Pros
Weekly pay 2-4 weeks training (where you won't receive any tips) Overall good tips, I used to make around £9-10/ hour after tax (pay+tips)
Cons
Split shifts are awful, if you live far from the restaurant you can end up being there for 12 hours and working just 8. The upselling and sales focused managers can be extremely pushy, making you feel uncomfortable trying to upsell all the time even when it's obvious that the customer doesn't want anything else. It's a business and they want to make money, I get it, but it is extremely focused on sales but not rewarding for workers. It doesn't matter how busy the restaurant was or how hard you have worked, you will get paid the minimum wage (plus customers tips) and that's it, forget about bonuses for extra sales. And trust me, it gets busy. You can overheard managers talking to team leaders talking about who they are going to USE to make some duties. Many times I felt like my opinion didn't matter and all I was is a body made to work or a number more than a person.