Original Pancake House reviews

I worked at the pancake house in edgewater, New Jersey which was located in Fort Lee before. I worked there for almost 4 years. We all made quick fast money, however the work environment that it turned into made everyone leave. He wanted to start charging us for things we broke, our mistakes (We are not perfect), and for meals customers did not like. However, it is AGAINST THE LAW to charge us for anything unless he pays us $7.25 an hour. He only pays us $2.15 an hour, but our checks were always $0. Although the food was good, customers started realizing. For example, one time a lady left the restaurant extremely angry because the owner cursed and yelled at one of my co-workers in the dining room. They also made us pay for our entire uniform (shirt, jeans, and shoes) they all had to be from a specific website, minus the jeans.

the biggest con of the particular restaurant I worked for is the owner himself. He might be a good manager, but a lousy person. He acted like the king and was almost never open to dialogue, treating every employee like a little misbehaving kid. Although he was great with guests and really knew what he was doing around dining room and kitchen alike, his lack of good communication with his staff has led to a lot of problems. several servers walked out (which of course does not make them right, but still) or quit. He would yell and tell you to shut up if you wanted to voice your opinion, not willing to listen to anything. it is his way or highway. and in my opinion that is not a good way of managing a large professional team