When looking for entertainment and food, what is the first place that comes to mind? On Pensacola Beach, it is Hooters. Hooters has been around since April 1st, 1986 and has seen many different kinds of people. Whether it may be customers, Hooters girls, cooks, or managers, these restaurants always seem to bring out the best in people. In June 2005, a man by the name of Markus Eddins was persuaded by a friend to apply to Hooters as a cook. They immediately hired him and he was then a cook for the next five years. For the first couple of years he was content with his position, but during his fifth year there, he began wanting more. After threatening to quit, Hooters then promoted Markus to being a key holder. As a key holder, you are known
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In the process of being a key holder, Markus was looking for another job, he was not sure this is what he wanted to do for another five years. On September 5th, 2011, Markus was asked to go to orientation for the next three weeks in Destin Florida for training to become an official manager. After those three weeks of training, he thought in his head, “hey I want to do this”. That October, he began his new position as official manager at Hooters in Mobile on Airport Boulevard. A normal workday at Hooters on the beach during the summer, is a hectic day. As an “opening” manager, you normally come in to the restaurant at eight in the morning. (They open at eleven) The first thing that needs to be done is seeing who switched shifts with who. After this, it is any and everything. Markus deals with callouts, counts the hostess and bar’s drawers for the amount of money that should be there before and after they close, turns on music throughout the restaurant, deals with venders, and makes sure the line check is done before eleven. As a “mid” manager, he or she comes in at twelve in the afternoon and immediately starts helping out with any problems that are going on at the time. Whether it be getting more liquor from the back for the Hooter’s girl at the …show more content…
This was one thing he wished he would have known before starting. It was a huge struggle that took two years to turn around. Advice for anyone wanting to become a manager at Hooters? “Get your game face on” is how he replied. He goes on to explain, “to be able to work at Hooters, you have to be ready to work hard the entire time you are there. The restaurant has an upbeat tempo that doesn’t allow laziness. There are people constantly yelling, but what else can you expect? We are on the boardwalk on the beach!” One thing he has loved learning while working at Hooters, is how to do inventory. This includes putting in numbers and learning the cost of everything. In all of his years working at Hooters, Markus has reached his greatest accomplishment this year. Hooters usually hits between two-point-three and two-point-four million dollars in sales each year, but so far in two thousand sixteen, they have hit two-point-five million. This will move them into a new bracket pool for management bonuses. He is very excited about this! Like anything else in life, you have to work up to things. You have to crawl in order to walk. Markus is a prime example of this in seeing how he once started off as a cook, and now is a head manager. Being a manager is a huge responsibility in which you must be able to handle being under pressure, and taking responsibility for things that may not necessarily be your
In the process of being a key holder, Markus was looking for another job, he was not sure this is what he wanted to do for another five years. On September 5th, 2011, Markus was asked to go to orientation for the next three weeks in Destin Florida for training to become an official manager. After those three weeks of training, he thought in his head, “hey I want to do this”. That October, he began his new position as official manager at Hooters in Mobile on Airport Boulevard. A normal workday at Hooters on the beach during the summer, is a hectic day. As an “opening” manager, you normally come in to the restaurant at eight in the morning. (They open at eleven) The first thing that needs to be done is seeing who switched shifts with who. After this, it is any and everything. Markus deals with callouts, counts the hostess and bar’s drawers for the amount of money that should be there before and after they close, turns on music throughout the restaurant, deals with venders, and makes sure the line check is done before eleven. As a “mid” manager, he or she comes in at twelve in the afternoon and immediately starts helping out with any problems that are going on at the time. Whether it be getting more liquor from the back for the Hooter’s girl at the …show more content…
This was one thing he wished he would have known before starting. It was a huge struggle that took two years to turn around. Advice for anyone wanting to become a manager at Hooters? “Get your game face on” is how he replied. He goes on to explain, “to be able to work at Hooters, you have to be ready to work hard the entire time you are there. The restaurant has an upbeat tempo that doesn’t allow laziness. There are people constantly yelling, but what else can you expect? We are on the boardwalk on the beach!” One thing he has loved learning while working at Hooters, is how to do inventory. This includes putting in numbers and learning the cost of everything. In all of his years working at Hooters, Markus has reached his greatest accomplishment this year. Hooters usually hits between two-point-three and two-point-four million dollars in sales each year, but so far in two thousand sixteen, they have hit two-point-five million. This will move them into a new bracket pool for management bonuses. He is very excited about this! Like anything else in life, you have to work up to things. You have to crawl in order to walk. Markus is a prime example of this in seeing how he once started off as a cook, and now is a head manager. Being a manager is a huge responsibility in which you must be able to handle being under pressure, and taking responsibility for things that may not necessarily be your