Pros
food discounts (if you get a break to eat at all), majority of staff is nice and great to work with
Cons
horrible, rude, unprofessional management, no breaks, no break room for employees, cut hours, dangerous and dirty working conditions, labour laws not followed for min. hours worked, breaks and double shifts, management has their faves and will completely ignore you if they decide they don't like you for whatever reason they decide and will talk to you like you are worthless in front of coworkers and guests. Also the pay is minimum wage plus very low tips and managers decide when your shift ends so most of the time I would not get more than 4 hours and they even tried to cut me at 1.5 hrs without paying the minimum required of 3. They will pay you low, use you for however long they want, and either ignore you and talk to you only when they demand something to be done. I worked here for months and never got a break ONCE. Every time I asked (even at 5 hours which is the legal requirement) I would be told to go home so they didn't have to pay my break. I once ate in the washroom bc i was so hungry and couldn't take a break. My coworker got in trouble for sneaking a bite of their own food in the kitchen on the clock after 5 hours of nonstop work on their feet. That is why most of my coworkers just ate in the bathroom. As a server assistant, you work so hard bussing tables and running food just to make the smallest fraction of tips servers make. The only thing servers do more than an SA is talk to the guests and take the orders. SA's are extremely under-payed and make the same tips as hosts for some reason. this should be re-evaluated as SA's hold down the place especially when it is busy. Also, you will get scheduled for a double-shift. What this meant for me was come in for the first shift and leave when management tells you, then GO HOME and take my break at my own expense, then COME back and THEN I can leave when they tell me to. They do not care about your transportation costs and would not even let you stay the full 8-9 hour shift with a normal paid break. They leave you on your own to pay for your own break and transportation to-and-from FOUR times...These shifts are exhausting, just so the company can save money on the extra hour of work plus the paid break. Overall, just DON'T work here unless you want to be treated like a slave.