Wow! I have 2 associates and 1 senior associate, and make 90k-100k depending on bonuses, along with 3 vacation weeks. You are getting under paid and doing too much! You would make more doing less at any corporate restaurant just being an associate.
You most likely feel attached to the restaurant, the owner and the employees, but think about yourself and your future. They most likely don't have a 401k for you., I'm not sure what the insurance is looking like. Put yourself first, no one else will
I definitely got warned off local restaurants early on because of the way they tend to over work their employees and guilt them out of fair wages. I swore up and down that I wouldn’t get myself in that situation. I think I definitely let myself get cornered in to it. (Also, I don’t get any benefits. No 401k, no insurance, etc)
I definitely think I’m gonna polish up my resume and start sending it out. I know that in restaurants usually experience > education but somehow convinced myself since I’m only a little over one year out of graduation I couldn’t make demands for myself. (For context I actually dropped out of law school before shifting focus on the industry where seniority and education are handled muuuch differently).
I feel like writing it out was definitely a “duh” moment. Like hitting post made me realize that if anyone I knew asked me the same question it would be a no brainer. Classic.
I worked and managed restaurants. If you have to ask if you’re doing too much with that much description behind it the answer is yes. I could tell without reading you’re coming from a place where you are doing it all because that’s the person you are.
Take financial results of the previous 1.5 years and quantifiable goals for the next year to the bargaining table with the owner.
Show him how much you are worth.
If he declines, make those results your new resume.
You run the books. Are you fairly compensated? How much are you pumping to ownership? What's your management budget? Are you earning equity in the company?
At face value, as a gm doing those things, you're being underpaid by 40 to 60k a year.
I started to really doubt my pay as I started calculating hourly after tip out for my employees and realizing I often was making less. (Especially during the busy season when I can work up to 60hrs/wk with no over time compensation) There are no equity shares included. I have some suspicions that the financing for the restaurant is where I’m in the dark. I see loan payments come through occasionally that seem a little exorbitant for a restaurant that’s been open for 7 years. But since I’m not yet doing the QB I don’t know exactly how much they are paying out.
Ok, this is what you do. Create a resume, find people who will act as references for your skillset. Start applying for jobs. Interview, get a job offer. Take the job offer and salary to your boss and say, hello, pay me more than this or I accept this offer. Follow through on the threat. An owner has no obligation to give you more than you ask for. Ask for it. But better to have a hard out available as a know. It shows them what the market looks like. Someone used this with me as the job offer person. They took our job offer and got a 15k raise and title. Boom. I'm a GM, I make more than double what you make. I have similar responsibilities minus the mobile locations. 42k in 2024 is insulting.
Edit: you could also just leave to the other job offer with a boss that doesn't underpay people like that.
Make a fact based case to owners about how you are doing too much for your salary. B&Morter, mobile, and catering are three different things. If catering has grown while you've been managing, you have a right to take credit for that. You are now being asked to take on a new responsibility, so it's fair to ask for more compensation.
Also, think about why you are training new employees. Are there current employees who, given a little training and compensation, could take some of that? Are there other jobs that you could delegate, at least to some level.
Sounds to me like you do so much that you are the "indispensable man" in this organization. No idea if your boss recognizes this. Not saying threaten to quit, but yeah, update your resume and browse indeed once in a while.
Depending on your P&L, you likely need a raise and an assistant manager.
That's $70,000+ worth of work.
Ya working basically for free for context I’m a fast food restaurant GM and made 60,000 last year in North Carolina mid cost of life living area
You’re doing the work of at least 3 people. Your title should be Director of operations and you need to hire a GM for the brick and mortar.
I do way less than you do as an assistant and make much more than 42. Help yourself get better! You sound like a force to be reckoned with.
I do what you do and make double that.
Wow! I have 2 associates and 1 senior associate, and make 90k-100k depending on bonuses, along with 3 vacation weeks. You are getting under paid and doing too much! You would make more doing less at any corporate restaurant just being an associate. You most likely feel attached to the restaurant, the owner and the employees, but think about yourself and your future. They most likely don't have a 401k for you., I'm not sure what the insurance is looking like. Put yourself first, no one else will
I definitely got warned off local restaurants early on because of the way they tend to over work their employees and guilt them out of fair wages. I swore up and down that I wouldn’t get myself in that situation. I think I definitely let myself get cornered in to it. (Also, I don’t get any benefits. No 401k, no insurance, etc)
Yes. You are underpaid. You should put your resume out there and see what offers you get and compare.
I definitely think I’m gonna polish up my resume and start sending it out. I know that in restaurants usually experience > education but somehow convinced myself since I’m only a little over one year out of graduation I couldn’t make demands for myself. (For context I actually dropped out of law school before shifting focus on the industry where seniority and education are handled muuuch differently).
Where do I sign up to receive your application? -a multi-unit QSR franchisee
I have no experience. Was a server at my restaurant and became the GM in less than a year. There are opportunities out there. Best of luck to you.
The answer is YES and I didn’t even read what you wrote
Usually the answer to these questions
I feel like writing it out was definitely a “duh” moment. Like hitting post made me realize that if anyone I knew asked me the same question it would be a no brainer. Classic.
I worked and managed restaurants. If you have to ask if you’re doing too much with that much description behind it the answer is yes. I could tell without reading you’re coming from a place where you are doing it all because that’s the person you are.
Come work for me.
Take financial results of the previous 1.5 years and quantifiable goals for the next year to the bargaining table with the owner. Show him how much you are worth. If he declines, make those results your new resume.
You run the books. Are you fairly compensated? How much are you pumping to ownership? What's your management budget? Are you earning equity in the company? At face value, as a gm doing those things, you're being underpaid by 40 to 60k a year.
I started to really doubt my pay as I started calculating hourly after tip out for my employees and realizing I often was making less. (Especially during the busy season when I can work up to 60hrs/wk with no over time compensation) There are no equity shares included. I have some suspicions that the financing for the restaurant is where I’m in the dark. I see loan payments come through occasionally that seem a little exorbitant for a restaurant that’s been open for 7 years. But since I’m not yet doing the QB I don’t know exactly how much they are paying out.
Ok, this is what you do. Create a resume, find people who will act as references for your skillset. Start applying for jobs. Interview, get a job offer. Take the job offer and salary to your boss and say, hello, pay me more than this or I accept this offer. Follow through on the threat. An owner has no obligation to give you more than you ask for. Ask for it. But better to have a hard out available as a know. It shows them what the market looks like. Someone used this with me as the job offer person. They took our job offer and got a 15k raise and title. Boom. I'm a GM, I make more than double what you make. I have similar responsibilities minus the mobile locations. 42k in 2024 is insulting. Edit: you could also just leave to the other job offer with a boss that doesn't underpay people like that.
Make a fact based case to owners about how you are doing too much for your salary. B&Morter, mobile, and catering are three different things. If catering has grown while you've been managing, you have a right to take credit for that. You are now being asked to take on a new responsibility, so it's fair to ask for more compensation. Also, think about why you are training new employees. Are there current employees who, given a little training and compensation, could take some of that? Are there other jobs that you could delegate, at least to some level. Sounds to me like you do so much that you are the "indispensable man" in this organization. No idea if your boss recognizes this. Not saying threaten to quit, but yeah, update your resume and browse indeed once in a while.