Applebee’s Doherty Enterprise - Recensione dipendente - Manager In Training (MIT) presso Doherty Enterprises

It is an extensive and esthetically pleasing cultural menu and experience that is brimming with opportunity

The learning curve is not for the faint of heart. Rewarding through its progression but commitment and detail oriented focus are a necessity

I entered this job with five years experience already as a server, though with zero bar knowledge. The five day, planned and structured training modules and shadowing are helpful for those not familiar with restaurant work or certain aspects of it (such as I was). Frequent sales or other campaign contests made the shift fun and earned me some extra cash from time to time. I worked with many lively, friendly, funny, and otherwise fun people to be around.

While working with many people that were joys to be around, management's overall lack of conflict resolution left much to be desired when issues arose. Hours also varied in extremes between understaffing and present employees not getting help they need on the floor or behind the line and overstaffing when brining back students during the holidays/summer and giving a position to whoever walked in the door. The latter which led to loyal team-members seeking out secondary or other all together roles elsewhere.