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Fun place, terrible management
Shift Leader (Current Employee), Fort Wayne, IN – April 23, 2013
Pros: free lunches, somewhat flexible hours, fun atmosphere, meeting new people
Cons: no breaks, management staff, no benefits
Every shift I direct phone calls, seat and greet tables, and deal with various issues in the restaurant. I love this job because of meeting so many different people, it's been a great learning experience. The management cannot draw the line between being a boss and being a friend, so certain employees are made favorites while others are looked over.
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Great staff and easy job, poor management
Bartender (Former Employee), Costa Mesa, CA – April 23, 2013
Pros: easy job, quick money, great employees
Cons: long hours, minimal job advancement, poor management
Great employees to work with. Learned to work with variety of personalities, ages and backgrounds to provide quality customer service. Management team does not provide positive reinforcements, follow through on standards, rules, and regulations. The hardest part of the job was working with the management team. The most enjoyable part of the job was – more... the employees because they work in a team atmosphere all hands in to help whom ever may need coaching, help resolving work issues and/ or quality assurance with the customers. – less
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Laid back yet professional
Server (Current Employee), Burlington, nj – April 21, 2013
Pros: awesome management, cool co workers
Cons: unstable pay, no benefits, drama between co workers
I love my job. I love the different people (for the most part anyway) and I love that I can go to work and be myself instead of being all dull and drab. The location I work at is very much into Fridays service style. I notice some other locations that don't really focus on the Fridays brand but I must say they do a fantastic job here and I feel lucky – more... to have gotten the chance to work here as I plan to for quite some time. – less
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Horrible management. No moving up
Host (Former Employee), Indianapolis IN – April 21, 2013
Pros: nothing
Cons: everything
The management sucked. They wouldn't ever give me a break. I was still in highschool. Would work 7 days a week. The pay was horrible. The busser was making more then me. Managers always mad about something. Would tell if I had to leave because of my age or school. Not good with allowing days off. No life time. It's all work.
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decent workplace, a lot of drama
Hostess (Former Employee), Springfield, OH – April 21, 2013
okay job, boring at times. Management lacks communication. Made a lot of friends at this job, but also a lot of confrontation around me.
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Great time at my long stay at TGI Fridays
Server (Former Employee), PA – April 18, 2013
Pros: meeting great co-workers over the years and guests who enjoy dining
Cons: n\a
TGI Fridays provided wonderful atmosphere and opportunities

Thank you
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fun work place
Server (Former Employee), Warrington, PA – April 15, 2013
i loved my job as a server with fridays. it was a fast paced job and coworkers were awesome.
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Days are always different
Hostess (Current Employee), Oxnard, Ca – April 13, 2013
Always busy on the weekends. I learned how to properly seat the customers to meet their needs.
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fun and they worked with your hours
Host/Service Manager Assistant/Cook (Former Employee), Shreveport, LA – April 10, 2013
i loved working there but i had to focus on school..the managers were ok sometimes
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great place to work
Supervisor/ Service Trainer (Former Employee), San Juan, PR – April 8, 2013
management was great, except upper management. great environment to work at; however, lack of values since employees are non-educated.
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Always Friday at Friday
Hostess (Former Employee), Bloomington, IL – April 8, 2013
Pros: $4 off lunch/dinner
Cons: not much hours or days
-Greet Customers, Open doors, Count how many customers there are in restaurant for the Kitchen, Help take out plates, Help buss tables
-To put on a smiling face no matter what, you cant be learned to put on a smile you do it to make the customer feel greeted into the restaurant. Learn to always make the customer right and to sit them where it makes – more... them happy.
-Management is wonderful, They get the job done making sure the restaurant is in tip top shape and is able to take anything wrong or right that is thrown at them.
-Some could use more to learn but most know what they need to do to get the job right and learn to get what the customer ordered to that customer in a good time so that they arnt waiting forever to get satisfied.
-Nothing really hard part of the job. Just doing your job and know how to do it right makes your job a lot easier. It does get a little hard though during the busy times when customers are on a waiting list to be waited to get sat.
-Most enjoyable part of the job was meeting new people and getting to talk to others. Getting to know your customers while sitting them as well as having a good time with your co-workers while working so that as long as your getting your job done and more. – less
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Fun time coocking and servince food to our customers.
WAITER/COOK (Former Employee), Phoenix, AZ – April 4, 2013
Pros: watch baseball games while working.
Cons: pay would vary depending on tips.
Working at the Front Row spots grill was fun. Co-workers were always nice. Management always handled all of our problems when they needed to be.
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Nice place to get taste of the food industry
Wait Staff (Former Employee), East Windsor, NJ – April 3, 2013
Pros: local, 4 minutes door to door
Cons: local hang out for hs kids, not good tippers
Busy place, in busy shopping center.
Enjoyed the variety of guests, enjoyed wowing them with my customer service skills. Learned to host that lead into wait staff.
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loved it
Jack of all trades (Former Employee), Somerville, NJ – April 3, 2013
Was a great opportunity to learn customer service. Taught me patience and understanding for others. I still carry lessons learned here to other life experiences.
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Wonderful co-workers
Hostess/Server (Former Employee), Robinson, PA – April 2, 2013
I made some of my closest friends at Fridays. The customers were one of a kind.
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Not productive at all
Dishwasher/Cook in Training (Former Employee), Morrow, GA – April 2, 2013
Pros: none to speak of
Cons: horrible management, terrible environment worst job ive ever had
This may have been the worst job i have ever had from top to bottom .the management has not one clue of what to do with the company the blame those under them for their mistakes. There is no room for advancement unless your in lower tear and upper managements inner circle which consist of men going through mid life crisis. this means every thing from – more... racial to sexual bias.the place is treated as if its managements on personal sand box and only those with in the circle get to play in it. there is no promotion from within the company somebody is always bringing a friend from other companies in the field. Chances are if you work in the warehouse your job is not guaranteed by any means. you come in as a temp and most time you leave as such. If you don't "soft shoe for the man" 9 out of 10 times your temp contract is terminated quickly.as far as benefits and them caring about your personal time and life thats a joke . – less
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LINE CHEF (Former Employee), CROYDON – April 2, 2013
Pros: the times of lunches were ok
Cons: nothing bad about the hours
WORKING FOR TGI FRIDAYS WAS AND ENJOYABLE PLACE TO WORK.
THE COMPANY IS A FAST PACE RESTAUNT AND HAD TO BE ON UR TOES AT ALL TIMEAND HAVING THE FOD OUT AT SET TIMES.
THEIR WAS NOTHING HARD ABOUT THE JOB JUST TO REMAIN UNDER PEIR PRESHURE.
I ENJOYED EVERYTHING ABOUT THE JOB ROLE
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TGI Fridays
Busboy/Host (Former Employee), Southaven, MS – April 2, 2013
Pros: free food, fun atmosphere, good people, lots of laughs
Cons: low pay, management, no set schedule
A typical day at would was from 5pm until 2am. The hardest part of this job was when I was the only busboy on a friday or saturday making my night stressful, but when there was two of us, we were able to take care of the entire restaurant and have fun at the same time. I made a lot friends working here and still hang out with a few of them outside of – more... work. The managers loved me because I did do my job and helped other people out if they needed it. I learned a lot of responsibility and time management due to the hours i worked. – less
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Fun place to work
Lead Host/Server (Former Employee), Orlando, FL – April 1, 2013
I found this job to be just like any other restaurant job. It was fun to work for, but nobody really took their job seriously.
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Terrible place to work
server (Former Employee), Torrance California – March 31, 2013
Cons: everything about it
My experience working here was atrocious....completely unacceptable. The management staff is incredibly mean, hateful, bitter and nasty. The customers are the rudest I have ever encountered in that area. They think that tipping is an OPTION, no matter how well you serve them, and if they tip at all it's like 1%, no exaggeration. Then, after a grueling – more... and abusive day, you are expected to do chores within a time frame no human being could accomplish, and you have to "tip out" your bartenders, hosts, and bussers regardless of how bad of a job they did and how little you got tipped. I mean, who are these people giving this company good reviews, what are they, paid to give good reviews???? Don't work there unless you are a masochist. I only hit one star because zero was not an option. – less
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About TGI FRIDAYS

Carlson Restaurants Worldwide Inc., the parent company of TGI Friday's Inc., is a privately held company owned by Minneapolis-based – Read more