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On average, employees at Papa John's Pizza give their company a 3.8 rating out of 5.0 - which is 3% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. The happiest Papa John's Pizza employees are General Managers submitting an average rating of 4.0 and Managers with a rating of 3.8.

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3.8
Average Rating
(based on 32 Papa John's Pizza Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.7
Growth Opportunities
3.3
People You Work With
4.1
Person You Work For
3.8
Rewards You Receive
3.4
Support You Get
3.9
Way You Work
4.2
Work Setting
3.7
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Papa John's Pizza Employee

"Since I joined Papa Johns earlier this year it has been a blast, the manager has completely worked around my school time and ensured, I'm always on time for my school."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Papa John's Pizza Employee

"Great people to work with."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.8
Papa John's Pizza (56)

4.4 Highest Rated in this Industry is Cambria (7)
2.4 Lowest Rated in this Industry is 3 Day Blinds (14)
3.5 Average of All Companies in this Industry (653)
Papa John's Pizza Employee

"I'm not living and I'm not working in USA. Please fix your application procedure."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Manager

"I've worked at Papa Johns since 2012. I have been promoted to the manager title. Unfortunately, I feel as if I need to make more money and change my career. Papa Johns has a very thorough training program and provides an additional food safe certification to help ensure the quality of our service. All in all, this company is great to work for but does not have the acquired pay I am looking for."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Shift Manager

What do you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"being able to help people and cater to families who looked forward to our services."

What don't you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"The dead time...when nothing is happening and the business days are slow."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Just to keep up to date with the products and employees work ethic."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Driver

"I work hard and make enough money to go to school."

What do you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"Pays well for a part-time job and the hours make it easy to attend school."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Do not apply unless you are good with directions and have a good driving record."

What don't you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"There is no room for advancement as a driver, you cannot be promoted to anything higher. You can never receive a pay raise."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The store managers constantly break the companies rules/policies and the district managers don't care. If the company wants less employee turnaround the need to enforce the rules that protect their employees"

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Delivery Driver

"It was... character building"

What do you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"I did like the atomsphere it always felt like it was homey"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest to the management team. If you cant drive well, then you dont need to be a delivery driver"

What don't you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"I didnt like the pay, having to different pay rates for drivers was dumb"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to your staff more often on things that they would know better than yourself"

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Director

What do you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"Great team environment, that rewards the work performed. Demanding exceptions that continue to improve the process."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be your self and able to execute while leading change."

What don't you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"Did not like working on the east coast, along with working 80 hour weeks."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue to improve with a process approach that can be measured."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Delivery Driver

"Just a minimum wage job. I did enjoy the customer service side of the opperation"

What do you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"The rewarding feeling of helping a customer, from just completing an order correctly to price discrepancy, Helping a customer is always a great feeling."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I don't think there are many tips one could give for this position. It is just a pizza delivery position."

What don't you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"There was no opportunity for growth. The position did not align with my major in college."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have no suggestions, as I said before it was just a minimum wage job to pay the bills."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Crew Member

"my job was Driver/ help in the store"

What do you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"I was a new at that career somentin diferent for my life."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I was new at this job I not to enroll."

What don't you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"The salary was so bad on my own words working for nothing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"He was very good manager and he helped alot each employees."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Shift Manager

What do you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"I really don't like my job. The pay is lousy. There are no benefits."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You'd be better off joining the military. Or being homeless."

What don't you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"The hours are horrible. The physical and mental toll is not worth the meager pay."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"At the very least I would pretend that my employee's happiness meant something."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
General Manager

What do you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"Hands on product and being a hands on manager and having fun while working."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest about your skill set. And set high goals for yourself."

What don't you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"I worked for Papa John's 17 years with no advancement."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Always be a team player and work together as a team work always."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Delivery Driver

What do you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"When it's busy, it's worth it because you work until it isn't busy anymore. If you have other obligations though, you won't be able to meet them unless you arrange it ahead of time."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"With the high turnover, as long as you're clean and competent, you'll get hired. If you're applying for a management position, it's best to have prior experience in food service."

What don't you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"When it's shortstaffed, everyone feels it. Delivery times get long, customers get cranky."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the feedback from employees at the lowest levels and incorporate it!"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Manager

"Life Changing"

What do you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"Flexible hours, good work environment. Good job to get thru college."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be ready for a fast passed work environment with no breaks."

What don't you like about working at Papa John's Pizza?

"does not pay well enough, I would like a Computer related job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need more workers, and find a way to better distribute the work load."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Cashier
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4.1 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.1 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

Papa John's Pizza Reviews FAQs

Is Papa John's Pizza a good company to work for?

Papa John's Pizza has an overall rating of 3.8 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 32 Papa John's Pizza Review Ratings left anonymously by Papa John's Pizza employees, which is 3% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 94% of employees would recommend working at Papa John's Pizza.

Does Papa John's Pizza pay their employees well?

Papa John's Pizza employees earn $29,000 annually on average, or $14 per hour, which is 56% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 4 Papa John's Pizza employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Papa John's Pizza Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Papa John's Pizza?

94% of employees would recommend working at Papa John's Pizza with the overall rating of 3.8 out of 5. Employees also rated Papa John's Pizza 3.7 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.4 for Rewards You Receive, 3.3 for Growth Opportunities and 3.9 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Papa John's Pizza?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Papa John's Pizza is a Senior Director at $140,000 annually. Browse Papa John's Pizza Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Papa John's Pizza?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Papa John's Pizza is a Insider at $12,000 annually. Browse Papa John's Pizza Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Papa John's Pizza?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Papa John's Pizza to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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