About Five Guys

Five Guys have stuck to their 'perfect and serve' philosophy ever since the family business began in Arlington, Virginia during the mid 1980's.

Over the course of the last 30 years, Five Guys have grown from a small, family-run operation to one of nearly 1,500 locations across the U.S, Canada, Europe and the Middle East.

It is important to Five Guys that every single one of their near 3,000-strong workforce believe in the same things that they do. This means living, breathing, eating and sleeping every single one of their five core principles.

Their five core principles are: Integrity; Get It Done; Competitive; Family; and Enthusiastic. By living these core principles, Five Guys firmly believe that they will one day reach their ambition of 'creating an unrivalled burger experience'.

What is it like to work for Five Guys

Leadership

77% of staff agreed:

This organisation is run on strong values / principles

Five Guys believe that everyone is part of the family and that nobody is more important, regardless of the role they hold in the business. Senior managers spend time working with teams in the kitchen with teams during busy shifts. The senior management team will also on occasion join the teams to do a closing shift.

77% of staff agreed:

This organisation is run on strong values / principles

Personal Growth

76% of staff agreed:

The experience I gain from this job is valuable for my future

Five Guys encourage and support teams to support new store openings in France, Spain & Germany. They feel this is a great opportunity for teams development for both work and non-work related development. This is open to all levels in the business.

76% of staff agreed:

The experience I gain from this job is valuable for my future

Fair Deal

69% of staff agreed:

I am happy with the pay and benefits I receive in this job

Five Guys operates a secret shopper programme. This involves a secret shopper visiting the restaurant twice a week and scores their experience based on key brand standards. The criteria for the secret shopper includes quality of food, environment, customer service and NPS (Net promoter score). Awarding the bonus is based on the team achieving over 90% and a % of sales of that restaurant is divided between those on shift at that time.

69% of staff agreed:

I am happy with the pay and benefits I receive in this job

Learn more about the 8 factors of workplace engagement here

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