restaurant manager

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Velvet Taco

Company was clearly overly ambitious upon opening and when those expectations weren't met, the staff suffered. Was promised morning hours from Monday to to Thursday and instead was working mostly weekends and alot of night shifts, along with a very inconsistent schedule that changed alot almost every week. After sales started to slow down they started to slowly stop scheduling some of us, and eventually I was let go over the phone on a day I was scheduled to work with no warning and no proper reasoning besides "we've decided to move forward with the team we have now". One of the managers was frequently drunk or hungover every other shift and was a complete mess, and although the other managers were polite they don't communicate and go back on their word very often. If you want to work here just know your hours are a direct result of sales and their needs, not yours.

I work for VT on two separate occasions. The first was fantastic. Crew and management were very supportive and knew what they were doing. Once upper management started messing with the store, everything went downhill. For an entire year we had more or less the same crew from when we opened the store to when management started being moved. After about a few months there was no one left from the original crew and all stated it was the new management that made them want to leave. 

The second time, I was told I was going to be paid a certain amount INCLUDING tips. Come to find out some time later that my pay was actually $7.25 PLUS tips. The tips would add up to the agreed upon amount I thought I was going to be paid. Pretty soon I was asked to do things that were not worth doing at $7.25. 

They did not provide any training, and often yelled or got upset when I was unsure how to do tasks as a new hire with no instructions. They told me it was my sole responsibility to make up for my trainer not showing up at work on my first day. I was called a liar for having pain when I have diagnosed scoliosis in two sections of my spine. I was never given functioning clock-in numbers, and they used this to not document any of my work hours, and they did not pay me. Management was very chaotic, did not get me a work uniform for over a week, gave me half the promised work hours, and told me many of the faults of the restaurant were entirely mine. The coworkers were friendly and enjoyable to work with.

Velvet Taco seems good on the surface. If you know what you’re getting yourself into, you’ll enjoy it. I however did not. I’m a full time college student and they automatically started working me 40+ hours a week, without even approving it with me. The shifts are also pretty long, i remember working an 11 hour shift more than once. The Norman store managers are cool for the most part as long as you’re a good worker. Just beware that you’re going to be working A LOT, and you’ll do fine. Oh! This place is also very very very fast paced, and if you’re a line cook you have to memorize every recipe on the menu.

Working at Velvet Taco was overwhelming and exhausting. On my very first week, I was given 40 hours and scheduled for two 12-hour overnight shifts from 5 PM to 5 AM, even though I normally work mornings. The scheduling is not flexible at all, and management doesn’t take into account employee availability. As the only cashier, I was expected to handle all customer service while also doing all of the prep work and sometimes expo, often being left alone at the front for long periods. The workload is unrealistic, and there’s little to no support.


Velvet taco managers play favorites heavily, and not based off job performance. They promote based off of this, leaving behind much more hard working employees, causing many to leave. If you want somewhere your initiative and hard work are noticed, look elsewhere. There aren't many hours to give out, and they are not doing as well as they initially planned. They also rarely have the supplies necessary to perform optimally. They will schedule you to open after closing without a second thought. Also not very transparent in the hiring process of how payroll works. 

This is the worst company I have ever worked for by far.  Favoritism is played with only kitchen staff. The whole restaurant broke out with covid and managment didnt take covid regulations seriously with sanitation or WEARING A MASK. This company has the biggest turn over rate ive seen in my life. Super understaffed, over working you doubles back to back to back, broken promises with promotion, lack of communication with everything around them yet they preach thats what the team needs to do BUT fails to do so all the time. Dont waste your time and effort for this place. NOT WORTH IT.


Velvet Taco is not a job nor career I would recommend anyone who needs a fresh start. Management at the location is wishy washy with associates and enjoys picking out favorites. I’ve sensed some discrimination and name-calling from both managers and associates at the employment. There’s no room for growth and improvement and the lack of diversity makes the culture even worse. I say if you’re looking to make some quick tips and small coins, work here. Otherwise, you’ll be better off going somewhere else

Very thankful for my coworkers and certain managers who would try their hardest to make the experience enjoyable. There was often a problem with under-staffing and I would be alone at the end of the night to do the closing work of three. The worst nights were weekends with a consistent line of drunk people out the door: a lot of patience and standing up to unruly patrons was required. Counter servers split cash tips at the end of the night, and going home with more than $5 meant you had a good night. Nothing majorly awful about the work itself, but could not continue working so hard for such little pay. 

I typically work the late night shifts from either 5pm or 10pm to close, its hectic working at a popular store but I enjoy the challenge greatly. I shake every customer hand and great them even though we're not required to. I have that much respect for them to do this because they've been amazing to me. 
In all due respects to my pervious job, Velvet Taco is the first job to REALLY work with my hours and understand I'm a student. Where I can continue school and also work with very little conflict.

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Restaurant manager 19 salaries reported	$63,079 per year
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Restaurant general manager 1 salary reported	$80,000 per year
Line cook 8 salaries reported	$16.06 per hour

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