Pros
Tips are fast cash - generally made 50-200$ per 5 hours. Better money than min wage jobs.
Cons
Every employee from front to back and bottom to top is overworked and undercompensated. A third of the work is non-serving related yet servers are strictly paid the below-minimum-wage serving wage. Side work is intense and grueling. Servers must receive at least 10 online customer praises each week or have thier schedule cut - That means (on average) two glowing customer reviews per shift - keep in mind this is Applebee’s. Workload/quality-of-food/customer demographic/employee demand ratios set you up for failure. Hours can exceed 14hours with no breaks. Servers sometimes have to do dishes which is impossible to do while maintaining customer needs - then punished when there is t enough silver wear or dishes. No benefits. My heart aches for so many Applebee’s employees who haven’t or won’t move on. Of course strict policies prevent you from sharing any of this.