Bad but still there - Store Manager Dairy Queen Employee Review

1.0
Aug 6, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you like working as a crew 100 % of the time and a shift manager and a g.m. His job is for you.

Cons

Good Luck getting a pay raise. Majority of the managers work 80 hour a week but only get paid 50. And have fun running a 14 % labor or 45+ $ per man hour .

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

-Great coworkers -Decent food -Awesome desserts -Fairly easy to operate fryers and ice cream machinery -Teaches basic math and customer service skills easily transferable to other jobs

Cons

-Rude customers (creepy old men, smokers, demanding/excessive requests, etc) -Entitled regulars (were up at 6 AM daily banging on the doors to be let in and several looked down on employees for working in fast food) -Ice cream bags and drink boxes were a pain to carry -POS system was ok to operate but got complicated at times (would overcharge customers or be difficult to find certain items) -Drive Thru system (headset and speaker) were a pain to operate, especially when customers whispered or when it was raining -Strict and hard to manage Drive Thru time requirements (maximum of 3:30) -Two managers were fired for stealing…

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