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The Cheesecake Factory

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Stressful Place - Grill/Fry Line Cook The Cheesecake Factory Employee Review

3.0
17 Feb 2013
Recommend
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Pros

During Summer you get a lot of hours but it all depends how willing you are to work. You can get up to 12 hours a day but you cant complain if you can not get off a schedule like that. Usually if you start off that shift in the morning you will end up leaving at around 3 o'clock rush hour or til 5, if you come in around afternoon you get to leave around 7 or even up to midnight. if you come in at around 5 pm you get to leave around 1 am or even 3am all depending your job. During slow season you may be sent home after about 4 or 5 hours of work. There are some people who understand the stress and can cooperate by being a part of the solution, then there are those who become a part of the problem.

Cons

If you didn't get sent home early during the slow season you are being left alone to do the job of two people which can be stressful and happens quite often, so you are more or less lucky if you didn't get stuck by yourself. They start you off with a decent pay but you will rarely see any increase unless you can really impress somebody. During peak periods you will have managers who expect for you to go "above and beyond your work of line" but can also backfire if you fall behind on your main task and then you give everyone a reason to blame you. A lot of times the company would have new items on the menu and requires the company to order new ingredients everyday but if the item is not available, you cant sell the item and becomes an issue with everybody until it gets resolved which can last of up to an hour at times. A lot of the Expo are unreasonable at times and like to yell instead of being of some help.

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5.0
25 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible schedule, Steady amount of work throughout the year, Supportive team and management, Understanding for employee situations, Predictable workflow

Cons

Mandatory holiday work, Difficult to get weekends off, Restaurant does not close or slow down unless absolutely necessary

4.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

good pay to works worked ratio

Cons

have to work all holidays best time to make money is night shifts so really limits social time with friends and family

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