Purpose:
We, the undersigned employees of Athens, respectfully ask management to revert to the previous staffing and pay structure. The recent changes have significantly reduced earnings for servers, hosts, and to-go staff, increased server workloads, and lowered morale, without improving overall service quality enough to justify the change.
Key Concerns:
Servers now make substantially less per shift (30–50% reduction), despite similar or greater responsibilities.
Servers are taking on BOH closing duties that were previously handled primarily by Server Assistants (SAs). This has resulted in added responsibility on top of a significant pay cut.
Hosts and to-go staff earn less, even though their roles remain largely the same.
Tip-out percentages were reduced (from 6% → 4%), decreasing earnings for many positions.
While the new system may show slight improvements in service metrics short term, it risks driving away high-quality, experienced servers whose departure will ultimately lower the overall quality of service.
Our Proposal:
Restore the previous staffing structure and pay structure.
Fewer servers per shift with larger sections.
Adequate Server Assistants (1–3 per shift).
Balanced number of bussers, hosts, and to-go staff.
Allow servers and SAs to share closing responsibilities, rather than leaving all the closing side work to the servers.
We ask for a timely response, ideally within two weeks, so that we can work together toward a solution.
2 Comments
My family of 5 has been greatly impacted by this change. I took this job with an understanding that it would be flexible and pay well enough for me to start a nonprofit on the side. It is not paying me well enough. I love working here, but the new changes make it difficult and I hope to see the previous structure restored.
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Purpose:
We, the undersigned employees of Athens, respectfully ask management to revert to the previous staffing and pay structure. The recent changes have significantly reduced earnings for servers, hosts, and to-go staff, increased server workloads, and lowered morale, without improving overall service quality enough to justify the change.
Key Concerns:
Servers now make substantially less per shift (30–50% reduction), despite similar or greater responsibilities.
Servers are taking on BOH closing duties that were previously handled primarily by Server Assistants (SAs). This has resulted in added responsibility on top of a significant pay cut.
Hosts and to-go staff earn less, even though their roles remain largely the same.
Tip-out percentages were reduced (from 6% → 4%), decreasing earnings for many positions.
While the new system may show slight improvements in service metrics short term, it risks driving away high-quality, experienced servers whose departure will ultimately lower the overall quality of service.
Our Proposal:
Restore the previous staffing structure and pay structure.
Fewer servers per shift with larger sections.
Adequate Server Assistants (1–3 per shift).
Balanced number of bussers, hosts, and to-go staff.
Allow servers and SAs to share closing responsibilities, rather than leaving all the closing side work to the servers.
We ask for a timely response, ideally within two weeks, so that we can work together toward a solution.
2 Comments
I am barely clearing enough to pay my rent now with these new cuts. closing duties take forever and i go home exhausted with way less cash. please fix this before everyone good quits.
My family of 5 has been greatly impacted by this change. I took this job with an understanding that it would be flexible and pay well enough for me to start a nonprofit on the side. It is not paying me well enough. I love working here, but the new changes make it difficult and I hope to see the previous structure restored.
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I am barely clearing enough to pay my rent now with these new cuts. closing duties take forever and i go home exhausted with way less cash. please fix this before everyone good quits.