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Absence and Wellbeing: Challenges and Opportunities for the Restaurant Sector

Modern Restaurant Management

In addition to cost considerations, efforts to structure these types of benefits are complicated by compliance requirements and the challenge of communicating and promoting a positive employee experience. Consider being a leader in this space rather than a follower, it might just help with recruitment and retention too.

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Questions in the Minds of Restaurant Job Applicants

Ken Burgin

By proactively addressing these questions during the interview process or in job postings, you can create a more effective recruitment experience. Applicants will want to understand the dynamics of the team they’ll be joining, including communication styles, management support, and how the restaurant fosters a positive work environment.

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Retaining Restaurant Employees During the Pandemic: 5 Effective Ways to Reduce Turnover

Goliath Consulting

Other workplace stressors could include lack of flexible scheduling, conflicts between coworkers, or lack of transparency and communication. “As These decisions do not have to be big ones—they can be as small as choosing uniform styles, weighing in their opinions on new policies, or even allowing them to choose the background music.

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How To Create Restaurant Operations Manual For A New Restaurant

The Restaurant Times

It contains various department-wise instructions, such as opening and closing procedures, necessary tasks for each shift, standard uniform and equipment for each shift, order of service, etc. Communicating such finer details to your staff helps you run the restaurant operations seamlessly. Service Standards. Handling Technology.

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Onboarding Checklist: How to Onboard Your Employees the Right Way

Sling

The best way to do this is to stay in communication with your new hire. If you manage a restaurant, you may only need a few hours the day before to clean out a locker, assemble the pieces of their uniform, and set up a new POS or time clock account. 11) Set goals When they’re new, your employees need something to work toward.

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How a Performance Improvement Plan Could Save You $80K

Bar and Restaurant Coach

In earlier posts, here and here , we talked about the importance of effective communication, and how owners and managers can create great alignment within their businesses to make sure the whole team is on the same page—pushing for the same goals. Accountability. Human Resources (HR) Departments. The Actual Cost of Hiring a New Employee.

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A Guide to All the Restaurant Safety Guides

EATER

Utilize technology — mobile ordering, contactless payment, digital staff communications — to reduce person-to-person contact. The group also emphasizes communicating often with customers and preparing notifications ahead of time to go out if a staff member becomes ill, which the group believes is an inevitability for all restaurants.