-Made less than minimum wage while working there, with tips added in - took home about $20 per 6-hr shift in tips, consistently
-Tips are terrible - people who go to eat at a restaurant that cheap aren't planning on tipping you well - not to mention the fact that when two people can eat for $15 dollars, 15% works out to only $2.25 - think that you can wait on 12 - 18 tables a shift for $2.25 a table - that's $27-$40, minus $5-$10 tipout to hosts, bussers, etc. - at the end of the day, you made $5.79 - $7.13 an hour
-Many of the managers were extremely rude and unhelpful - on a power trip
-Management expects you to stay an hour or more after your shift (or getting cut from your shift) doing heavy cleaning: pulling out tables to sweep under them, cleaning blinds, etc. for 2.13 an hour
-Leaving after your shift takes an hour to hour and a half with cleaning and cashout - you only make 2.13 an hour during that extra time you are working and not making tips
-They don't want you to eat there, i.e. to take advantage of the 50% off you get as an employee discount - there are absolutely NO breaks, not even to eat a granola bar or a torn throw-away croissant. If you want to eat a meal there after your shift, you have to leave the premises after your shift, wait an hour, come back, and then you can get your half-off meal. Also, you HAVE to buy a drink - no free water, you have to pay $1.99 for a drink, even if you're just getting water - recouping costs.
