Total Rewards Intern

Eataly is hiring a Benefits Intern for Summer 2026 to work with and learn from Eataly’s Total Rewards Team. This internship is a unique opportunity for hands-on, professional experience with a fun and dynamic team. Get a taste of what life is like as an Eatalian!

With the guidance of the Manager of Benefits, the intern will:

• Learn about Eataly North America’s strategies, systems, processes, and tools related to health & welfare benefits, retirement, leave management, vendor coordination, and benefits communications.
• Evaluate the current benefits structures and develop a data-driven recommendation for expanding benefits in a way that supports retention, engagement, and market competitiveness while maintaining financial sustainability.
• Design presentations for LOA training for store management, creating scripts for these to be digitalized and presented by our internal AI tool.
• Audit and review retirement plans, proactively identifying discrepancies before formal audits and helping to strengthen internal controls.
• Assist with open enrollment preparation, communications, and employee education materials for US and Canada enrollment periods.
• Help with data input of compa-ratios into HRIS system, communicating benchmarking to local HR, and ensuring exceptions are flagged separately for future reference.
• Maintain and organize benefits documentation and SOPs.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned.

This internship runs from June - August.  The internship is onsite at Eataly’s corporate offices in Manhattan, NY. The intern will be scheduled per week, Monday – Thursday from 9 am – 6 pm. Internships at Eataly are paid an hourly rate.  Housing and transportation costs are the responsibility of the intern.  

The compensation for this role is $17.00 per hour 

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