Fox & Hound Restaurant Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Fox & Hound Restaurant full-time for more than a year

Pros – Depends upon what location someone works at and the volume of business, employees can make a lot of money. However, they also need to work a lot to make reasonable living

Cons – The structure is not like in every other restaurant. There are a lot of "bosses" and involvement from different factors. Manager, General Manager, District Manager, Regional Manager etc. They all have different inputs on how the business should be run and how problems should be solved, however their views are mostly unhelpful. There is a lot of stress involved if someone works at the 'busy store.' Managers hired I usually people with no degree, mid-age and are not set for the environment.

Advice to Senior Management – There should be clear view on who does what. HR should hire, young, educated and motivated people that are willing to work hard under stress and do not practice: 'I am above you attitude.' Very few managers that I met were actually motivators.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Fox & Hound Restaurant

Pros – Fun, laid back environment
Easy to trade shifts with other employees

Cons – Management picks favorite employees that consistently are assigned better shifts/sections/etc.
Food is slow getting out to costumers

Advice to Senior Management – Some managers are great whereas others can't and don't even try to relate with the employees. Also, the servers compete with each other, often making the work environment almost cut-throat. Why not encourage your serving team to act as a team?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Fox & Hound Restaurant

Pros – The involvement in the operations and freedom of action available to mgmt. Being involved in the community with the position. The ability to create and execute ideas with certain levels of freedom.

Cons – Long hours, very little career growth, very poor time management from a corporate view. A corporate philosophy that is taken from the current management book of the day and a belief of repeating terms from the books will make people believe them. Instead of creating a true culture that is unique to the company. A tired belief in personality profiles that limit people due to what they put on a simple test.

Advice to Senior Management – Invest in keeping employees instead of churn & burn.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Fox & Hound Restaurant full-time for more than a year

Pros – 50 hour work week is ok.

Cons – No interaction with upper management. Also pay scale below industry rates.

Advice to Senior Management – Show more interest at the store level. Worked here 2 years and never spoken to upper management other than 1 store visit.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Fox & Hound Restaurant

Pros – Cash in hand daily. easy menu to learn and start up within a week of employement acceptance. great during sports seasons if your a fan since you spend half your time watching the games with your guests.

Cons – High turnaround rate for not only hourly employees but management as well. slow, slow, slow afternoons so good luck making rent if your stuck with daytime shifts in the dining area prior to 5.

Advice to Senior Management – if an hourly employee is interested in pursuing management then better communication and opportunities should be opened if the employee is a qualified candidate. had to pursur MIT myself by paying out of my own pocket to apply with a training store 3 hours away.

Current Employee – been working at Fox & Hound Restaurant

Pros – This is a good place to start your carrier as a manager, unfortunately they tend to only hire managers with experience.

Cons – the higher you go up the chain the more out of touch the managers seem to be with how a restaurant stays successful. The corp policy start to make it more and more difficult to satisfy the guest. Too much time is spent dealing with the needs of the corporate office.

Advice to Senior Management – remember who you really work for and whats important to those people.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend