Abusive and sometimes dangerous work environment. - Crew Member Culver's Employee Review

1.0
9 Jan 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Can learn how to be a team player. Usually friendly co-workers. Schedule is usually flexible. Easy to learn all positions. The company itself has good culture.

Cons

Verbally abusive and manipulative owners/operators. Only offered a raise once in my 5-6 years there. Every mistake you make during your day will get you scolded. Professionalism is very lacking here. I was expected to do the work of 2 - 4 crew members on a daily biases. We had a checklist that was nearly impossible to complete in the allotted time given by owner/operators. And if it wasn't completed you would get yelled at. The store lacked proper protective equipment to clean and filter the scolding 350+ degree deep-fat fryers everyday. Even if we had this equipment like gloves,face mask, and a heat resistant apron we were in the kitchen usually alone or understaffed. So, every order you received you would have to take it all off and then make sure you washed your hands and proceed to make the food. (Which was impossible to do with time restraints.) Not to mention that you have one less fryer to cook food with too. The work environment here was down right horrible.

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5.0
12 Jun 2026
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Pros

Tim Newkirk was a wonderful and fair boss. Morning staff was responsible, upbeat, and had good team ethics. Vikki my manger always had my back. The BEST regular customers! Flexible schedules

Cons

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2.0
28 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible hours. On the job training. Generally supportive co-workers.

Cons

Not safe for those on the autism spectrum, are otherwise neurodivergent. Consistent bullying from a team trainer - refusal to actually train me, constant undermining of my ability, passive aggressive comments, refusal to communicate even the most basic of information to me. This was communicated to management very soon after I started working but nothing changed in the entire year after. I worked with one employee with a seizure disorder, another employee who had carpel tunnel surgery, and three employees with varying degrees of autism, including me. In all of these cases, they were put into situations where their condition is exacerbated. I saw three seizures happen, two of which were after she gave management a doctor's note indicated she requires a break every single day. The lady with carpal tunnel was put into situations where she was forced to scoop desserts, triggering hand pain. I worked alongside in autistic man who told me he had no training on drive-thru, yet was scheduled there anyway. He was kicked off after making too many mistakes, and the managers on duty became visibly exasperated with him. After this, he told me he plans to quit cause he no longer feels welcome. When these problems were communicated to management, I was told that *I* need to learn how to communicate, and that it's a two-way street. Slow, constant pile-up of responsibilities without the training or pay to reflect it. I received a 10 cent raise in my entire time working there, while I was being expected to come in on my day off and supervise multiple stations with my expertise.

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