Friendly’s is a restaurant chain located in the east coast of the United States. Two young brothers, Curtis Blake and Prestley Blake, founded the company in 1935 and primarily served double dip cones. Currently, they have over 500 restaurants and currently have 16,000 employees. The company is led by Ned Lidvall as the president and CEO.
The manager for Friendly’s is hands on with several responsibilities in the restaurant. They may receive guests if there are plenty of customers walking in and lends a hand at the kitchen if things get too busy. They also have to check the inventory to make sure that there is enough stock of ingredients.
Equipment must be maintained and should be well kept to double its lifespan. Contact should be made to the servicemen if something is needed to be fixed in the kitchen for continuous operation. They need to have several skills to handle the job an should impart the knowledge they have to the staff as a form of development.
Assistant Manager
- Salary: The pay for a assistant managers depend on the experience and it starts at $27,000 to $40,000.
- Bonuses: Not all of the positions provide cash bonus to their employees
- Profit Sharing: When it comes to profit sharing, this is not provided by the company.
- Stock Options: Much like profit sharing, the ability to have stock options is not an incentive provided to employees.
Restaurant General Manager
- Salary: As a restaurant general manager, the employee will receive the amount of $40,000 to $52,000 depending on experience.
- Bonuses: The bonus structure depends on the performance and it ranges from $8,000 to $12,000.
- Profit Sharing: Much of the incentives are provided as cash bonus. Making profit sharing not available.
- Stock Options: Again, cash bonus is the main incentive provided by the company to the employees and stock options are not considered.