T.G.I. Friday's Reviews

Former Employee – worked at T.G.I. Friday's full-time for more than a year

Pros – loved the job I did and people I worked with.
Different things happened every day - never got boring

Cons – Dealing with unhappy customers was quite hard.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at T.G.I. Friday's

Pros – The best reasons to work at Fridays would be the flexibility of your work schedule, energetic atmosphere and ability to make good tips especially during the holidays. There certainly can be a feeling of camaraderie within the store.

Cons – Some of the cons would be lack of available hours "out of season". I ended up averaging well under 30 hours per week (over a year) while being contracted full time. Being stretched extremely thin with too few staff on shift. All "Service Charge" was removed last year, including large parties. Frequently, a party of 20 can take up your entire section and night while not tipping a dime, causing you to loose out a nights hard work. Most con's com from head office management and not the local store.

Advice to Senior Management – Many obvious changes have been made since Carlson taking TGI Friday's back under their ownership. It has become mush less employee oriented and strictly about profit. This is the reason I left as well as several others that I know of. Bare bones staff on shifts, being stretched extremely thin while being asked to cut the number of working hours to only 3-4 days per week. At the same time record profits were announced.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at T.G.I. Friday's full-time for more than a year

Pros – good food and good employees

Cons – there wasnt really any cons

Advice to Senior Management – hire a few more dishwasers

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at T.G.I. Friday's full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Quick cash, always moving, fun co workeres, ability to move up, Easy menu, corporate training, Very flexible schedule. If you are in school they work with your schedule.

Cons – MIcro managed. The hours can be very long because the restaurant is open untill 2 am. The customers in the restaurant are horrible at times and the tips can be poor but you can still make money.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't sweat the small stuff.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at T.G.I. Friday's part-time for less than a year

Pros – Benefits and professional atmosphere for employees

Cons – THe scheduling was not always up to par

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at T.G.I. Friday's full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – There are incentives for doing well. Servers are kept informed of all products. There are shift meetings prior to every shift where employees are able to hear about specials, promotions, and try new food items.

Cons – Managers expectations can sometimes vary.

Advice to Senior Management – There needs to be more consistency with management techniques.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at T.G.I. Friday's as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – It was a Great Team

Cons – A Lot Of Office Politics

Advice to Senior Management – Be more strategic

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at T.G.I. Friday's full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Great benefits, You can tell that the company wants to care, just that somewhere along the way, it gets misplaced.

Cons – Terrible work hours, absolutely no work life balance. The pay isn't bad, but you can give up any hopes of a life

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at T.G.I. Friday's

Pros – Works with schedule, and is very flexible.

Cons – There is a lot of turnover.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire/keep great people.

Former Employee – worked at T.G.I. Friday's full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Room for bring new changes

Cons – Can't think of any cons

Advice to Senior Management – Invest more in short term investments

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company