Pros
- You get better at initiating and carrying convos w coworkers and customers - Learn time management and stress management skills - Medical costs are covered, although you have to pay $10 - One free drink per shift (...of max cost 6.50) - Very eye-opening to interact with people from other walks of life, and I've met some really interesting people -- This is the honestly the only reason I'm still working there
Cons
- Still don't understand why we can't bring drinks home. Who does it hurt? - You will confirm get nagged by friends and family all the time because the amount of work you have to do vs the pay you get is super unbalanced - ALWAYS understaffed, you get constantly asked to support other outlets on your days off - Customers are usually rude and don't like waiting/don't care if you're busy - Parttimers' workloads differ from person to person, as long as you know how to do full-timer things like kitchen/do closing shift alone/do stock take you'll get inevitably forced to do it - So much standing and walking your joints and muscles will definitely hurt - Personal pet peeve is that they give you a manual can opener instead of a normal one (guessing bc it lasts longer) and it's damn inconvenient to use - Quite a Chinese-dominant place, especially bc majority are Malaysians. Difficult to get along with some coworkers if you don't speak Chinese - Depends on quota, although parttimers are required to hit 20h per week, if you're Singaporean they close one eye and keep you on anyway - Part-time pay quite bad compared to other competitors -- Starts at 7.5, goes up to 8 if you pass a test, +$1 on weekends, and double pay on holidays - Need to learn SOPs quickly and by yourself when you first enter company because usually no one has the time to teach you/there's no one around to teach you - Quitting is difficult too -- if you're a full-timer, you need a one-month notice period + resignation letter and the whole time everyone will constantly ask you to stay