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Famous Daves

I worked there since it opened and I used to think it was great! Then I opened my eyes. There is no break room, they use the bar. This leaves employees under 18 to either freeze in the harsh weather or work without taking a break. The only other alternative is to get fined for being in the bar. Everything mentioned in that statement is illegal here... The management are more like bosses than managers. They tell you to do your job better (which you may be doing just fine) then go sit in their office for the remainder of the shift. I have a fairly open availability, I only ever called in sick once and I was never late, but I got one shift every two weeks. When they cut you after an hour (which is also illegal) and you're only working at minimum wage, you begin to struggle. Everything about this place is terrible. I love it when I lived in America, but the Canadian location does not live up to standards...

I was one of the original staff trained to open the restaurant.  A new General Manager was hired as the outgoing GM exhausted herself to improve the restaurant but had no luck. The new GM is abrasive, rude, sexist, and insulting. He references that he wants to hire men, they are “better.”  He has no regret yelling at staff in the restaurant and embarrassing his employees, there is no remorse for his actions, he does not admit he is wrong, nor apologize for abraisive/rude behaviours.  Continues to hire staff telling them he has hours for them, but simply doesn’t.   New staff come in and go quickly due to lack of hours. Has reduced hours drastically for existing employees— unfair treatment.

The expectations are very irrational and there's no clear sense of direction. The GM is over worked, the managers make valuable mistakes daily and the new Operations Manager has this notion of increasing sales with little to no digital marketing. 

My experience was without a doubt, a complete waste of time. Although short, I quickly acknowledged they're inability to hire skillful staff, which resulted in a lack of diligent training and properly communicating expectations amongst BOH and FOB staff. 

They'll use the excuse that "they're going through a lot of changes and opportunities will be abundant" but in reality they're just running around like chickens with their heads cut off.

Didn’t seem to be valued also some duty def should be covered by other(aka hire people to bus or cleaners) to many task were required for host to do on busy nights and if they are alone. Need to spread task out and let groups be responsible for 5 task instead of 100. Thing would run smoother and wouldn’t need as many people hosting for example. They pick favourites. Never know when ur gonna be done also no break room or lunch room and never get breaks. Good experience decent staff and coworkers just not great. 

i used to work for them at 2-3 years and wasn't felt like i was appreciate when i was there and there's a lot of favorites and manger's will try to throw you under bus for other's problem. i asked to move up to a management position but they will give it to their friend's that don't know how to run or be responsible for their own shift's.
one of their former manger/kitchen chef's was upset when i had to book off for a personal reason.     

I love my job at Famous Dave's, I love being the guy who knows how to do everything and is able to help where ever I'm needed. But im out of high school now, and i need a full time job to fill up my days and keep my life busy. I also desperately NEED to move out and start saving for school. I pretty much need a full time job to get my life going and I'd be super grateful to anyone who would give me a chance!

they were not clear I would ONLY work weekends, kitchen staff were nice, but they do have favourites, FOH manager was nice and understanding, but kitchen manager sucked. Server staff were not very helpful they thought they were better than everyone else and some just seemed miserable. You're lucky if they like you, but if they don't they won't let you move up like some other staffs I've talked to while working there. 

Famous Dave's was a good place overall and made long lasting friendships. The work environment was like a family and made the pay seem not that bad because of the support that I received from the management, kitchen and wait staff. We knew our jobs and i was detail oriented and took pride in the dishes that I made per order.

Not happy working here; I worked for 2 years and never got any recognition. Pay is very bad. Minimum, they get mad if u go overtime even though you are doing the restaurants work they don't listen to your side and always complain about everything

Was working there dident ged paid at the end. The Companie dont pay bills ore very late you always have to deal with stuff like tat what is not good.
Almost every day phone calls tat bills dont get paid
I would not go work there anymore

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Kitchen team leader 1 salary reported	$19.50 per hour
Assistant general manager 2 salaries reported	$48,500 per year
Kitchen manager 3 salaries reported	$48,500 per year
Hospitality supervisor 2 salaries reported	$19.50 per hour
Prep cook 3 salaries reported	$16.15 per hour

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