grill cook

attendant

server

salad prep

dishwasher

Western Sizzlin

This was a conventional hostess position, greeting customers, allotting customers to waitresses, ensuring waitresses fulfilled their duties and stocked the waitress station.   It can be difficult to ensure waitresses complete their duties before leaving when they're trying to slip out without completing them and the management offered no help and still expected performance.  The hardest part of the job was pleasing customers when the customer's requests exceed the restaurant's work practices.  I enjoyed a position of authority and respect. 
     This was also a conventional waitress position greeting customers, taking orders, serving food and drink, tending customer, bussing tables cleaning section and stocking waitress station.  Customers can be pleasant or impossible.  The management illegally changed my tip card records.  Co-workers were mostly like a new group of friends.  It was difficult during rush hour to keep tables bussed to accommodate more customers when bus boy never bussed my tables. It was nice to be able to be informatively helpful to out-of-town customers.

I would normally open the restaurant, prepare the entire kitchen for the day's business, I cooked every meal ordered and maintained the cleanliness of the kitchen area. I learned much about people and the appreciation of good service, even when you are unseen by the people that you serve. Management dealings were at most times some of the most horrible experiences I had ever encountered. Mostly because I worked by myself in a franchised restaurant. It was like having the highest of management there almost everyday, even when he was physically absent. He panicked a lot during lunch hour and especially on Sundays, making it a lot harder for me to just maintain bearing. There was this rule about cooking everything within a 10 minute window and one thing that I most definitely learned is you can not rush quality. I understood that through reactions from guests through word of mouth, suggestion box and even the rarest of events, meeting customers because they have asked for me personally.

What is the best part of working at the company?
They are always teaching you something wanting you to grow not only in the company but as a person..The love that the ppl in the company have for you id real and the people around you are genuine, and always willing to help in anyway..

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It would have to be yourself why because if you’re not open or willing to use all the tools they are giving you that’s all on you..

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Amazing from the owners to the General Manager to the cooks and all the other workers it’s togetherness love and respect and the ready to teach the next person as much as they are willing to learn…

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
It has its ups your raises your time off the people appreciating you, but it also has its downfalls the lights rash, running out of food, not being able to fill your bars up fast enough to running out of plates..

A typical day at work consists of me greeting customers first thing when they come in, and ensuring their experience was pleasant when they leave. Working here I learned great customer service skills. I started this job being shy and not liking talking to strangers, and now, I can hold a conversation with practically anyone. Management is okay. I do have my preferred managers over others; however, they are easy to get along with and work great with my school schedule. The workplace culture is very interesting. I work with people that come from all ages, as well as different backgrounds. The hardest part of my job is having to deal with rude customers. At times, I have to bite my tongue and just keep a smile on my face and see if there is anything I can do to make their problem go away. The most enjoyable part of my job are all of the unique customers I come across. It is always nice to hear stories from these customers and get to know the ones who frequent the establishment.

I enjoy working with the public and customer service in general, which is why I have kept this serving job along with other employment. This job requires a good attitude, great customer service skills, ability to work well with others, and multitasking. I have been a server for 16 years along with teaching experience etc, so this job comes easy to me. The hardest part of the job if there is one, is dealing with customers who are very difficult to please. I handle these situations by continuing to be friendly and following company protocol. Management is very good about helping out with these situations as well.  The customer is always right. I always try my very best to ensure that every customer is more than pleased with their service. The most enjoyable part of this job is seeing repeat, regular customers that always ask for me.

Prep cook. Followed all safety and hygiene policies when handling food and beverages to meet food safety standards and policies. Routinely clean the work area, including glasses and cutlery.

Cashier and Hostess. Greeted guests in a prompt and courteous manner. Validated proper identification for 21+ parties. Delivered quality service by providing a warm and welcoming experience. Closing out customer’s bills, ensured credit cards are run correctly and that the correct change is given.
Memorized customer’s orders instead of writing them down. Served food as it arrived and refilling glasses in both a professional and timely manner. Checking in on guests to ensure their meal and experience is satisfactory. Trained three to seven new servers and worked under pressure.

My day at work would include seeing my regulars that came in to eat for lunch or dinner. I thoroughly enjoy with him because they hit me quite well. I also would serve juicy Big Steaks and that was very good because I was please to be serving them because I knew they were delicious. Also I didn't have a busboy I had to pick the tables up and the dishes by myself which was fine because it gave me discipline and made me feel like I was worth every penny that I was making. Sundays with absolute worst though I'm a reason is because the people that were coming in from church were there really on a high horse of sorts and 35% of them were completely rude

I was a teenager at the time but looking back now nearly 30 years later, the job wasn't that bad. 

I was paid slightly above minimum wage for the work that I did. Not the greatest but when you get a check for $85 in 1993 at the age of 17, you're LOADED! At least I thought I was. 

The management was great. Granted the manager was my father, but those under him, 2 assistant managers were good people as well. 

Most all of the people that I worked with were good, honest employees. 

We had our fair share of "crazies" come into the restaurant which made for an enjoyable evening sometimes. 

The WORST days were Mother's Day and similar holidays. We'd have people lined up out the door and around the building for hours. Crazy days!

A typical day at work was being fast paced throughout the day and helping other people when they needed it or when you volunteered to help. I learned that i was in love with the thought of being a waitress and learned how to put up with an even greater challenge in the restaurant business. The management was strict on rules, but they treated co-workers with the up most respect. My co-workers were easy to work with on some days, but other days they were either stressed or depressed but we still worked together throughout the day.The only hard time i had here was starting off but from then on it was extremely easy. The most enjoyable part is tending to the customers to make their every need almost perfect as possible.

I have greatly enjoyed learning how to manage a small business in an environment that was friendly to me and allowed me to be creative, and show initiative. I was put in situations where I had to demonstrate leadership capabilities. This applies to customers, or even giving direction in a power outage. The people who worked for me were very respectful and cooperative and made my job easy as possible. My fellow managers were all of the same family and at times there was conflict with my higher-ups that made my job more stressful than it had to be. However, I worked my way through the difficult situations with class and dignity.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Grill cook 10 salaries reported	$14.65 per hour
Attendant 2 salaries reported	$16.00 per hour
Server 3 salaries reported	$490 per week
Salad prep 1 salary reported	$10.50 per hour
Dishwasher 3 salaries reported	$10.75 per hour

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