Olive Garden
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Run while you still can
Don't even accept an interview at this place if you are looking to work boh. Foh is difficult but you are treated very well and get to keep all of your tips. You do get sent home two hours into your shift on what they deem "slow days"
Back of house is treated like animals, no fair wage compensation and you will never advance no matter how much experience you bring to the table.
Back of house is treated like animals, no fair wage compensation and you will never advance no matter how much experience you bring to the table.
Good first serving job
Training is amazing, they don’t send you out like wolves they take time with you because it is a very high paced stressful job. I went in with no serving experience and struggled a bit but had people that really believed in me and then I really excelled at my job. Work can be stressful, you love it you have it. Stable if you work a lot if you pay a ton of bills part time is okay if you aren’t paying for much.
Stressful but professional workplace
I worked at Olive Garden as a server and To Go Specialist from 9AM to 3PM mostly every day, sometimes at night from 4PM to 12PM. I was trusted with the till and honoured 2 times with hard working attitude and honesty.
Pros
Discounted meals, fun and friendly co-workers.
Cons
Not very good management and leadership
Stay Away!
Arrive for your shift only to be sent home & WILL NOT PAY THE MIN. 3 HRS! DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GET AWAY WITH THIS. Most coworkers are nice but then you have the ones that think they're your boss and push you around. Too micro-managed causing unnecessary stress.
Pros
Some nice coworkers.
Cons
No minimum 3 hour wage.
No respect from coworkers or managers
Too much favor among managers and no words of encouragement and no appreciation from managers no please or thank you or great job. You are judge unfairly and you have no voice to defend yourself they are always right. If they dont like you you dont have a chance, it was a great place to work but no longer the management team just have no respect for their employees.
Pros
Great boss
Cons
Long day
Not family
Non management employees were amazing! Over my 15 yrs I made many friends. When I first started the company seemed to care about employees. With a switch in upper management and area director everything changed. They only care about money now and the culture is horrible. They scare you into obeying instead of earning your respect. Everyone is just a number and the human quality is lost. They damaged people and thier financial situations.... I would not recommend working here as they will take advantage of you. If they can't they will get rid of you. They hire inexperienced people who they can manipulate. I left because I couldn't stand to watch how they treated people.
Toxic Work Environment, Decent Money
If you're looking for a job to focus down on and make some decent money, it's a good serving job. However, since they often schedule split shifts and work you 6 days a week, and management disregards any commitments outside of work (including availabilities), the work life balance can be hard to maintain. Management will keep you much later than scheduled at their leisure. Sales goals are set by management daily, and aggressively enforced, regardess if they're attainable. Most people leave due to getting fired, or quit because of management. Previous GM was known for throwing plates at people and pitting staff against each other.
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