Pros
Money was fairly consistent but not great for bartending (you can rely on business coming in due to company reputation), very comprehensive training, lots of opportunity for upward movement if you want to have a career within the industry. The benefits are pretty good.
Cons
Pretty typical corporate experience. The culture there is weird, very intense. There is a huge push to buy into the 'cheesecake culture'. I guess this is ok if that's your thing. Just wasn't mine. Lots of job responsibilities. Lots of rules. LOTS of prep work. Cleaning duties/prep often kept you hours past your out time. Bars at these places are usually small, max amount of money you make is less than other bar gigs. Primary purpose to bartend there is to push drinks out on service bar for the rest of the restaurant, your patrons are inherently a secondary concern. Between the rules, the prep and the culture.. kinda sucks the fun out of the job. It was understood that bartending there was a stepping stone into management. You have to serve first before you get behind the bar.
