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5.0

Grill Sergeant

Grill Sergeant/Chef Murphy- Goode Estate Winery (Former Employee) – Healdsburg, CA – May 24, 2019

As Grill Sergeant for MG i was tasked with recipe development specifically centered to food and wine pairings. I acted as "Brand Ambassador" for the winery, traveling across the country and abroad.

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1.0

Terrible. Look elsewhere

Sales (Former Employee) – Santa Rosa, CA – March 14, 2019

Employees are expendable and are compensated as such. No real effort put in by management for career growth. Self-assessments required annually, but review by manager is rarely valuable. No structured plans for advancement and no tuition reimbursement offered.
Mostly boys club of high-end executives versus army of low-paid, forced part-timers (= no benefits) who do the actual face-to-face work with customer base.
Culture is "work hard for us every day, and we might do something nice for you down the line."

Pros

Some really great employees. Good wine.

Cons

Low pay, many who should receive benefits do not per legal loopholes, disappointing company culture (fake concern about putting employees first), poor top-down management/transparency.

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2.0

Easy some days, crazy others. Some work hard, others mess around on phones

Mechanic (Former Employee) – Santa Rosa, CA – April 22, 2018

Company has grown too fast for developing and refining the different sections. It has a enough money to get through it's problems yet doesn't fix the basics. I personally was displeased with how much they throw away, and care less to organize or recycle. They have lacked S.O.P.s, guidance, and management. I remember countless days going machine to machine, ALL DAY, getting them "going" all the while the production personal just goof of and play on their phone. If you have the skills they need they will keep you and use the heck out of you. If not, they might let you go or just keep you in the corner to load machines and press buttons. Co workers were nice, caring, and easy going.

Pros

Benefits, 10 paid holidays, bonus

Cons

manamagement, demoralized environment, inconsistencies, wasteful

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3.0

Production

Bottling Line Operator Maintainer (Former Employee) – Santa Rosa, CA – April 18, 2018

Great company to work for! Awesome Co-workers & supervisors. Best company I've ever worked for!! Everyone Is helpful and super friendly. Management is always out there helping out when a machine is down witch is super awesome.

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4.0

Fast Paced, Sales oriented, competitive company

Sales Manager (Current Employee) – Santa Rosa, CA – April 13, 2018

Impressive wineries, great story and work perks. Paid below market average. Free wine does not pay the bills. Fun co-workers. Woman owned company yet all upper management is men. Fast paced, dynamic and sales driven company.

Pros

Wineries, co-workers

Cons

Pay is below market average, boys club

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3.0

Crazy Winery People

Maintenance Mechanic (Former Employee) – Santa Rosa, CA – January 21, 2018

Over-all it's a good group. If you have skills they need and you don't do too many stupid things, they will keep you around. Not everybody gets the good treatment though.

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5.0

Great Workplace and Great Benefits

Finance (Current Employee) – Santa Rosa, CA – October 11, 2017

Great place to work and great benefits. Even though it is just a place of work, everyone becomes a member of your family. Overall it is a family company and really knows how to treat their employees.

Pros

Benefits, Family Oriented Culture

Cons

Career Advancement

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5.0

Competitive, fun environment

Tasting Room Associate, Carmel Road Winery (Current Employee) – Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA – September 11, 2017

I had a wonderful experience with Jackson Family Wines. Rewards and incentives were put in place for performance milestones. Learning the ins and outs of hospitality made me a much more articulate member of the work force.

Pros

flexible hours

Cons

no benefits for part time

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5.0

Great people to work

Exec. Administrative Assistant (Former Employee) – Palm City, FL – July 25, 2017

This company is a great company to work for. During the time I worked there my boss sent me to California for training. Although the stay was short it was a great experience. Great people to work.

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4.0

Fun most of the time

Tasting Room Associate (Former Employee) – Healdsburg, CA – January 19, 2017

A typical work day consisted of: serving customers wine, educating customers about wine, telling customers about our tasting room, serving food, shipping and selling wine and wine club memberships, do outreach to the surrounding wineries. I learned a lot about wine and sales. I made a lot of friends at my winery but had an issue with my management. Overall a great company to work for.

Pros

Free wine at the end of the night, discounts on wine at all JFW locations

Cons

Working every weekend

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1.0

Absolutely the worst wine organization in the industry

Marketing (Former Employee) – Santa Rosa, CA – November 10, 2014

Believe what you hear - it is a toxic environment.
My direct supervisor had the "shell game" down - look busy and throw the work on everyone else.

Pros

The salary - they HAVE to pay well. It is horrible to work there

Cons

Too many to list - if you value your soul - skip this organization

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5.0

Great

Office Manager/Project / HR Manager (Current Employee) – Sonoma, CA – May 7, 2014

Loved it, it is a great all around company.
Very Flexable great networking and great people all around. Multi tasking is a need.

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5.0

Temporary appointment.

Maintenance Technician (Former Employee) – Sonoma, CA – September 10, 2013

Jackson Family Wines hired me to assist the various contractors with the facility history and locations of underground utilities to expedite the remodel of the winery. This company knows exactly what it takes to rapidly refurbish a production facility and turn it in an efficient production facility.
The upper management was easy to communicate with and did not have the standard "unreachable" attitude that most corporations seem to have.

Pros

Clear communications, good contractor contacts-Professional.

Cons

Did not have a chance to establish a relationship with the new chief of engeneering.

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4.0

Fun place to work, always busy and given responsibility

Lab Technician (Former Employee) – Santa Rosa, CA – May 8, 2013

I learned many practical laboratory skills. I was trusted to efficiently do my job and worked with a variety of people across many departments.

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