San Framcisco location. A Shady company masquarading as a "progressive work place". - Food Server Alamo Drafthouse Employee Review

1.0
5 Apr 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Be around movies and food. Hooray.

Cons

The first year Alamo planted in SF, there was an unofficial yet enforced NO Breaks policy! That means you get to work thankless 10-12 hr shifts often while harassed if u need a break. A clear violation of CA labor laws. They just recently started reversing this because of worker lawsuits, mistreated managers and servers, etc... Point is this company has no qualms and is brazen even in its continual flagrant disregard over the health of its employees whilst presenting to the public a progressive phoniness. So heres what u get from these fakes: - A bad back from ridiculous enforced unhealthy body movements. - Poisoned Food (I got food poisoning 3 times) - Shady harassment from management - They will try to fight any medical stuff you might inherit from working there, even when it is clear that they are responsible. Truly shameful and mean-spirited. That's the Alamo.

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5.0
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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
20 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

• Pay w/ tip share is crazy considering what the actual tasks of your are • Some really awesome people work there • Easy to learn and pick-up • Food (I definitely spend less on groceries, thank goodness for the shift meal)

Cons

• The pay is good, but at what cost? It'll come at the expense of your body and mental well-being. This is a job that'll wear you down, make it difficult to plan, and leave you so socially and physically exhausted that you get home only to collapse for 14 hours, unable to move from your couch. • This company cares so little about you and its customers that sometimes I wonder if they intentionally want it to go under. • Hours are inconsistent which is the nature of the industry. I do think the company can do a better job at managing consistency. It'll oscillate between entitlement to your entire life, any hour and every hour of every day, to like 3 hours a week. It's a great temp gig, but it's a shame they seem to want a lot of availability from you when you can't count on them to even schedule you.

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