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High stress and hours suck long term. Wasn’t too bad till covid hit. Got out in December of 2022 after 15 years in restaurant management and it was the best move I made.
Personally, I’d rather be a server than a manager at a restaurant. I’ve been both and I’d never want to be a manager in a restaurant again.
Yea never be a manager unless it is a stepping stone in your career. It is an incredibly thankless job. Always underpaid, always over worked. The gm will always make the MOD responsible for everything. Don’t do it!
It's tough work and can be hard if you have a family. That being said when I started 20 years ago I questioned why I was doing it because servers were making as much as me. But now I am making over 6 figures and it's not so bad. Best move I could have made.
It really depends where you work I’ve been doing it for five years in nothing but high stress high volume restaurants and yes it was tough but now I have a really good salary thanks to my experience and will be making over 6 figures in two years if I continue on my career path.
Food is what I know and my passion. I know I won’t make the most money but the happiness food can bring people genuinely makes it worth it to me. Only take a leadership job In food service if you’re gonna care and have pride in your job because money definitely won’t be the best part of the job.
I would do something else. It’s not worth it
I am a restaurant manager and honestly it’s not worth it. Serving or bartending are more fulfilling. Less responsibility, less hours, more money. I’m only doing management because once you’re in it it’s hard to get out. I’m trying to get into HR but without experience you can’t get in. Even with a degree in it.
Any job that pays a livable wage that you’re passionate about is a job worth aspiring to. It more about how far you’ve come and the goals you want to achieve. If that’s what you want to do, get all the info you can and pursue it
Go see "Coming to America". Louis Anderson will answer this for you. Good luck!
In my opinion, this really comes down to the company you work for. I’ve worked for restaurants under GM’s who weren’t good and also under great GMs. There are a lot of factors to consider. How good is the corporate support? What will your AORs be? What is the bonus potential and how often? What is the benefits package like? There are several things to consider such as longer hours, loss of schedule flexibility, loss of most weekends and holidays (I have worked with other managers where we took care of each other and made sure weekends and holidays were rotated and also with selfish managers who wanted as many off as possible, it’s a gamble).
One important benefit you will have is financial consistency as long as you work your hours, benefits and growth in your experience to be able to move around to other companies once you establish your experience.
You should only do so if you know it's your passion and you have tuffness and right attitude for it it can be a great experience or your nightmare but it all depends on how you approach it moving forward
absolutely NOT. I have been in restaurants for well over twenty years and at 40 years old I have NO retirement, no stocks in companies, no health care, NOTHING. Maybe had I gone the corporate route it may have made a difference but I wanted somewhere where I felt appreciated and family like. YMMV
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Depends on where you work… I live in the Midwest and pull 6 figures and rarely work over 40 hours a week.
it depends on what you’re looking for; was supervisor at a certain austin-styled taco joint with a trashy something taco as its staple (🤫) and had my hat in the ring to become agm, and if you’re like me, the rush of restaurant work and a team on the line and expo and foh that work with you and trust each other will be no issue. inventory, deposits, all that comes with time, but be wary of managerial bureaucracy, because if it suits them they will shut you out. it happened to me despite me having tenure over my gm, who demoted me to just a cashier/expo, and eventually fired me as she sought to work out a new team who just falls in line with what she said 🙄
so, be careful is all I’m saying, and I’m super salty lol screw memorial city torchys
Personally I enjoy it. I have full control over my shift and the expectations of my employees. I don’t have to be rude or hateful to get more out of them. Have built more sales treating my customers with respect too and giving them what they expect.