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Stress and anxiety is industry wide for sure. We all are dead inside. It’s awful. Concepts are more stressful unless you like the fast pace is it going to work or not side of it.
It definitely depends on your team! I have worked 10+ years in restaurants and I have had my fair share of both awful and exceptional. Attitude on the day-to-day basis needs to be in check because it will affect the whole crew. Recognition and rewards for hard work and togetherness will keep your team feeling like an asset rather than a liability.
So I actually just started at TXRH and so far I’m loving it. But only time will tell how great/bad it is. So far they are super exciting. I went to orientation, people were dancing on tables hollering and dancing to music. I think they were just trying to get us pumped up! I learned that they make everything from scratch which I think is awesome!
Ohhh this is a high stress environment! No matter where you work full service restaurants or fast food! You have to have thick skin when working in food service
Unfortunately, that constant high-level of pressure has become a normalized part of the industry. That doesn't meant that every team is like that, but far too many are. It can turn from a job you dread to a job you love overnight if you find somewhere with a great crew.
It's a fairly sentiment across the industry, look no further than some of the posts in this bowl and you'll see you're not alone. That's not to say you can't find a workplace with better conditions but you'll be one of the lucky ones if you do
The only places I've worked at that weren't constant chaos and high pace were unpopular restaurants that struggles to get traffic and those are bad workplaces in their own unique way, aka low customers = low tips
You're definitely not alone in feeling that way, and I wouldn't call you unlucky for going through that. It'll take some job hopping to find them, but some businesses are way better than others when it comes to taking care of and appropriately compensating their employees. Best of luck!
It's a fast-paced, high stress industry so I think most people sort of experience this. Not everyone is cut out for it, that's not a dig to anyone, it's just a fact that working in frenetic environments takes a certain kind of person with a tolerance for it.
I wouldn’t say the industry, I’d def say look at the concepts that you work for. There is always a level of chaos but I’ve seen some places so organized it’s like a well oiled machine. I’ve seen some that you just survive Service. Some people have ridiculous menu sizes for vast 250 seat restaurants. Some have servers that run the restaurants and are in charge of their manager. But some it’s professionalism at its finest
I traveled the country the past three years fixing restaurants. If there’s no policies and procedures in price, then it’s a disaster. It starts with the management. If they don’t hold people, accountable set standards provide training provide policies and procedures it will fail. I’ve watched this across the country poor leadership, poor management, so everybody suffers.
I have found that the stress is all in how you view it. Remember in the restaurant job we can replace meals made.wrong or received cold.or incorrectly. So.long as all safety precautions are staying in place you can relax a bit. You are not taking all their money during the holidays for a collection agency or repossessing a vehicle. Almost every scenario in our industry is fixable and if you view it like that the stress level can go down internally or at least not go home with you.
I wouldn’t say it’s even the concept, most likely the team/store. Sometimes the same brand will have two stores only 2 miles away with a completely different atmosphere and feel, almost night and day even. The stress and anxiety is unfortunately almost everywhere but how your team handles it can be the difference between a great environment and a lackluster/chaotic one.