Oakland - Core Team Member

Address 831 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607, USA

Compensation $20.03/hour

Job Description

As a Sweetgreen Team Member, you'll be an ambassador for our mission: building healthier communities by connecting people to real food. Whether you're focused on customer experience, food preparation, or station organization, you'll have the support to create experiences our customers will love.

Join our movement to rewrite the future of fast food—and grow your own future too. Top-performing Team Members can advance to General Manager in as little as 36 months.

Deliver exceptional hospitality while supporting smooth restaurant operations—from greeting customers and sharing menu knowledge to ensuring a positive experience at every touchpoint.

• Food Preparation: Includes portioning, mixing, squeezing, chopping, and prepping ingredients.
• Line Operation: Build salads quickly and accurately, ensuring correct portions and presentation.
• Customer Interaction: Greeting guests, taking orders, answering questions, and delivering a friendly and efficient service experience.
• Sanitation + Cleaning: Maintain a clean and organized workspace, adhering to food safety and hygiene standards at all times.
• Tool + Equipment Handling: Safely operate kitchen tools and equipment (including knives, robot coupe, blenders, thermometers, dish machines, and POS systems).
• Inventory Support: Restock and rotate ingredients and supplies as needed throughout service and prep shifts.
• Team Communication: Use clear verbal cues (‘knife,’ ‘behind’) to ensure team coordination and workplace safety.
• Order Accuracy: Follow prep guides and recipe cards to ensure food is prepared to standard, following protocols for handling allergens and preventing cross‑contamination.
• Multi‑Tasking: Efficiently manage prep, service, and cleaning responsibilities, particularly during peak hours.

• Restaurant, retail, or hospitality experience with strong customer service skills.
• Quick learner who is reliable, organized, and adapts easily to different stations.
• Team‑oriented and proactive, especially during peak periods.
• Passionate about food quality, safety, and creating memorable guest experiences.
• Must be available to work a minimum of 12 hours per week.
• Physical requirements:
  
  lifting up to ~25 lbs, bending, reaching, squatting, pulling, manual dexterity with tools, coordination, endurance, and standing/walking for extended periods.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

• Tips (subject to location and role)
• Competitive wages (with raises for learning new skills)
• Medical, dental, and vision plan options for part‑time and full‑time team members*
• Paid vacation + wellness time
• Paid parental leave*
• 401k*
• Free healthy and delicious shift meals
• Access to our SG Swag Marketplace — earn and buy custom Sweetgreen gear
• And much more…

* Depending on eligibility

Sweetgreen is a plant‑forward food company with a vision for a healthier tomorrow—and we’re just getting started. As we grow, we’re committed to developing our people from restaurants to our support center so everyone can be part of the movement. When you join Sweetgreen, you don’t just grow your own future—you grow the planet’s.

Sweetgreen provides equal opportunities for everyone that works for us and everyone that applies to join our team, without regard to sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, any service, past, present, or future, in the uniformed services of the United States (military or veteran status), or any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local law.

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