Earls Kitchen + Bar Reviews

Pros

Good pay. Nice coworkers. Good staff.

Cons

No hours. Weird schedules. Drama between FOH and BOH

Pros

You can learn a lot as long as you are competent and a quicker learner. Lots of growth opportunities.

Cons

Base themselves on great training, not always provided to everyone who comes to learn. Lots of figuring it out on your own and unpaid work if you want to move up. Very big draining grind in the kitchen. You will be paid for 8 hours and end up spending majority of your day in the kitchen. Unrealistic expectations of salary staff vs pay

Pros

Some nice co-workers, few dull moments

Cons

The title sums it up

Pros

Loved my colleagues and the team.

Cons

Can be fast paced and high stress.

Pros

- You get tips paid daily. -Most of the time its a “team” work, everyone helps everyone which is good if you are busy at times. - You don’t have to do a lot of clean up… like many restaurants I have worked at.

Cons

-Some managers can be racists and condescending. (I had to deal with one, that made my life miserable everytime I worked with her) - Schedules are very inflexible. You can be considered “full-time” but you can be cut at anytime during your shift if restaurant its not busy. (Sometimes I only worked for 2h… after being cut from a 4-5h shift because restaurant was not busy, and this happened multiple times a week during my shifts) . - The amount of “expectations “ you are put on its unreal. You get a week training, after that once you have your tables you pretty much CANNOT make any mistakes (pressing the wrong food/drink bottom, etc) and all little things that you pretty much learn along the way… you are expected to know ALL of them by the second week of training. -Tipout is 9.5% (the highest from all the rest I have worked at) not worth for the amount pf pressure you worked at. -if you get bills (customers) who do not tip or leave a lower percentage than what is suggested on the machine…. You do not get those bills removed from your cashout. You still have to leave the 9.5% even if the tip was $0. Which is unfair cause trust you will get a lot of cheap people

Pros

Good work life balance and co workers

Cons

Can’t think of any cons!

Pros

good Hours good experience location is nice job growth is available

Cons

Expected to work long then scheduled pay is not competitive

Pros

- great training - great staff - fun work environment

Cons

- unpredictable work schedule - hard to be promoted

Pros

Earl's had a great management structure for new people to the industry! If you work hard you are handsomely rewarded as well (via tips, the pay is just minimum).

Cons

However, experienced servers often faced the brass when it came to doing things their way. Also lived in fear of losing my job due to not bringing in enough reviews. The meal benefits were very shotty as well while only receiving 50% off up to $10. The culture is as you would expect, lots of gossip and unimportant drama among servers. There was no form of discrimination or exclusion except for the fact that there was an inner circle of sorts that management favored. Oftentimes, when the GM would step on the floor, his calls were incorrect or ill-tempered for the situation. The work/life/balance was up to you depending on what shifts you take, and how late you want to work. I will say that management did schedule a closing shift next to an opening shift more often than they should have.

Pros

Friendly management, always push to your max limit

Cons

Closing shifts might create problem in your sleeping schedule