shift manager

cook

line cook

assistant general manager

customer service associate / cashier

Farmer Boys

Ive worked here for about three years and have gained a lot of experience with this company. A typical day for me is serving guests greeting them with smiles, answering phone calls and orders, and any other duties the managers ask of me i am always doing above and beyond of what my tasks are. I enjoy doing more then what is expected. I currently still work there part time. I really enjoy serving my guests with a positive and energetic attitude at all times. I have learned a lot from working with this company and i want to expand my knowledge in other locations and other work places as well. I feel i have a lot of knowledge when it comes to management skills and how to manage a crew and shift leaders together i would like to find a position where i can grow and share the knowledge ive learned with other coworkers. I love the atmosphere at this restaurant because my coworkers all stay connected and we all have great customer service and intend to make our customers satisfied at all times. We defiantly put them first as i feel it should be that way everywhere you go.

This job is good if you are a high school or early college student, as long as you stay a cashier. As a shift lead, they will put you through training but not respect you or your position once you are there. No matter how much you ask to learn, and clock in to work on time and every shift, and even cover shifts, if the GM does not like you, you will be treated poorly. Resulting in cut hours, not getting school days and them playing with your schedule for no reason. When voicing concerns they do not listen. When they say you’ve done something wrong, they do not teach you better or correct you, they just tell you it was wrong. If you’re trying to run your shift, the other managers will overturn your decisions and then blame you when the shift goes wrong. They do not communicate well and get upset at others when they can’t. They expect you to know everything and are not willing to teach outside of the corporate classes you take. On the field the managers are petty, ill trained and only moved up because they are liked or they want the $.

There are so many things that were wrong. First management (GM, Assistant GM, and the Area Manager) never did anything to solve the issues that were going on. It was always we'll look into it. Never got resolved.  Everyone was very cliquish if you didn't fit no one spoke to you. Everyone called off so you were always short especially on the weekends. No one wanted to work so there you are putting in 10+hours because the managers weren't strict on policy & when you asked for a day off ONLY the favorites got it off. The only good thing were the tips you made as a cashier. No paid vacation no holiday pay only sick time is paid. Would've been nice for holiday pay especially when you're short staffed and not paid enough. If management cleaned up and there wasn't that much favoritism it would be a better place to work. Oh, and discrimination in the workplace wad ridiculous! It was always a we'll look into it and never got fixed. They clearly don't know what discrimination was and the actual definition. It was a very stressful environment.

no hours, disrespectful coworkers, do not apply unless you absolutely want to feel like a joke/circus animal behind bars. They even took away our free meal privilege for anyone that works only 5 hours which is the only shift available other than 8 hour. Therefore, if you are part time don’t expect to work 8 hour shifts 3-4 days a week. They always make you move no matter if there aren’t any customers around. Always something to do they say. I myself barely receive 10 hours A WEEK! and have been told to not come in making it only 5 hours. I’m not a lazy worker or someone who doesn’t put the upmost effort because that’s what is required for this job and still I feel like i’m competing with my coworkers to make a  burger as quickly as I can to be the better worker and get more hours. 

My review is that farmers boys is a great place to if you like a fast pace environment. everybody at farmers boys works together as one team we all help each other and each one of farmers boys employees will go above thier job to get the job done.the managers are pretty cool to talk if you have a problem that needs to handle they also great boss I enjoyed working at my old store in the mountain Grove Plaza in Redlands Ca , we where the best in my mind,but now that I am appling for this new farmers boys cook job which I hope to get. this store will be number one instead.

On a typical day at work;

I say Hello to all of my employees and ask them if everything is going well, and listen for questions and concerns.

Check facility for cleanliness and assurance that all machinery is working properly. 

Review all banking deposits, payroll and inventory costs with the assistant managers. 

Talk with customers and ask for their feedback and experience at our location. 

In this position I have learned how to manage and deal with different types of employees and customers as far ethnicity, culture, and attitude. 

The most enjoyable part of my job is knowing that my employees are happy, comfortable and productive in their performance.

My typical day was taking care of the dine to make sure all customers necessities were met. Take out orders. I would help customers. Answer and solve customer complaints. Take care and supervise the rest of the employees. Place big shipment orders such as food, inventory, cleaning supplies, uniforms and dishware. Assign employees to designated positions for the day and work on the weekly schedule. The hardest part of the job was not being able to compromise with the upper management team in order to solve internal issues related with the new GM. The most enjoyable part of my job was able to interact with many people and make their days.

Manager is not a good person The upper management would always get into fights, and it wasn’t a good work environment. It was a very toxic work environment. People would always talk trash behind each other’s backs, and they would intentionally trying to sabotage your work. The only teamwork was between the young people, but as soon as you started working with the much older and experience people, such as the managers, the job will get much much tougher because they would always start fights or try to sabotage you or mess up your workflow because they don’t like doing their own jobs, and would rather pass off jobs to the younger people for example, me and a friend we’re only 16 but we were left to close up shop.

A typical day at work for me at Farmer Boys started off clocking in at 7:00 A.M. and stocking the ice cream cups for the shakes and putting them in the freezer. I would make sure that the dining area tables were stocked with creamers,sugar,ketchup,salt and pepper. I would make sure dining was clean. I would wash dishes in the back kitchen if there was any dirty dishes. I would sweep the floors in the front and help customers throughout the day. Thirty minutes before my shift was over I would make sure the dining area was clean and stocked. The workplace culture is a casual ambient with a fast food/ homemade vibe. The hardest part of my job is that all cashiers had to wash dishes. The most enjoyable part of the job was the flexibility and the customer service.

I would open the store and start the stores opening kitchen duties, take drive thru, phone and dining room orders. properly sanitize and wash my hands and then prepare the food in each order sometimes preparing several orders at a time. then if there was not too many orders i would take on cleaning duties in  both the dining room and the kitchen. stock the supplies. Sometimes I would be asked to take deposits from the safe to the bank to make a merchant deposit or travel to other store branches to pick up materials or ingredients that my store might be out of.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Shift manager 8 salaries reported	$19.91 per hour
Cook 4 salaries reported	$18.19 per hour
Line cook 9 salaries reported	$19.06 per hour
Assistant general manager 3 salaries reported	$23.67 per hour
Customer service associate / cashier 9 salaries reported	$20.39 per hour

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