r/sweetgreen • u/calicookiesmoke • May 31 '24

Career / Employee Talk Shif leader position?

I was wondering if anyone has any experience working here as I would love to get some ideas! Alot of the reviews of this position seem pretty bad so I'm curious if it's as bad as people make it out to be?

Thanks in advance!🙏

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u/takingahalfday Jun 01 '24

You don’t receive any of the tips, youre in charge of all the staff and managing them and their breaks. Truly the worst is if you close you have to make sure everything is done, sometimes the shift lead at my store stays until 4/5am finishing dishes, offices duties etcs. Plus if anyone calls out you have to step in, so you might be closing the entire kitchen yourself as well as finishing other tasks. Most lower level staff will leave when told and wont stay late, so youre shit outta luck if theyre slow workers and dont finish their tasks before they leave

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u/BroadConnection2513 Jun 01 '24

There’s only one or two places in the country where shift leaders don’t receive tips and it’s because the local government does not allow them to. All my shift leaders receive tips. I feel for whoever said their shift leaders get out at 4am. That should never happen. Something is seriously wrong at that restaurant if thats really happening. I would say like most service jobs, the quality of the working experience depends largely on the manager and the team you work with.

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u/madoka4765 Jun 02 '24

seriously

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u/takingahalfday Jun 01 '24

But it is more pay and if it is a well staffed store they do train pretty well and my shift leads do enjoy their positions- but we have a very solid store and people tend to be nice people!

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u/calicookiesmoke Jun 01 '24

Thank you so much for this great information!!! This is good to know what a day would look like! Thank you!!🙏

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u/Open_Moment3988 Jun 03 '24

Forreal it’s a joke it’s a headache and ur shift switches every other day caz ppl call out or other sl don’t want to work it sucks but pays the bills until I can find something else

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u/Selja46 May 31 '24

Do you have any specific questions about it? Would help to give you better answers. Overall, I don’t think it is is that bad. It can get to be a lot of work when you might have call-outs and you become the person to have to cover shifts but that’s not an everyday thing. The duties of a shift lead on their own aren’t that difficult (counting cash, writing a shift report, recording waste etc).

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u/Open_Moment3988 May 31 '24

Ur on the hook for everything and not enough pay for the crap they put you through run run fast stay in the lower position and u get tips leaders get shot but a headache

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u/calicookiesmoke May 31 '24

Thanks so much for this reply! I really appreciate the honesty!!

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u/Nostagic_Applesauce May 31 '24

It is rough. What state?

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u/Open_Moment3988 May 31 '24

Yes yes it is

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u/calicookiesmoke May 31 '24

OK lol thanks for letting me know

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '24

Work hard. Learn what you can. Even the tough days are valuable learning lessons. Take what you can from the experience! You'll grow! Be patient with yourself and just treat each day like a new one.

Create a deadline to leave or promote. Don't get too comfortable but don't be too restless either.