Sawdah Bhaimiya

More than half of the employers said young recruits struggled to make eye contact during the interview, and 50% said they asked for unreasonable compensation.

The index includes an analysis of 396 U.S. companies across five areas (hiring, pay, racial and gender parity, promotion practices, and culture) over the past five years.

Pret CEO Pano Christou, 45, spent 19 years climbing the ranks at Pret, from assistant manager in 2000 to becoming chief executive in 2019.