Sonic Reviews

Pros

They offer flexible hours to employees.

Cons

It is a fast food business.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work.

Pros

Easy to access basic management positions if you're in college/ have a degree
Given complete control of the store
Most of the staff is competent so, the work load isn't terrible
Scheduling if you're in School still

Cons

Very low possibility of being promoted to Senior Management unless you're extremely flexible
You'll have to perform job function way out of your description
Pay is sub-par for Asst. Manager, you make almost as much as Crew Member
Lack of direction from Sr. Mgmt and Franchise Owners

Advice to Senior Management

Build relationships with staff, offer incentives to crew member, be more flexible with scheduling

Pros

Food discount
The carhops are cute
You do your job, get out of there, and get paid
Managers are fun

Cons

Nobody EVER gets raises. It's very hard to rise in the company. The managers are constantly pressuring to reduce order completion times while also telling us to be more careful with how we cook our food or telling us not to cook food when it's not needed. Order average time is supposed to be less than 2 minutes, but it takes 5 minutes to cook fries or hamburger patties.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't ask for superhuman performance from your employees for a minimum wage job with no future. Give us at least a little recognition for doing well.

Pros

You sometimes get a lot of regulars who will give you tips just because you hold a decent conversation with them.

Cons

The hours you get each week are shaky.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't pick favorites just by personality

Pros

You get to gain experience with most basic qualities any employer would look for, like customer service, accuracy in performing you job duties.

Cons

You work for a low amount of pay, it is food service work, there is little room for advancement, and

Advice to Senior Management

The managers and store managers of some of the resturaunts are extremely unprofessional and inappropriate. It takes quit a long time to advance to a store manager.

Pros

tips are great when you are young.

Cons

not many tips sometimes. and pays minimum wage of 3.60 and your tips make up the rest to 7.25.

Advice to Senior Management

hire more carhops to run out during happy hour.

Pros

Fun place to work; opportunity to contribute and make a difference.

Cons

Lean organization; hard to be strategic.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to our valuable people assets;

Pros

Not much meddling from senior management, if your numbers are good they leave you alone. Pay isn't bad and if you hire the correct people it makes your life easier

Cons

Little to no support a from upper management and from corporate. Things will change, like menu items, and you'll be the last to know about it.

Advice to Senior Management

Communication is the key to any successful business. Just emailing and calling doesn't get the job done you need to get out and be in the stores.

Pros

some of the employees are the most awesome people I have met in a long time. Other than that its pretty bad

Cons

They will take hours out of your check. Make you think you will be promoted then give it to someone else. Oh and some of the coworkers are related so special treatment is there.

Pros

Sonic provides excellent, do it yourself pay. Working Salery. Provided, By Customer Satisfaction; Tip money.
Meaning, The better quaity/customer service provided by the power of the employee. The further you progress on your own terms of employment.
Sonic (Car-hoping): Also, provides a salery paycheck, (less than minimume wage), of $4.25, Hourly.
Teaching young adults, responisbilty. As much so, as, working for "a hard earned dollar."
This reunderlines, good/possitve attitude. Promoting the true meaning of perseverance.

Cons

Working for any company, Can, at times, Prove difficult.
Sonic, Being a Fast Food Industry, Means always beening on your feet. Car Hoping, must always, be done, with possitive quality service. Making sure Each an every Cutomer is served according to The Sonic dedication program Guidlines.
This at times. Calls for extra dedication. Such as, Making "curtious/trash rounds."
-Curtiousy Trey: trey filled with condements for the quest to choose from.
Things such as this leave customers feeling, as though, they are, indeed, as specially welcome as they where greeted

Advice to Senior Management

When given leadership, managment. Its always wise to support a crew that is, no questions asked, on your side. Making sure Stocks and Food Cost stay steadily on quota.
To have understanding, as well as improvisation, toward a family/work environment. Showing leadership as well as workmanship.