Vantaggi
Relatively easy job. A 50% discount on food on days you work, and a 25% discount once a week on a day you do not work. Free drinks while working, and possibly when not working if you are on good terms with co-workers and management, this goes for food as well, however your Store Manager will most likely not allow this on his/her watch and will be a stickler about it as their bonus can be affected by this, as well as anytime an employee is paid overtime, it comes out of their bonus as well. Extremely easy to pick up your job responsibilities. If you are a High School student it is an AMAZING summer job. One of the only jobs where you can earn minimum wage and tips, that are not split nor taxed. Any tips, money or change that is left over after you deposit your owed amount and fill your money pouch and coin changer to starting amount, is all yours to keep. Like I said this is the ideal summer job. It is easy, there are PLENTY of hours and the tips are glorious. One summer weekend alone, Friday through Sunday, with approximately 20 hours worked could easily earn you $100 in tips alone. I cannot stress how this is a perfect summer job for a teenager at the Carhop position. Summary: Great Part-Time job for a teenager, especially in the Summer. Tips are great for saving up to buy cool stuff you may want that parents may not allow you to buy with paycheck money such as a nice watch, a new video game, an Ipod, a new long board, or even some sweet modifications for your car, or even a car itself! I used my tips for all of the above, minus a car.....should definitely have one soon with some financial assistance from Mom and Dad hopefully.
Svantaggi
Skating or rollerblading inside is never fun, can be dangerous. On your feet your entire shift, unless given a 30 minute break. Breaks are usually given based on the current labor or overall busyness of the store. Making shakes and Sonic Blasts can get messy. Extremely limited hours during the Winter season. A shift in the Winter may only consist of 2 kitchen workers, 1 person working in Drive-Through, 1 Carhop if needed, and 1 supervisor/manager. Overall not a great Winter job for the Carhop position. If you plan to work here during the Winter, which I do not recommend, I would highly suggest you become very familiar with working in Drive-Through or opt to learn to work in the kitchen. You can't expect even a$0. 25 raise unless you have been working at the location for at least 1 year. Overtime is also extremely rare to get because any extra pay you receive from your overtime wage is usually subtracted from your boss's bonus, so obviously overtime is not offered normally whatsoever. Moving on, I personally am not in a managerial position, however my coworkers who are Assistant Managers often are upset with their wage and it being too low. My friend who works with me is an Assistant Manager and has told me that Manager's usually start at only $9 an hour. That is only a $0.75 raise from the minimum wage in our state, Illinois. Him and the other managers often search for other jobs around the time they become managers because they don't make tips, only earn an extra $0.75-$1.75 compared to their previous pay, and hold a lot more responsibilities and duties as a manager. If tips were accounted for, a Carhop at $8.25 per hour may make more money than an Assistant Manager at $9.00 an hour. Managers can make less money than entry-level carhops, who don't have nearly as many responsibilities or tasks to complete on a shift-to-shift basis as managers do. Managers aren't paid enough for their job duties and responsibilities at all in my opinion and from my personal experiences seeing all the tedious and somewhat complicated tasks they are required to do during their shifts. Summary: Skating is not fun and can be dangerous, limited hours and very few tips during Winter, Manager positions are underpaid, No benefits, Overtime is basically non-existent unless it is verbally offered by the General/Store Manager at your location.