I've worked in a restaurant and hospitality for 23 years. With the recent rise of cost of living with inflation rent rates etc, what used to be a comfortable living has turned into scraping by.
I make 56k a year. My pay doesn't cover everything. My wife makes 40k at a hospital and we still are struggling.
I've made more but scaled back my job title for less hours.
Now I'm looking to get back into upper management, and the pay is marginally better before COVID.
A gm for a hospitality group for a high end food court is only paying a max of 70k. (All of the executives for this company have worked or owned or managed Michelin star restaurants)
Am I crazy I know for a fact that one of those food courts has six or seven cafes and little restaurants in it and you're the GM of all of them and they're only offering 75K? These types of units have to have a minimum of 2-3 million in revenue just to break even.
The hours are 60 hours a week plus. On call 24/7 and expected 50 weeks a year unless your on Vacation.
In what world do you give someone that much responsibility and no profit sharing?
The position has had a turn rate of every 6-8 months since the place opened two years ago.