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The Cheesecake Factory

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The Cheesecake Factory reviews

3.7

64% would recommend to a friend

(1,432 total reviews)
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David Overton

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60% positive business outlook

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2.0
Aug 26, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Great GM, great manager for servers, culture and training are great. Money is decent.

Cons

As servers, we’re expected to tip out bar, food runners and busser based on our TOTAL SALES, not what we’re actually being tipped. So food runners get 1% bar gets 1% and busser gets 2.2%….so on a 1000 total sales your tipping out $23 to busser, 11 to bar and 11 to food runners. You have to tip the bar out even if you don’t use them for a single drink. So say on that day your tips are 180…your tipping out like 34 dollars so now your 180 becomes 146 for all the crap you deal with, running around etc…and the busses hardly do their job…as a sever your suppose to pre bus your table. Meaning, all the bussers do is bring new dishes and place them down. At that point after I’ve already cleaned my table…I’ll set my own plates and keep my 11 dollars.

1.0
Aug 21, 2025

Never again

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Could possibly make good money

Cons

Terrible management. Don’t follow through on their jobs. Allow harassment and racism.

3.0
Aug 21, 2025

Baking at The Cheesecake Factory

Recommend
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Pros

Opportunity to make great friends a long the way. Very flexible hours PTO Cross training Free meals

Cons

Fast paced No bonuses No tips Can’t receive a raise unless cross-trained Heavy workload for little pay

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