Rotten to the core - Server Sonora Resort Employee Review

3.0
27 Oct 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Beautiful location & wildlife. Spacious staff accommodation - you have your own room and share a bathroom with 1-2 other people. Guests are actually wonderful. Plenty of opportunity for overtime. We worked an average of 18 days on, 3 days off. You don't have any outgoings, food & accom is all included for staff, so you will save. Average employee saves $15k in 6 months season. (Can earn a lot more elsewhere though).

Cons

$18.50 per hour. Tips shared evenly between FOH & BOH, Inc management. Peak tip pool less than $100 a day during busy month (July/Aug). Rest of the season is significantly less. Opportunities for cash tips. Events are poorly run. No passion in management (most have been there 5-10 years and it shows). Staff food was atrocious. Many members of staff got food poisoning. This is not "family run". You're working for London Drugs, a corporate business.

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5.0
9 Dec 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Environment - Team aspect - Guests - Staff Activities - Food - Staff housing

Cons

- Seasonal - Long shifts - Long stints (10 days in a row)

3.0
21 Sept 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Sonora Island is an amazing place to gather and develop multiple new skills that will help in potential new jobs offers. Its a very magical place with amazing humans and wildlife .

Cons

Although its an amazing place to work at you will working very hard. up to 14 hours sometimes (brutal) but definetly good if you are looking for overtime.

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