sandwich maker

shift leader

customer service associate / cashier

team leader

team member

Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop

In a typical day I directed four staff in food preparation. I maintained work station cleanliness in adherence to FDA regulations and created  sandwiches per customer desired preferences. I sustained a smooth work flow of daily bread and cookie baking by ensuring adequate supply to meet demand  I reduced waste by forecasting bread inventory needs based on daily variance records. I also prevented spoilage and ensured food freshness by managing food and condiment rotation. 

The hardest part of the job was defusing customer escalations. However, I felt it was a great learning experience. I found that customers tended to come in upset because they were hungry leading to more customer escalations compared to a retail store. When I would train new employees I would stress the importance of remembering repeat customers names and their orders. I also explained the importance of thanking the customer is just as important as greeting them.  

The most enjoyable part of the job was being trusted as a Manager. I excelled in maintaining the appropriate number of bread to insure stock, but not wastage. I also developed an efficient way to prepare deposits. By creating a detailed list of the money from the register I minimized shortages.

This specific location is an interesting work environment run by the owner (not a multiple location franchisee or a company). As of my time working there, she is the only authority present, and the rest of us are crew members. 

Under corporate rules, there are some rather traditional uniform requirements, and due to the small ownership, there aren't free lunches or paid time off. No benefits are offered except for state required paid time off after a certain numbers of months of employment. 

The work environment is fast-paced and training is expected to end within the first two weeks. Memorize the menu quickly, and understand that everyone must pull their own weight and know all the roles of the job (not like in a typical restaurant where there are distinct service and kitchen staff). 

The management is rather traditional in style even outside of corporate restrictions, so keep political and overly extreme personal/stylistic expression out of your day-to-day.

Overall a good place for work, and with tips you can make a pretty solid income.

On a typical day when the sun is shining a lot of customers make there way in and it gets really busy to the point there is a huge line. I give the customers that best attention to make sure they are being treated with excellence. I learned how to communicate with a lot of different people, manage and calculate the money at the end of my shifts, make sure things are done and prepared for the day and the next and also trained new employees to help them be successful. I learned how to be professional in a way where it can help me down the road to know what professionalism is about and how to maintain it in a work environment. This job wasn't the best job but what matters is that I gained a lot of knowledge from my supervisor to help me succeed in my life.The most enjoyable part of the job was working with my amazing crew, We were all a team player and knew how to communicate with each other about things so we all are on the right page with one another. It was never a dull moment and being a team player is a important trait to have.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I loved working there. I enjoy customers and making them the best product possible. That's what is want.  Unfortunately,  when they are no longer in need of your services they lie and say you can voluntarily quit or we can fire you.  Some choice.  Didn't deserve to be fired. I worked very hard for them.  Scrubbing walls,  cleaning out slime from the floor drains and giving great customer service and quality sandwiches and yet I was let go.  I was never on yelp unlike another employee for horrible customer service and hair in the food. He didn't even care.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They are never in the same page with the employees. Some are required to work as the general manager says, and yet some of the leads you work for don't.  They do they're own thing.  Makes this very hard to stay on task as the gm asks that way. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Sometimes it was great and friendly.  Recently it had gotten stressful and not so friendly after a few new hires came in board last 4 months.

a typical work day for me at Mr. Pickles. i open up every morning then after i prep up the store for business i start slicing the meats the cheeses the produce. i finish in 2 hours. the manager tells us what stations we work that day very well organized the hardest part of the day is trying to multi task between cooking bread, phone orders, online orders, and of course the long line of costumers. at Mr. Pickle they care about two thing costumer service and team work. the best part of  the day at work is usally after the rush were we clean stock back up. im very glad to have Mr. Pickles as my first job it taught me alot of things in the work life. never sit back relax at work always something we can do costumer service .

The owner often works closely with almost every employee. He sometimes sets unrealistic goals and standards and expects everyone to adhere to them. Management cannot be trusted to defend you. The success of the different stores owned by this company are often compared, making you feel inferior despite your best efforts. The physical work is fairly simple and straight forward but your best will never be enough. The owner once tried to convince me to work 11 days in a row because we were short staffed. 

Our crew being understaffed is because the owner of the store isn't able to hire enough reliable, full time workers. Not her fault, though, not enough people apply. Even when she schedules an interview, or offers them the position and a day to start, many don't show up and never call for whatever reason. Which is extremely rude. Sometimes drama between coworkers, but that is impossible to avoid in any workplace.

I enjoyed working for Mr. Pickles, but I found that it did not suit me as a career. I learned the importance of integrity in the work environment and the importance of working as a team and working fast and efficiently. Good management that was patient and willing to work with you to improve. Very stressful at times and can be quite demanding and taxing, but it was a job that did not occupy your time outside of work. Good job to begin working and get a taste for work.

Very fun, easy going environment. This is a good place to have your first job. It demands a lot of busy work and teaches you how to work with others in a professional setting, how to communicate with customers and give good customer service. Most of the job is keeping the shop clean, preparing sauces, bread, cookies, ect. for the day, and  making sandwiches. It is a lot of fun once you get the hang of the job. My manager was very nice and fun to work for. My coworkers were all young, around the same age and had a lot of fun upbeat energy.

overall you are a sandwich vending machine here. It pays the bills and if you aren't looking to move up through the company and are able to keep a steady head its a lot of fun, Not sure how the management is company wide but at  the location I worked the owners were shady and shorted a couple of my coworkers their pay sometimes so always check your timecards against your actual pay.

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Sandwich maker 21 salaries reported	$20.76 per hour
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Team leader 4 salaries reported	$19.38 per hour
Team member 3 salaries reported	$19.00 per hour

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