Great company. Advancement opportunities. - Server BJ's Restaurants Employee Review

5.0
16 Jan 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-They were very up-to-date with their technology. They used HotSchedules for scheduling and it was virtually impossible not to work exactly what you wanted to with it. -Base pay was very good. Hostess started out $2 about minimum wage. Servers $1 above the server minimum wage. -The opportunity for advancement was excellent. Every manager I had started out as a Server for the company. -Hard work pays off. -Yearly raise.

Cons

-No reimbursement for uniform expenses. The non-slip shoes you have to wear run through very quickly. -Servers have a very high tip-out. 5-6% depending on your section.

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5.0
16 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

all good. they schedule based on performance

Cons

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3.0
24 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Very busy. Constant flow of customers coming in.

Cons

Wild expectations for servers. Run your food and the food for the whole rest of the floor. Bus for the whole floor. Obtain customer reviews in their internal system - your job depends on this - but the system only works 15% of the time and most customers won’t do it.

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