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V's is a fast paced, hard working environment. The kitchen environment is fun and fast paced. Just as any other restaurant works the Front of House is a turnstile and is hard to find a strong cohesive unit. If you want to be management you simply put your time in and you'll get there. Pay is very inconsistent. As a Manager's Assistant working full time and doing all of the duties of a full time manager, and then some, my pay was only increased $1 in my tenure of almost a year and I was paid less than most entry level Pizzaiolas. The upper level management constantly beats the montra of "promote from within" but will interview outside applicants before their own employees. Many policies and plans are implemented with little thought and even less preparation and very little effort is made by ownership and upper level management to get to know their employees. This company has a terrible addiction to playing favorites in their stores and completely fails with discipline when it is needed. Aside from all of these flaws, it is a pretty great place to work. The in store managers are very passionate and care very much for their employees. If you need a summer job or some extra income, its a decent place to work. Better than McDonalds, worse than a grocery store. Fantastic place to work if you want to remain a simple cashier or food runner. The higher you climb the ladder, the more games and inconsistency you'll run into. Upper management will most likely utilize my review as ammo to make a facebook post and play the victim because they feel as though they still have something to prove in Jacksonville and still feel as though they're the underdogs when in reality they have no competition. That sentence alone should give you a solid idea of what V Pizza is like. 

6/10, wouldn't pursue management level work there.

The management there has been informed by myself many times that they had promised a raise after 90 days, I received no such raise. They had also been informed that I did not appreciate the way I was treated and viewed there, no change occurred. They completely disregarded the Plantar Faciatis that I had developed from working there, told me to get over it. Many of the favorites in the kitchen were given special benefits, such as scheduling, hours, and how many OT hours each person was given, mostly would go to the management that controlled the schedule, so I would make the same amount of money every paycheck no matter how much extra work I put in. I was verbally abused consistently, and they discriminated against me based on where I grew up, the color of my skin, and the fact that my parents made a decent living. I was always put on the worst shifts, and was treated the worst. I was one of the best in the kitchen and was told I would be promoted to management, until I stood up for myself against the abuse and the discrimination and then they started to train someone else for the position.

Delivering pizza is one of the most rewarding jobs out there! As a delivery driver, you get to interact with a diverse range of people while delivering hot and delicious food to their doorstep. There's nothing quite like seeing the smile on a customer's face when they receive their favorite pizza, and knowing that you played a part in making their day a little bit better.

Not only is delivering pizza a fun and fulfilling job, but it also offers flexibility and potential for growth. Many pizza delivery jobs offer part-time or full-time hours, making it a great option for students or anyone looking for a flexible schedule. And with opportunities for advancement to management positions, delivering pizza can even turn into a long-term career.

Overall, delivering pizza is an enjoyable and rewarding experience that I would highly recommend to anyone looking for a fun and flexible job with room for growth.

A typical day at work in V pizza was a very productive day. We started by of course turning everything on and getting everything prepared and set up. Thus continuing to set up prep and the line for preparing food and pizzas to order as soon as open time came. everyone was fluently moving and doing their duties throughout the shift. The hardest part of the job was getting used to working with flaming hot volcanic rock ovens that are so massive they tower over you and produce heat unknown to human hands until they interact directly. My most enjoyed part of the job was learning something new everyday and being around people who were just like me, misfits looking to be happy and stable in this life. My overall experience and work environment was rather pleasurable on the daily. Including my management.

When I started at the company, we had a chef that worked with one of the owners at a different restaurant and came over to their new venture of V pizza. When I started there was alot more attention to detail on all aspects of the restaurant as a whole (customer service, cleanliness, food quality, urgency, and good atmosphere). Once that chef left the company, it all seemed to slowly go into different directions and tangents. When everyone in the kitchen was on point during a shift, it's very exhilarating and fun to do. The ovens were my favorite thing about that job. But when someone didn't show up, or someone was in a bad mood, it would snowball the whole shift. And if someone didn't show up one day, expect to pick up the extra workload on their behalf.

Great place to work, the staff is wonderful, leadership is great, I've been able to cross-train. I been able to achieve the following: 

 Host - Takes Reservations; organizes seating; greets customers; seats customers; distributes menus; occasionally take orders and act as a liaison between the kitchen and dining area.
 Cashier – In charge of the register; process cash and credit card transactions; assist the Wait Staff with various tasks. 
 Kitchen worker - weigh and measure ingredients; stir and strain soups and sauces; clean, peel, and slice vegetables; shred cheese and make salads.

I enjoyed learning about Napoletana pizza, but the company itself does not do much for their employees. Pay is low even for restaurants, they do really high sales numbers but don't use budget to fairly compensate employees. They have several locations with no benefits offered to employees, including insurance and PTO. Unorganized career progression system, difficult to move up and be compensated fairly for it. 

It could be demanding at times, but I loved the work. I honestly had such a fun time day to day, I genuinely loved my coworkers at Fernandina and they helped me in more ways than they could ever know. 
Back of house is open to the front, so we had a pretty tight team. If you show a determination to learn multiple positions they will do their best to cross train you!

Management (restaurant level and owners) don’t give a care in the world about their employees. You will train your own bosses with no compensation. favoritism is very apparent between management and staff. your hours are absolutely INSANE. Management will treat you like you’re an incompetent 5 year old at all times. You’ll never get a raise. You’ll never get promoted. And you’ll be expected to pick up someone else’s slack with no extra compensation.

It’s a restaurant, so expect your average restaurant activities and customer reactions. For the most part everything is always a smooth flow. There’s always hiccups in the day to day but working with this company they never really affected anything. Coworkers are great and management gets along. You are valued as a person, easy opportunities to move up in the company as long as you know what you’re doing.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Back of house staff 7 salaries reported	$14.71 per hour
Kitchen team member 4 salaries reported	$18.00 per hour
Dishwasher 3 salaries reported	$18.00 per hour
Pizza cook 1 salary reported	$18.00 per hour
Kitchen manager 2 salaries reported	$45,000 per year

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