Good invironment, but you're just a number - Host/Hostess; Server Ditka's Employee Review

3.0
May 28, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

great work environment, great people, beautiful restaurant

Cons

As a female hostess they MAKE you wear heels and you are not allowed to sit... even if you have a 12 hour shift! insane. Also, you are just a number.. so in my experience I made a deal with the owner when I was hired for a promotion to a different position once I hit a 6 month milestone (because I had so much experience and, understandably, a probationary period would get me comfortable with the business as well as show my strengths.). I had worked for them for almost 2 years and those promises were never delivered. When I finally took a stand after being led on, I was shown exactly where the door was... I was reliable, pleasant, and eager.... so it was definitely not because I didn't earn it.... you are just a number there at the end of the day and they'll replace you in a week. That's the restaurant business though. What can you do.

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5.0
Jan 6, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Love working here due to great coworkers, flexible scheduling, and consistent business

Cons

Seniority system is terrible and provides limited upward mobility, but even so you can still make more than you’d make most other places around here

2.0
Apr 28, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Server staff is great. Great culture.

Cons

Management treats employees badly and if you're new you won't make any money. They will train you for lunch and wait to train you for dinner. Might hire you as a server and put you somewhere else with the promise of making you a server in the future. Expect to walk out of lunch shifts with $10-$30. Sometimes $0. Not exaggerating. Tip out is insane. Four table section that hardly ever fills up anyways... you will have shifts where you only have one or two tables. management stands around gossiping in the corner while everyone else runs around. Not to mention male managers are weird with female employees. Ruins team morale. Nobody is happy there. Also don't expect to get a break if you work a double. 12 hour shifts sometimes with no breaks. Managers disappear off the floor for long periods of time in parking garage.

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