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The Toasted Yolk Cafe

What is the best part of working at the company?
The hours are good, if you can get up early; and the money is above average. Your co-workers are outstanding. The Ownership/Management works with you about personal needs, as long as you work with them about their professional needs.
Overall a very enjoyable experience, if you are willing to do what is required by the job you asked for.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The restaurant is very busy with a high table turn rate: every one gets on edge from time to time, but if you remain focused, it's of no real consequence.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is very "get it done" oriented: individual time management; you know what needs to happen and are expected to do make it so.
The workforce is very diverse on almost all fronts. The culture of the company is quality food and exceptional service: The Toasted Yolk tries to meet these goals.
The restaurant has a large number of regular guests which creates a feel of, if not family, then camraderie among all involved.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
My day may not have been like everyone elses, but....
Arrived to work before scheduled time ready to work: orient yourself with your assignments and areas of responsibility: punch in and get to work. Took care of my guests  and section; assisted team mates and kitchen as needed and able. Worked my shift, fulfilled my duties and ended the day at about 3pm or so.

You will have three days of a week and on the weekends make an average of 50-70$ weekends can be 100-200$. The owners will never be happy with your performance in fact they will find the smallest detail to label you a bad employee. They are also very unprofessional as I’ve seen them yell at various employees and never ask what happened before pointing fingers and are very fond of write ups and suspensions over something as little as forgetting to ring up an orange juice one time. It’s very known amongst the staff that they do not care for there employees or even each other even though they are married they are constantly fighting and bringing bad vibes to the work environment. You will feel nothing but constant under appreciation working there. you will rarely be assigned more then three tables. You will be scheduled for 9am and most days be cut by 12:30 because of how slow it is.  You are not allowed to have your phone in the building. You are not to request off thanks giving and Christmas. You are not allowed to request off football games. The managers are good people but unfortunately have to enforce the owners tyrannical narratives. Even if you do your job 100% you still will not be good enough. 

I made great money at the Toasted Yolk. I was hired on for only 2 days, as I am in school so I needed flexibility. I felt as if I brought great service, teamwork and a good attitude to every shift, and even then the manager still bumped me down to 1 day without saying anything. Then, I was let go because they “needed someone more full time.” What I don’t understand is why are you hiring people on for only 2 days knowing you’re going to fire them within 2-3 months? There needs to be more clear hiring goals so that people aren’t hired and then fired over “availability.” The turnover rate was fairly high as well, they consistently let go people without talking to them or atleast trying to help them improve so that they can understand what they are doing wrong. I would say the money is great, customers were awesome, I loved the menu, coworkers were very supportive and nice, but the management is rough. Expect favoritism amongst the servers that they have had there for awhile and don’t expect to stay there long if you aren’t meeting the expectations (especially the one’s they don’t tell you about!) or if you can’t work full time.

I had worked at the toasted yolk in college station for 10 months and all I can say is that you won’t regret working here. 

Keep in mind that you will have to get up pretty early in the morning everyday.. The hours in general are amazing and you will either be getting off earlier than 3pm or right about at 3pm (which is a huge plus to the job). 

The money is phenomenal (for the hours you work), and is constant for the most part.

 The employees I got to work with felt like family by the time I left. The energy is very healthy and everyone is extremely kind and welcoming. 

I have seen some less-than-great reviews about the ownership… I personally had a great relationship with the owners. They might come off as strict or “mean” at first but respecting them and their company  polices will get you a long way at the Toasted Yolk. At times many things might seem unfair or unreasonable, but at the end of the day it is a job with high stands for the MANY paying customers that come in EVERYDAY. 

I would recommend working here to anyone with a bright personality! 

I honestly loved working for this restaurant. The best part was the coworkers. I worked the back of house as prep and enjoyed how we all understood what had to get done and did it. Even on our busiest days, as easy as it would be to get overwhelmed. We all tried to communicate the best we could and uplift each other to make it to the end of the shift. Management was fair and just, they expect work to get done fast and efficiently. Again being in the back of the house I never had any problems. The work is simple but fast. I think this job would best fit someone who enjoys being in the kitchen and cooking. Who understands and mastered time management. Who wants to present the best quality of food to the customers. Now the only thing I did see as a reoccurring problem would be the strict rules on eating. I think management would help morale if they would easy up on that or start offering 30 min breaks to allow employees to eat. 


I promise you’ll be happier somewhere else. The managers will belittle you and everything you do. They are simply never satisfied no matter how hard you try. Their employee turn over rate is crazy because of the way they treat people. Yet they will never admit they’re wrong. It’s always your fault, no matter the situation. The saddest part about it is that they’re proud that so many people have quit. They think it’s because they have “high standards” and will never realize they’re the problem. The one thing I will say is that the coworkers here were some of the best people I ever worked with. I still talk to most of them to this day. The hours are also good if you need a day job or 2nd job. 
Overall, this job is not worth it. The managers are by far the most childish and cold hearted people I have ever worked for. Tons of work for no appreciation. The only people you can rely on and trust is fellow coworkers. Take my advice and don’t waste your time here. 

A typical day at work? 

Clock-in. Get your section. Mentally prepare yourself to get through the day because you already know it’ll be a long one and if it’s a weekend, you better believe that your tickets are likely all going to take up to 1-2 hours to come out, so prepare yourself to be able to somehow convince people that the food won’t be “too long” or to stay somehow despite the long wait

What you believe you learned? 

A lot. In short, serve somewhere else if you’re going to serve 

Management?

Clueless. They have zero clue what they are doing. Trust me

Workplace culture?

Management is what it is, but the team is great. They just need better leadership. It’s like a sports team with a lot of talent but an awful coaching staff 

The hardest part of the job?

Staying cool and dealing with the ridiculousness of the shift 

The most enjoyable part of the job?

The learning experience it was. Truly

Being a new company, and concept in general, the management team are on a major power trip. Being an employee for the restaurant was fun, exciting, laid back, and rewarding, but on numerous occasions there were unfair, disrespectful, races , or even “catty” attacks on employees by certain managers. And being such a small and new restaurant chain, there was absolutely no one to turn to to report this behavior or even seek guidance. Favorites were blatantly given special treatments and the GM was consistent on bullying And making threats of immediate termination to any employee on a daily basis. Very unfair treatment being employed here. But minus the GM and Assistant GM and the atmosphere and experience of working here was amazing.

Where do I start, first they make it seem like it’s easy, you get done at 3:30 ( hahahaha more like 4:45-5) on Sunday it’s so busy and then you have to stay even longer to count inventory. Then when they have you run numbers and there are errors they expect you to find the error (non existent) but most of the popular and expensive food items don’t pull, so your running numbers like a crazy person only to find out that there is no solution and no way to fix it. Also the bonus scale is unattainable. 
The fact that they only have two managers running it and expect everything done and perfect without working on days off is crazy. 
District managers will embarrass in from of staff, during business hours say “it’s only pancakes and bacon”. If you like your sanity do not work as a manager for this company. 

They always over-staff servers, and 3 table sections is their policy. There’ll be 7 servers yet a manager has a section, too, taking tips & tables? A regular occurrence. 

Have to scrub floors literally every day and clean tables with magic erasers. Sundays are deep clean days— be prepared to be there til 6, 7, sometimes later, when you closed at 3:00… this is all for $2/hr, and they turn the AC off at 5:00 everyday.

I was told I can’t bring napkins to a table unless they ask?
Multiple people found out mgmt was editing their time sheets
Pro: 50% off food

If the money was good, it wouldn’t matter, I guess. But it’s not. And I can’t explain it, but the management just is not great


Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Host/hostess 17 salaries reported	$12.60 per hour
Server 10 salaries reported	$17.82 per hour
General manager 2 salaries reported	$63,750 per year
Line cook 14 salaries reported	$14.57 per hour
Dishwasher 7 salaries reported	$12.86 per hour

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