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How to Create an Effective Restaurant Onboarding Process

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Here’s an example of an onboarding overview: Day One Orientation: Learning about the restaurant’s culture and history, meeting coworkers, and receiving a uniform. It’s important to train all newcomers on your service standards to make sure they’re giving guests a uniform experience. Include role-playing as part of the training.

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Restaurants Beat Labor Crisis with Daring New Wage Structure

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By May 2020, the industry shed 5.9 During 2020, white male restaurant servers made on average $5 more per hour than Black women. It’s only going to get harder to find subminimum wage workers who’d be willing to do 12-hour shifts in subpar conditions while denying them the possibility to share in the tips that FOH servers are making.

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A Guide to All the Restaurant Safety Guides

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In the meantime, the NRA and others already offer guidance on FOH logistics like food running, customer management, bathroom safety, and customer takeout. Update: May 20, 2020, 11:07 a.m.: The groups behind Safety First plan to release more front of house guidance soon.