| To the untrained eye, the job of Restaurant | | | | fixed. All restaurants and their chain of command |
| Manager seems pretty easy. They hang out in | | | | are different, but it's safe to assume that |
| cool restaurants all day, tasting great food, and | | | | everything that the manager has a hand in |
| shooting the breeze with customers. For the | | | | everything that goes on within the four walls of |
| managers that are really good at their job, it | | | | the restaurant. |
| really is this easy. A great manager shouldn't have | | | | Training is the key element that can take a |
| much to do every day because he has spent so | | | | manager from stressing everyday if things are |
| much time sharing his knowledge and experience | | | | being properly done to the guy that hangs out |
| with the rest of his staff, they take care of | | | | with customers. A great manager will know the |
| everything for him. For those that aren't quite at | | | | restaurant industry inside and out and be versed |
| that level there are more things that need to be | | | | in the methods of training to teach all of his/her |
| done. | | | | experience to the entire staff. Arming the staff |
| Ultimately, everything in the restaurant is the | | | | with knowledge alleviates much of the pressure |
| managers responsibility. Everything from schedules | | | | on the manager to do everything in the |
| to clean bathrooms are on the managers | | | | restaurant. Ideally, the only times the staff will |
| shoulders. If a person calls in sick, it's the | | | | need the manager are for more training and |
| managers job to find a replacement. If the air | | | | advice. They will be properly trained to handle |
| conditioning stopped working or the roof is leaking | | | | everything that the customers can throw at |
| the manager has to see that they are properly | | | | them. |