grill cook

restaurant manager

sous chef

general manager

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Aloha Hospitality

This review is from my personal experience working for Aloha. The company is a family run business with the father being the head guy in charge and his son being second in command. The office consists of about 10 other employees working in different departments. The work/life balance at Aloha is severely heavy on the "work" side as the owner expects employees to live and breathe the company's mission. That's fine if your name is on the restaurants and you have a personal stake in seeing the company succeed; however, for everyone else this is simply a job where we provide services in exchange for a paycheck. That mentality is not acceptable at Aloha. Rather, you should expect to give your ALL to the company ... work as many hours as needed to fulfill the company's workload (quote: "there is no such thing as overtime at Aloha"). The company is EXTREMELY micromanaged by the owner/upper management in that they want to be involved in every little detail. This makes completing tasks very challenging and frustrations run high as a result. The overall feeling by office staff is that of being overworked, underappreciated, and stressed. There always seemed to be a constant "cloud of discontentment" radiating from the staff. The owner can be very belittling and bullying to employees by offering feedback in a harsh manner that is insulting at times. While he truly seems to mean well, his delivery leaves much to be desired. Overall, I would not recommend Aloha as a desirable place to work unless you are the type that wants to LIVE FOR YOUR JOB.

I worked here as a server while I was in college. It is a decent serving job with potential to make good money some shifts, but there are way better serving jobs in Tuscaloosa alone. Best thing about the job was my coworkers, and I wouldn't have lasted there long without good coworkers. Managers are nice enough but often do NOTHING during busy shifts and very rarely actually help out the serving staff when we were obviously stressed out. It gets stressful here very quickly, and you must be able to keep your cool while getting double/triple sat, dealing with rude/entitled customers, and having to wait in line for 10+ minutes to ring in a table's order or ring in something as simple as ranch. The clientele that comes in here is CHEAP, and I regularly got stiffed on checks (at least once or twice a shift). Many customers are also rude to waitstaff, and managers very rarely put them in their place. 

Interviewing process is very unprofessional and you will wait hours to even be acknowledged, for some reason, this place can’t keep anyone from hosts, to kitchen staff, to servers. your clientele here is some of the sweetest, god given people ever, however here there are no benefits, rarely incentives at this place at all. management could care less about members or what’s going on in their members lives - you’re expected to work long hours (most serving jobs you won’t get a break anyways) but no breaks. Favorites ALWAYS are priority and get what they want. you can’t advance because everyone who is advance are butt kissers. Corporate expects happy guests but does nothing to keep workers happy or even care to listen for their concern. Favorites could get away with murder at this place and no one would bat an eye

What is the best part of working at the company?
Bob Baumhower started this company ver 42 years ago.  He is a caring leader and looks out for the workers.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
some change is slow. We have policies to follow and sometimes the need to make expeditous alterations is not possible.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good culture, leadership is involved, active and wants the compny to be the best for their guests,

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Must be on time, structured daily responsibilities and replecating schedules so you know the responsible parties will be there when needed.

There is a lot of opportunities to make great money while working at Dauphins, however, the management and FOH staff are not overly friendly to new faces. Management does not support their team and is often incompetent. The training system is deeply flawed and results in new servers often experiencing "sink or swim" moments when they are introduced onto the floor. Overall it is a very toxic environment overflowing with serpents. It doesn't work well with balancing family or school. They are not very flexible nor do they keep their word when it comes to scheduling. Not everyone in the company is deplorable. Some truly fantastic people shine through, but the greater majority are despicable beings. I do not recommend giving yourself this stress.

Great learning environment at previous locations. I have traveled for this company i.e. Opening stores and relocating. I've learned many things during my 6 years in this company, from basic pizza knowledge to figuring out labor and our new Toast system. The workplace culture is one of the best I have ever been in, depending on the management, but overall I've had nothing but positive vibes here. The most enjoyable part of this job is the employees and co workers. Without them being uplifting and in good spirits the workplace would easily become mundane and routinely boring.

I have been with the company for over 20 something years. I feel like I have grown as an individual and a well fit for the company. Throughout the years, I started as a grill cook transitioned to a corporate trainer then later into management which I was given  the tools and  training to be  the general manager I am today. I have  been treated more like a family member, rather than just an employee. There are not many companies that have the same beliefs as you and treat every person or guest how you want to be treated 


Management lies, and none of them are on the same page. They don’t appreciate the work you put in for the company, and fights and arguments constantly break out. Management will pick favorites and even if you’re working to do your best for them, they won’t appreciate it. The new management doesn’t do a good job of making their employees feel welcome to work there and will insult you. They will promise you a raise and never deliver. Worked there for over a year and never felt like management appreciated me as a hardworking employee.

I worked at the corporate office and quite honestly I’ve never experienced anything like it. The company is a small family run business heavily managed by father and son. Extreme...EXTREME micromanaging. There is ZERO consistency...chasing squirrels and shiny objects  is an art form. Excessive unattainable project lists. Excessive half baked processes, procedures and red tape. Blatant, intentional and aggressive disrespect from ownership. Personally, it was the biggest mistake in my professional career.

Working here isn’t to bad this was my first job and it’s very nice the workers are cool I liked all my mangers except one she really did to much and her attitude ain’t it but overall the people there are very nice exspecial the girl who helped me count change faster that was very helpful it’s easy to clean this place also so there’s not that many customers really liked the job it’s a great first time job I don’t see why they have little to no customers the food is delicious 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Grill cook 15 salaries reported	$60,000 per year
Restaurant manager 6 salaries reported	$58,333 per year
Sous chef 4 salaries reported	$51,250 per year
General manager 3 salaries reported	$80,000 per year
Cook 11 salaries reported	$11.59 per hour

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