Big Boy Restaurants Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Big Boy Restaurants part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good first job for a kid

Cons – poor pay. terrible tips. Elderly patrons dont tip well at all.

Advice to Senior Management – increase hourly rate. market to younger crowd!!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Big Boy Restaurants full-time for more than a year

Pros – Food
Benefits are okay
Small Company
Holidays
Given a lot of responsibility

Cons – Leadership problems
No direction
Incompetent staff
No room to progress
No Company Culture

Advice to Senior Management – Sell if you can

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Big Boy Restaurants full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – If you work in a busy store, the money-making potential can be quite satisfactory

Cons – Very, very fast paced and stressful during rushes. You have to know how to keep your head, prioritize, be nice no matter what, and know how to work as a team. If you work in a slowish location, money isn't that great. All depends on how much traffic the store gets.

Advice to Senior Management – Build the most effective and consistantly well-performing team as possible and pay them well. If there's even one rotten apple on your team (an unconcerned, slow, or lazy employee), that effects the overall running of the place and frustrates your good employees, who will tend to view working there as a negative experience. Get rid of the rotten apples!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Big Boy Restaurants full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – There are no Pros, i am stuck here until i find another job

Cons – Work like a slave, no room for growth. Told you will grow and are paid peanuts.

Advice to Senior Management – Get your act together and stop lying to employees

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Big Boy Restaurants

Pros – The company gives you the chance to get promoted and growth. It's a great company to deal with customers face to face and work flexible hours.

Cons – Must managers work close to 50 hours a week, and working 50 hours every week can become taxing for some people.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Big Boy Restaurants

Pros – flexible hours in a kitchen that had alot of back of the house help.

Cons – hard work for alright pay, manager expect alot for a little. Closed store at different times every night.

Advice to Senior Management – have a set closing time

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Big Boy Restaurants

Pros – The work can be relatively easy, and it's a great job if your just looking to make some money in high school other than that you'll be better of at a restaurant that serves liquor

Cons – Customer base is quickly vanishing, mostly just elderly people who order small meals which equal small bills and small tips. Managers show favoritism, and being a mostly female work environment which includes a lot of high school kids there is a lot of drama all the time...

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Big Boy Restaurants

Pros – money in your pocket at the end of the night.

Cons – management is not professional by having relations with employees, kitchen is dirty, poor customer service and training.

Advice to Senior Management – I would suggest presenting yourself more professionally, and to refrain from talking about your personal life and behavior out in the open. Also, showing more of a positive attitude would be more convincing to the customers that as a management team you do care about whats going on within your restaurant.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Big Boy Restaurants

Pros – 1. If you're cool with the cooks, you get free food. Which can be a good thing if you're hungry

Cons – 1. You are not only a busser, but also a dishwasher.
2. Servers can be pretty greedy at times when it comes to tipping us out.
3. People there don't really respect you.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't be a moron.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Big Boy Restaurants

Pros – First of all very good food. Reputation for good family restaurant. They insist on training their way. Good place to learn management skills, as well as social skills. Big Boy tries to keep everyone happy, employees as well as their customers. This a good learning experience for high school students venturing out for the first job, or someone looking to supplement the family income. Wait staff can expect to make decent wages and management will work to satisfy full or part time hours, so that they are compatible with school or home time. Benefits are available to full time employees.

Cons – Employees are pretty transient since many find this job to be a stepping stone to something longer lasting.

Advice to Senior Management – Hang in there, better times are coming.