Don’t work here!! - Server Benihana Employee Review

1.0
Jul 15, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There is opportunity to make over $100 almost every shift. The co workers are wonderful. Free hibachi food before you get sat.

Cons

I quit because I made one mistake on a bad day and the manager took me off to the side privately after work to lecture me.. I apologized to her and she just kept taunting me for 20 minutes. Asking me why I made the mistake over and over again and how I don’t care about the restaurant. After a while I got really frustrated and started crying and quit because I’m not going to let anyone talk to me like that. Know your self worth and don’t work here. I feel like something happened to her in her RL & she took it out on me, very unprofessional. - you have to lift a lot of soups and salad until your back hurts. - the chefs and appetizers always take a while to get to the hibachi table & the customers are always getting mad at you! - at least one or two tables won’t tip you throughout the day and you have to tip out 16% on their check! - you have to make the soups and salads for your table and most of the times there is no soup bowls or salad bowls! & they have to get to the tables before the chef! & you have 15 minutes to get the drinks and order in. It is very stressful! Sometimes there is no utensils and your table gets really mad at you and then you go rush the dishwasher to wash them & he gives you attitude. Then there is no cups to get the drinks for your table! But you have 15 minutes to get their drinks and put the order in as soon as they sit down. It’s very stressful to work here I recommend that you find another place to work!

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