$3/day off my check to eat nearly whatever I want. And commissary prices for bulk groceries. I.e. $64 for a 4 flat box of bacon, hundreds of pieces.
The ones who fit in become life long friends, the ones who don't typically quit quickly and complain a lot about the work load. It can feel like a lot but the job is all common sense.
When you have a good team you only need 1 grill op and maybe two servers to do $1000 about 100 patrons. However due to a lack of a good hiring pool I've seen some sub par picks lately.
When I first got hired we had the opportunity to sit down with the manager, explain our history and eat a sausage biscuit over a cigarette out back, they're really down to earth people who accept anyone worth keeping.
Well we used to get these sweet vacation bonuses that we could cash in and take a week off, now it's easier to get time off but the PTO system is a bit more confusing. I like the bonuses best though, about $1-1.5/hr extra for getting work done.
You have a shift leader, an assistant manager, a manager, district manager, regional and everything else is corporate. Lower management is pretty fluid, people get promoted to that pretty easily I'd they're good. Middle is a career but pays well. Upper cooperate is hard to get into but worth it.