Re:How Software in Half of NYC Cabs Generates $5.2M a Year i...
by joshmn on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @01:40AM
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I might have been exaggerating, but my point is that labor is the most costly thing to restaurants.
I've worked in restaurants and I've waited tables at a very high-level. There are your entry-level Applebee's servers who have no experience, are in the "survival career" category, or have no aspiration to do anything but work at Applebee's. They should earn 3-4x minimum wage, or about $24k a year.
Then you have your more respectable chain: Ruby Tuesday's. 4-6x or about $40k a year.
Something in the middle: Longhorn Steakhouse, 5-7x.
Above that you start talking about restaurant professionals, where they expect to see at least $80k a year. Prices are now 14x, but your server? They're damn good at their job. Never seen a professional in action before? Go to your city's equivalent to Manny's Steakhouse[0].
I've worked in restaurants and I've waited tables at a very high-level. There are your entry-level Applebee's servers who have no experience, are in the "survival career" category, or have no aspiration to do anything but work at Applebee's. They should earn 3-4x minimum wage, or about $24k a year.
Then you have your more respectable chain: Ruby Tuesday's. 4-6x or about $40k a year.
Something in the middle: Longhorn Steakhouse, 5-7x.
Above that you start talking about restaurant professionals, where they expect to see at least $80k a year. Prices are now 14x, but your server? They're damn good at their job. Never seen a professional in action before? Go to your city's equivalent to Manny's Steakhouse[0].
[0] http://www.mannyssteakhouse.com/