line cook

manager

pizza cook

cook

food runner

Art & Jakes

Work load is insane, 8 hours in this kitchen felt like days went by. however, I took pride in the quality of the dishes we made and presentation standards while keeping up with the demands of those rushes. I believe our most expensive day was $30,000 in food sales alone, be prepared for high volume and high standards. Working at this place felt like leaving a battlefield at the end of each day but the camaraderie between front of house and back of house was unmatched anywhere I’ve ever worked. This job made me strong enough to do anything, and the hours and pay were incredible for being a mere line cook. The only frustrating part aside from the workload was the periods when you’d get inexperienced people working for not much less than what you worked up to be making that would slow the whole thing down, such is life - there were good crews and bad crews. Kitchen’s are always changing, just the nature of the work you do. But when it’s all working ideally, when the front and back are on the same page and everyone is working at the same standard of time/quality, it’s a beautiful thing.

I've worked for this company for around 3 years and up until my last day, I never would imagine the level of disrespect that I received. I had a table scream at me and management did nothing to back up me up and protect me as an employee, but give the table more alcohol after being cut off. 

This establishment is fast paced and can be chaotic. Management is very rude and unwelcoming to new employees, along with claiming no new comers don't do any side work or clean up. 
BEWARE ALSO: this place picks favorites and where these people are placed to make money on the floor. Their favorites always get what they want.  

As a former employee, numbers much like the salary posted in the job ad were mentioned and promised to myself. After sitting with both higher ups in the company, including the owner/CEO, we came to a payment agreement in which I waited 6 months to be rewarded and never was. If 400$/week adds up to that 52k a year the offered then by golly I’m wrong, but they pay their managers poorly unless they have black mail. Their servers and bartenders make their money due to the nonstop business. Managers are by no means complimented or compensated in any way that makes life affordable.

Best part of the job was taking care of the customers and making them feel positive about choosing A&J over the multitude of choices in the immediate area. Worst part of the job was that I seemed to be the only person who cared. The culture encouraged bullying and abuse between coworkers rather than team building. Quite possibly the worst environment in my extensive restaurant experience. I received zero training and felt "fed to the wolves" with minimal Management support or backup.

There was little to no training at all and the culture was terrible the results of everything was fire fire fire no training and development of staff and employees no documentation no systems put in place I worked there three weeks scene one Chef fired one quit one manager step down and the owners would actually talk to you about firing other managers during interviews how unprofessional is that to say the least the company failed one time within a year and I don't imagine they'll be here much longer

The managers are unfair and they enforce every rule using fear. You will fear losing your job the entire time you are working there. The coworkers for the most part will treat you like family. The kitchen staff is the sweetest and most helpful group of men and women I have ever worked with. I only continued to work there because of the kitchen staff and my coworkers. The managers sucked.

Solid place to work. The vibes can be good when they're good. When having a good day and someone bothers you, just ignore it. Management can be hit or miss. 

I worked here for two months and at first I loved the job but that didn’t last long. The management can not separate their work life from their social life. Also I specifically asked for Wednesday’s off so I could go to church but I was always scheduled for Wednesday’s.

Terrible place to work. Awful manager that has no business running a restaurant. Changes his mind constantly then yells at the employees for it. This place had to rebrand because of how awful it was- and that hasn't helped at all. They run all of the good people that actually know about restaurants out.

ummm no breaks pay for food managers were ok late on schedules every week last minute lots of drama with many year servers verse new girls 
no breaks at all you complain they send you home  food expensive worth the 50 percent off

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Line cook 42 salaries reported	$19.32 per hour
Manager 46 salaries reported	$65,000 per year
Pizza cook 40 salaries reported	$17.38 per hour
Cook 43 salaries reported	$16.73 per hour
Food runner 21 salaries reported	$15.00 per hour

Working at Art & Jakes: Company Overview and Reviews

Art & Jakes

Art & Jakes Ratings

Popular jobs at Art & Jakes

Salary Satisfaction

Job Seeker Tools

Employer Tools

Browse

Stay Connected