Pros
- Coworkers are friendly - Surrounded by good food - A lot of people to meet
Cons
- Hourly pay is terrible and you really have to turn out a lot of tables to make decent money, especially when you're starting out. - If you haven't been there for 5+ years, they'll give you terrible sections where it's hard to make good money. - They have favorites - If your manager is in a bad mood (which at our store was very often), it affects most coworkers and brings down the mood. - The environment of the place is largely dependent on the professionalism and care of the managers in charge in which it became a disadvantage for us. - Terrible work/life balance. I'd come in around 4pm and I would only be on until 8pm on the schedule, but most times I wouldn't leave until way later. The hostesses would continue to seat me and would disregard the schedule. It was more so what benefits Cheesecake Factory over what benefits you as an individual. They made that abundantly clear.