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General Manager, Restaurant Reviews
What is it like working as a General Manager, Restaurant?
January 2015
General Manager, Restaurant:
Pros: Variation.
Flexibility.
Always changing.
Fast paced.
Rewarding.
Meet new people.
Stability.
Cons: Hours.
Stressful.
Rude customers.
Turnover.
Work nights and weekends.
On feet all day.
January 2015
Business and finance skills.
General Manager, Restaurant:
Make sure you have adequate support and skilled, competent staff in your team. Have a vision and strategy to increase the profitability and the general running of the business, that is on brand with that of the company/director.
Manage relationships and encourage communication with staff. Be present and protective of company brand and culture. Infiltrate structure and policies that will support this.
Know when to take a break. Learn how to listen. Act immediately. Delegate and inspire.
January 2015
Work hard, be smart.
General Manager, Restaurant:
Pros: Schedule flexibility and able to make decisions about the path of the business.
Cons: Working outdoors. Managing the elements of mother nature.
December 2014
General Manager, Restaurant:
Long hours.
December 2014
A good place to start a carreer.
General Manager, Restaurant:
Pros: Time flys by and interacting with my customers and employees...
Cons: Benefits and sometimes supervisors are not fair....
December 2014
General Manager, Restaurant:
Pros: Making my own schedule (good and bad), working with the public, I continue to excel and get great reviews, coming up with my own solutions to problems I'm presented with.
Cons: Yearly decrease in health benefits, rising minimum wage without an increase to my salary, constant disruption of my personal life (phone calls at home, changing my schedule to fit the needs of the business), lack of good employees, minimal support staff.
December 2014
Hard working, dependable person, work flexible.
General Manager, Restaurant:
Pros: Taking care of guess, different atmosphere.
Cons: The people they put in positions to help you. Not enough help.
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