasn't much better. I can't see how a store manager would be making more than the $30ks. - Management hits you HARD for sales numbers. I hope you're comfortable forcing an Mauviel saute pan in EVERY customer's hand when they walk in. Sales have continually been dropping as well, so that's just more pressure on you. - Little to no training. You better know your stuff before you take the job. - Sporadic/inefficient product ordering. Maybe this was management's fault again, who knows. - I can't really emphasize how bad the pay-to-stress ratio was. Stay away.......far, far away.

5.0
Aug 9, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good work environment ,awesome customers ,great hours for management . It gives associates an excellent discount ,spiffs and giveaways . Advancement is available as the company is growing and needs experienced help.No workplace is perfect but sometime there is a perfect fit. Ask yourself,honestly, if you don't like a company if it is them,your own personal boss....or you.

Cons

Company is small and growing so there are missteps sometimes. The upside is you have a lot of personal input in running your store.

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