shift leader

general manager

assistant general manager

facilities technician

assistant manager

Sizzling Platter

Sizzling Platter is a great company going through rapid growth.  While there, the day always began with a complementary cup of coffee and an occasional donut, compliments to the company of course. 

I was given an opportunity to use my creative skills in administration at a critical time of growth. 

The phones never stopped and there was always plenty to do... sometimes too much. 

Co-workers were pleasant and fun. 

The hardest part of the job was reacting to the rapid growth which never seemed to have a refrain. The rapid growth, though good, brings on a host of intricate problems which require a quick reactive response as opposed to more targeted future planning. 

The most enjoyable part of the job was the people I had the opportunity to work with. I also enjoyed the free pizza, donuts and other complimentary food.

The leadership team is a tight knit group of 3-4 people that blocks others out of key discussions and protects themselves against their own bad decisions by throwing individuals under the bus - so they can maintain their ivory tower roles.  Lack of true accountability for themselves and hyper accountability for you, lack of doing for themselves and dumping loads of extra work on their teams.  Micromanagement in many ways, and they can't make their minds up so there is solid whiplash nearly every week.  basically take the ideal leadership qualities and these people do the opposite consistently, sprinkled with ok leadership occasionally.

Sizzling Platter restaurants included Little Caesars, Red Robin, Duncan Donuts and Sizzler.While at Sizzling Platter it was necessary to fit and often adapt the national brands to a wide variety of existing structures and new construction.I was able to take more liberties with the older Sizzler brand by updating the front of the house decor and exterior architecture and paint., The regional brands required a more comprehensive approach which often required a complete new brand, supporting decor and marketing strategy. Over time the need for a facilities designer has diminished. Consequently I find myself looking for a new job. However,while at Sizzling Platter I was frankly blown away at their generosity and patience during a personal health related challenge.Workong at Sizzling Platter was a true blessing.

I usually worked the afternoon and night shift which involved the tail end of the lunch rush and the dinner rush. It was nice to have the time in between the two to prepare the lobby for a lot of people and prepare enough food for the anticipated amount of customers that night. The dinner rush on weekends was insanely busy and the work environment became very fast -paced and stressful because it was very hard to supply enough food for the demand that we had. Other times during the day things could become very slow and everything that needed to be done had been done twice. My favorite part of the job was giving little cookie packets to some of the kids of customers because it made the kids excited and the parents happy to get complementary cookies.

As far as jobs go, this isn't the worst. Pay is ok, but benefits don't kick in until a year of full-time employment for managers.

The upper management is helpful and pretty lenient on time off, but this store has some big problems. This is one of the busiest Little Caesars locations in Utah, and most days are stressful due to the lack of experienced employees. 

Most of the employees I worked with were teenagers, which isn't a problem in itself, but it does mean that management has to pick up a lot of slack. I've had to open solo many times due to employees no-showing and/or arriving multiple hours late. Dinner rushes are often understaffed, and employees will be calling out for their shifts multiple times a week.

I’ve never worked for a company with such bad management. They’ll fire the best employees they have just to replace them with subpar people over hurt feelings about general managers and assistant managers telling district managers the truth. Have also never seen such a lack of care or help from district managers and up. Working for this company is a double standard. A double standard they at all times expect you to follow. Even when one clearly contradicts the other. Our Heber location is completly ignored by upper management unless people threaten to quit. Than gets help for one day and ignored again. I wouldn’t work for this company unless you want to be underpaid, overworked, and under appreciated. 

When I started working at Sizzler, I had a wonderful manager who taught me the basic necessities of working there; when it came to training how to effectively close a restaurant, I was on my own. The coworkers who were supposed to train me wanted to leave early since they had three people on the clock and told me where to put things. After working for a few years, I taught myself how to close and wash dishes. While cleaning the same tables got boring, I didn't try to move up all too much either; this led to a job that was unfulfilling and dull with little to teach me. If you're joining this company, I'd recommend either trying to grow with the company or only stay for a year at most while you find a better job.

As a general manager, you are required to work no matter what happens. You are generally the only person on shift, no one from corporate will come to help you, you are required to work when sick, you cannot leave if there is an emergency with your kids, you are chastised for wanting to have a life, you are told to “get over it” if something happens, they refuse to raise pay to get employees in the door, the hold you to impossible standards and deny any requests for a raise while you spend 60-100 hours a week in the store with no help. Overall, the company needs work valuing its management for all of the hard work they do before they lose them all. 

This company has been the first place I found where I had a leader that truly believed in me and helped me reach potential I didn't even know I had. Everyone I have met has been so nice and helped me grow both professionally and personally.  With so many moving pieces, it can be difficult to have consistent work/life balance, but overall, they understand that family comes first.

I would highly recommend this company if you are looking to grow and build your career. There are so many directions for people to go and when you work hard, the rewards are fantastic!

The management In El Paso tx is horrible.. the gm don't know what they are doing.. district mangers have there family working for more then a asst manager salary. District managers promise to move you up with false promises and forget about it a week later I was promised a store for 4 years never got one.. the district managers are undfair and take advantage of the employees. They use them Alfredo is not a leader.. the gm's don't know how to run there stores. They can't even count there inventory or don't know how.. the company needs to look at there stores and they will find the problems why no one wants to move up or work there..

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Shift leader 12 salaries reported	$17.13 per hour
General manager 4 salaries reported	$50,500 per year
Assistant general manager 3 salaries reported	$16.00 per hour
Facilities technician 4 salaries reported	$35.63 per hour
Assistant manager 6 salaries reported	$22.50 per hour

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