team member

shift manager

cook

general manager

shift leader

The Halal Guys

“A typical day at work is fast-paced and busy, especially during peak hours. I spend my time preparing ingredients, cooking menu items, and making sure orders are completed quickly and accurately while maintaining food safety and cleanliness standards.
From this job, I have learned how to work efficiently under pressure, improve my speed without sacrificing quality, and better understand teamwork in a kitchen environment.
The management is generally supportive and focused on maintaining smooth operations and high standards.
The workplace culture is team-oriented, fast-moving, and focused on customer satisfaction. Everyone works together to keep service efficient.
The hardest part of the job is handling the rush hours when multiple orders come in at the same time, while staying accurate and fast.
The most enjoyable part of the job is working as part of a team in a busy environment and seeing customers satisfied with the food and service.”

The general manager did most of the work. When she wasn't there, the rules and standard procedures went out the window. There was one employee in particular that I didn't get along with. This person didn't like me for whatever reason, so they would deliberately make an error and attempt to blame me for it. This lead to me being reported to the general manager for several things I didn't do, and exaggerations of mistakes that I actually did make. I was also taught how to do several tasks incorrectly and against store policy or at the very least, the lessons were inconsistent to the point that I was harshly corrected by my supervisor.

I felt like management was on my side, but the employees were not, making it very difficult to be successful. There were employees that had previously been fired from the store multiple times, as well as employees who (I was told) "needed to be fired". If I had the full support of my supervisor, and she was willing to see just how much her other employees would do to cause me trouble, I might have stayed.

Extremely rude managers make working here A terrible experience. The single non egyptian manager is the only person that makes it somewhat tolerable. The hours are insane as well. They advertised themselves as part time yet gave me 40+ hours every week, with some 10 hour shifts. These people will unironically schedule you from 6:30 PM to 4:30 AM, then your next shift will be from 8:30 AM to 6:30 PM. The food also sucks. Well for some reason the French fries are absolutely divine, the platters aren't good. They use beef instead of lamb like come on man. And no one washes their hands regularly we just change our gloves like once an hour. I've seen people drop chicken on the ground and then put it back into a tray. Stay away from this place as an employee and as a customer.

I also find it very interesting that all the Egyptians are put on the morning shifts usually but then the Latinos and blacks have to work to 230 AM every night

Overall, great experience.
Was able to work really hard and get recognized.
Started out as a rice cook and gyro maker. Quickly learned every FOH & BOH position. Owners and Managers loved my work. Gained more responsibility and became a shift leader. Did that for a month or two. We lost our kitchen manager who was also the head of marketing. Boss promoted me to Keyholder and I started opening & closing the storefront for her. Then a few months later we lost another manager and one of the owners as well. Was promoted to assistant manager. Was promised to be trained to run the next storefront opening on International Drive. The deal didn't come to fruition, that store never opened. Was hoping to be trained to become a full manager. Got passed up on that promotion. Sought out new opportunities.

Shifts were easy with a solid crew but we had the worst customers. Severely understaffed at times.
Coworkers nice but many interactions between management were lacking in professionalism.  Felt as if the brand was beginning to struggle with its own identity and began serving boba.
  Worked very hard for more than a year, covering and picking up shifts when they needed. Meeting goals and expectations they set for me. I became the one of the best line cooks in the restaurant. I made a good impression with my GM and all other managers and a clear outline was set for my training and promotion as a trainer. Despite all this, the GM never followed through and that is when I chose to leave.

This job has broken a lot of people in a short period of time. The turnover is incredibly high (there were about 16 new employees in the 30-35 person corporate office in my year there), they give little PTO (and make it difficult to take the PTO you have), their work from home policy was horrific, even during the worst of the pandemic (5 days in office when cases were at their highest). The management is incompetent and unreasonable. The office is inconvenient for nearly everyone without a car and since they insist employees come in, that leads to extensive commute times. I couldn't recommend against working here enough.

Almost all the higher-ups (shift leads, assistant manager, general manager) are lazy and just sit in the back. Super busy and crazy lunch and dinner rushes along with way too many online orderings (ubereats, doordash, postmates... etc) Super unreliable and lazy coworkers who do get disciplined by anyone if they were to call out and leave us short handed. Super fast pace and rude customers on the daily. In general, the management is horrible. No one cares about the needs of their workers and will take advantage of them any chance they get. The pay is unreasonable for the amount of work that we are made to do.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Free food and drinks, white sauce and hot sauce.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Inept management that are inexperienced in any business.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Sadly very negative, untrustworthy hr department, missing pay, frequently changing directives sometimes minute by minute, missing company vision, disrespectful, disfunctional.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
In transit from I've state to the next for store audits for the company.

It pays pretty decent and the job itself is okay, management is mixed, they are good with scheduling (a little different when understaffed) and generally treat you well if your a good worker, but they are a bit lazy and don’t help out, will stay upstairs unless it gets overwhelmingly busy. Overall whether or not you enjoy your work experience depends on if they have other employees that have a good work ethic while you’re there. I’ve worked with some great people, but also some of the creepiest and/or laziest during this job. Expect to be doing most of the work if you are really efficient at the job.

It’s a great place if you are a high school student. Other than that if you were trying to live off of this job in any position, to be honest with you you’re gonna have a hard time. They don’t pay you that well. They are not good at adapting especially with being short staffed and everything. Corporate is annoying. They come in every couple weeks and then love to judge. But no help from them. They have high standards for their employees. They want each employee to dress a specific way. But then they don’t actually provide the things when you need. When you start, it takes weeks or months to get a shirt, hat and apron. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Team member 43 salaries reported	$18.13 per hour
Shift manager 3 salaries reported	$16.17 per hour
Cook 2 salaries reported	$18.63 per hour
General manager 11 salaries reported	$27.18 per hour
Shift leader 16 salaries reported	$17.14 per hour

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