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A typical day has you cleaning dishes, doing chores, managing time with orders being cooked, and making lemonade once or twice a day, sometimes you won’t need to.

Store management is chill but enforceful, they keep the place going. Upper management from the company sucks, they discourage employees from prepping enough to get through a singular full shift I guess so that more things are very fresh despite not making a difference whether or not a lemonade jug or batter was made an hour ago or yesterday. It feels like they make rules for workers while not being the workers they enforce the rules on themselves so it feels like they don’t understand some struggles we face and why some implemented rules are unproductive and annoying. Upper management can’t stand something not being done the perfect, exact way the company wants it, even if using other methods makes absolutely no difference or is even more productive. They don’t want you to think smarter and not work harder, they want their rules followed.

Workplace culture is awesome, we are all 18-early 20s (except managers) so you can imagine the fun conversations and moments we all share. We play music on a speaker if we want; it gets us through the day.

Hardest part of the job for me has to be emptying and cleaning the big batter bowl we batter up the dogs in. It’s thick batter with grainy particles since it’s just water mixed with batter powder, so sometimes batter dries up and needs some extra scrubs to get off, and the grainy particles need some extra rinsing. If it gets in your hands while cleaning it’s a bit annoying. 

Do note that you may get very dry skin from cleaning your hands after touching money but needing to tend to something in the dryers immediately, or needing to wash hands every time someone comes up because you’re doing something and need to clean up no matter what.

Annoying part of the job is trying to do a task and customers existing will halt it all, even worse when you’re closing by yourself and management wants you serving till the very last minute while also expecting you to leave 20 minutes after the final minute the store is open which is impossible if you keep serving to the last minute. You really need that last hour to yourself if closing alone and every minute of it even while trying to multitask.

Hard part of the job also is counting the drawer when you close, new hotdoggers have a hard time getting it down, so did I for a few months.

Enjoyable part of the job is being there in the moment in the location; talking to people in the cities’ mall fills me with life and it’s cool to meet new people for the 1-5 minutes they’re there as they order a lemonade or wait for their corn dogs. It’s also a mall job so weekdays will be easy days. Also keep in mind it’s a mall job so you’ll get like 7-13 hours a week In January-April, 20+ hours a week during summer, and holiday season. You’ll need a second job if you want to be working full time unless you’re a manager. The loss of hours in certain times of the year will make you miss the days when you had to work 5 days a week and dreaded it.

I worked for HDOAS for a little over 2 years. I left for a couple of months when I found a job closer to home but I actually missed the simplicity of the job and came back to ask to be rehired. 
Managers and employees were all nice and friendly. I knew right from the interview that I'd like the job because of how much it felt more like a conversation rather than an interview. I even met the regional manager and she was just as friendly as though she were simply an hourly employee. There were a few manager changes in the short time I was there but every single one was friendlier than the last. Everyone was really helpful when I started and welcoming, really putting in the effort to get to  know me rather than just treating me like a newbie which is something I often experienced with new jobs. 
I found out later that there was a little drama between some of the employees but they never let it interfere with the job itself or make the environment awkward or uncomfortable. 
It WAS a physical job and often teams it felt understaffed and I was left alone to run the store even during busy hours but more often than not it was really slow and once the daily to do list and food prep was finished there wasn't much to do but wait for customers.
It was a nice, simple job that I appreciated and feel lucky to have worked at.

I’ve learned it’s very important to have colleagues whom you trust in the work space. However, I witnessed lots of abuse from the management team to one another. Unfortunately, when concerns were raised noting was done. I believe workers should feel safe in their work environments. Hot Dog On A Stick in Kaneohe, failed to do so. 

The hardest part about the job was making sure we were a team. Once again, due to poor management, everyone else struggled under the umbrella. It’s a very unfortunate situation because all regular employees got along well. However, when the management fought and it bothered us, no action was taken. This made it difficult for the rest of us to function. 

Aside from the negative, I enjoyed the fast paced system at HDOS. Personally the hardest part was during a rush having to deal with cooking/fryer for fish and zucchini when there wasn’t enough space. Customers were usually pleasant and I really liked the energy my coworkers would give me during work. 

As a former employee who left because my hours were cut due to a management situation that had nothing to do with me, I think it’s very unfair that these employees are still getting paid without having to work. I quit the job because I wasn’t getting hours to get paid. Now everyone isn’t even working and basically getting free money. 

I cannot say enough good things about my time at Hotdog On A Stick. I worked there from August 2014 to January 2017, and I miss this job every day. I know it's changed quite a bit since I worked there, but the culture was so important and so integrated in the everyday routine of things, you couldn't help but feel like a true happy hotdogger. A large part of my appreciation for this job was my manager who knew how to motivate and encourage her employees. Unfortunately, she no longer works for the company but she knew how to train good employees and be a great role model. The company really rewards its employees with awards, recognitions, and promotions. Within my first six months, I was promoted to 2nd assistant manager with a raise, and was up for raises every six months following good evaluations. By the time I left (I was moving out-of-state), I was almost fully trained to be store manager. There was company and regional outings, too. I could go on and on about my time here, but let me just say, I am the employee/person I am today because of my manager(s), my regional manager (who literally mailed a WOW pin out to me from California to Texas, like c'mon, that's so awesome and so rare in most companies), the hotdog crew, and the company's values and standards.


Sincerely,
One grateful hotdogger

This job is a great first job for any teens looking to enter the workforce. It introduces you to the hardships of working a service job without giving you a full dose of it. Very small menu, so you don't have to memorize much in terms of food preparation. The location I work at doesn't get very busy, and management (usually) schedules enough people so it isn't overwhelming. Weekends and Fridays are usually the busiest times at my location. Closing shifts on the weekdays are very chill, usually consists of serving a dozen customers over several hours and keeping up with your chores.

Management is nice, but upper management will tell your manager to issue disciplinary actions over insignificant things like not wearing your hat for ten minutes. But honestly, if you do your job effectively, come to work frequently, serve customers quickly, and make the store a lot of money, they will ignore 95% of minor infractions.

Overall, I enjoy my job for the most part. I don't dread coming into work like I used to with my old retail job. My manager and my coworkers are cool people that have a life outside of the store. If there is a Hot Dog on a Stick hiring near you and you're in search for a first job or a summer job, this is the place for you.

To start off, the bright colors, the lemonade, and the hot dog's are what make this company. A typical day at work would be: checking out the lemonade jug if any needs to be prepared and display jugs if they need to be revitalized, making batter if there is little, sticking food items, cleaning counters, etc. You will constantly be on your toes especially during the holiday season. Management will be straight forward with you. Co-workers are all unique individuals . You will get rushes (an abundance of customers coming all at once) that will test your ability to perform and get things done. Best thing about the job I would say is just conversing and having a good time with your co-workers and maybe a customer. Now the uniform I feel can go both ways, there are some people that think it looks funny but for most people they don't mind it but it only matters what you think about it. The people that say it looks ridiculous are the same people that are insecure about themselves.

When I got this job, I was among a group of new hires as the location was just reopening from the first round of COVID-19 shutdowns, and I had formed a bond with most if not all of my coworkers, we would have our regular customers, and have our inside jokes about particular things that would happen, whenever it was slow we would always talk about life, or what we were going to do after our shift ended and it was mostly a positive experience, being in that positive environment with my coworkers made the stress of rushes  feel slightly less noticeable. It was nice to be able to know we were all going through those moments as a team and it was rarely ever "you do all of this on your own". And we all dealt with shortages of product when our delivery company would forget something as a team. The management was always encouraging and when we were having stressful days, they would be helping and reassuring us that we were doing good and handling the situation well. This job is stressful, but at the current moment, it is my favorite job that I have had, and I will miss the people I have worked with.

If you love to move around a lot this job can be pretty fun, holidays are crazy but in the summer it simmers down. In the first couple days you are thrown into almost every station/task they have; cooking, cleaning, making lemonade, register, you name it, it's chaos but it's fun. Management is nice and helpful, workers come and go a lot so you might get called in to fill in spots, work hours for part-time can be 5-6 hours a day, if you're working the night shift and you're starting time is 5p.m. you better start the closing list as fast as you can! It can get pretty backed up in the afternoon and it can make it impossible to close on time, sometimes I stayed till 11:00pm because I fell behind. The pay was $8.90 in 2017-2018 but it might have changed since then, if your in high school and looking for a job with flexible hours that will hire on the spot depending if they're low on staff, this is the place.

It’s a fun place to work for your first job. It’s fast food so you can expect the typical fast food job requirements. The family that’s owns the franchise however doesn’t have it together at all. The owner favors her daughters for hours, events, and such so you get stuck with whatever is left over. People often don’t show up for shifts, and majority of the time you are working during a rush all by yourself. The restaurant can easily function with 2-3 people but one alone is too much during busy hours. The management doesn’t really care if you just sit there on your phone the whole shift, or they care but don’t do anything about it. The shift schedules aren’t given to you until a day before the week starts, or if they do manage to get it out a few weeks ahead it change several times over. So you never know what you’re working. 
It is a fun job but the management needs help, I think a lot of them are burnt out and just don’t care as much anymore.

Full Title in case it gets cut off: The only thing that's really frustrating are the customers, but that's applicable anywhere

HDOS is a fun place to work. The team is small so it's easy to form bonds with each other, but the small team is also a con. It's hard to get time off when there aren't enough people available to cover your shift. There are three people at the most during a shift and sometimes there is too much to do with a small team. 

But the menu is small and easy to learn in a short amount of time. Management is approachable and reliable. They're really flexible about scheduling and availability. 

Turnover rate is high because HDOS is typically a summer job/part time for HS students, but it's easy to move up in the positions of the store if you stick around longer than a summer.

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