Dairy Queen Employer Reviews

Dairy Queen was a great first job, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone looking to further themselves, unless they intend to remain in the ice cream business. One can move from team member to manager to owner, but after that there's not much more to it.

If your looking to move up, don't bother to work here. I have been here for 2 months and done more then any other employee. There has been burger patties that had mold on them and I cleaned the kitchen (spotless) to make sure that NO ONE would ever be sick.

I love working here because your co-workers are like your family and everyone gets along. The work is a bit challenging but nothing you can't handle. The schedule is very flexible so if you need a day off the possibility of you receiving it is high.

I learned valuable customer service techniques and team member management.

This is a good first job. I learned how to work with money and food. I also was taught to work fast. The expectations are too high for being paid so little. I love the people I work with. Management could be better.

Worked there for a year, I want to work there longer but got terminated for various reasons. fast working moving around a lot be ready.

Dairy Queen is organized well throughout the restaurant, business flows freely and quickly. Computer system is older POS system but functions the way it should making customer service easy. Computer software used to prepare schedules and any charts or graphs needed for daily or weekly assignments. Part of the job is learning personable skills needed – more... to work with the public of a small town. There is a tendency to learn the regular customers and begin to notice them while you are out doing personal business as well as work related activities, and strike up a conversation. The hardest part of the job would be keeping employees busy when sales are slow, and keeping the younger generation focused on work instead of their social networking application on their phone. – less

A typical day involve me cooking, cleaning, taking orders, and making ice cream. I learned how to make a cone. Management was like working with a new employee. Co-workers were fun but devoted to there job. There was no place for job advancement. Hardest part of the day was when it was time to leave and the relief never showing up on time.

I enjoyed my coworkers and boss. Fast paced environment made for little to no downtime. Always busy.

Dairy Queen is probably the best job I will ever have. Everything about it is fun and easy.

Open and close the store.
Make and serve food to customers.
Set up the schedule.
Interview people for part-time and full-time positions.
The Co-workers were for the most part enjoyable.

Great people with great managers and come again and again customers who really love their dairy queen.

Dairy Queen is a good place to learn and become fond of working. The managers and owners treat you fairly and you feel like you belong. A typical day at work starts with opening the store and getting it ready for how customers expect it to look. Doors open and customers come in or through drive. It is then all about customers first. Working with coworkers – more... and always working to be better. Summer rushes are always fun. It gives you a chance to see how good you really are and sometimes competitions are held such as: best cones, or fastest blizzards. Closing is the easiest and yet still challenging, following checklist making sure your stations are clean and all machines have been taken down for the night. – less

I really enjoyed this job but the older I got the more I saw the need for a greater benefits package and a need for greater compensation. I really liked the people I worked for and with.

When I would arrive at work, I checked lobby made sure it was presentable to customers. I did learn that work is not just a walk in the park and it felt really good to work for something and earn some money of my own, since this was my first job. The management team was very respectful. The only reason I did not have that job very long is because I – more... was in school, and I was in bowling for school. That took up a lot of time so I was then taken off of the schedule. – less

Fast pace, typically busy, well organized. Great food, but overly high prices. Needs more variety of food and better management

As my first job this place was the best place ever until I began seeing that fast food is not the job for me.

Work at Dairy Queen was always fun and exciting. I learned a lot about products and the Dairy Queen trademark history. I also learned great customer service and leadership skills. The environment was fast paced also.

Stocking/filling, taking orders, making ice cream, cleaning, answering phones, talking to co-workers, help them understand what needs done.

A typical day at work would consist of cleaning the toppings, refilling everything, doing dishes, making ice creme cakes, wiping down tables, taking customers orders, making sundeas, taking out garbage. Basically it was my first and hardest job yet.
Although it was not the best of experiences, it has taught me a lot. The way I look at it as I'm getting – more... the hard work out of the way now. Such as "hard work" meaning lessons to be learned during adolecence. Mainly I learned to always be patient, speak slow, creativity with selling items, team work, and being very sociable.
The most enjoyable part of the job and probably most frequent asked question by outsides, would be getting free ice creme. I have a love and passion for food. By being able to create different mixtures of ice creme and flavors I loved my pitiful job a little more.
As for the management, it could be a hundred times better. Since it's a family owned buisness each person of the faimly contribute/has a say. From that alone it gets a little hectic. Plus, it creates drama due to there massive mistakes. – less