![]() ![]() I was instructed to send him to the district manager's other store which was on the opposite side of the interstate exit we were adjacent to. I showed up at 6:30am to discover I was replacing one of my management training classmates. The restaurant I was eventually assigned after working “Internships” at other Waffle Houses in Jim's division was unit #580 on Evans Mill Rd. The next chapter in this story opens with me moving out of my brother's place and into a one bedroom apartment in Lithonia, GA in order to be assigned to my first Waffle House as a prerequisite. In retrospect I should have seen what was coming when I had to sign a contract that essentially made me financially responsible and accountable for all food and money in the restaurant. So the next six weeks of hourly pay, or practically the whole training period at “Waffle House University” went to AAA and I depended heavily on my brother's good nature. AAA was adamant when I tried to explain my situation to them that I had to pay them or I could not take the job. Waffle House had pulled a bait and switch! I discovered after I had started, that the "Salary" we negotiated was simply the basis upon which a hourly wage was determined while I was in training and once I actually became a Unit Manager, I would make a base salary plus a package of bonuses. Once I accepted the terms and had started the training program, AAA contacted me wanting their money right away. We negotiated a salary and the fee for AAA was supposedly added to it. I interviewed twice, once with a management recruiter for Waffle House and then with my future division manager Jim H. I had no experience with these kinds of services and quickly found myself being taken advantage. The ad as it turns out was from AAA Employment. ![]() I had at the time just separated from four years of service in the Marines as a Food Service Specialist (cook) and it was the base of my experience. I had just moved to Atlanta and had moved in to the spare bedroom of my brother's apartment.Īs I was searching for gainful employ, I responded to an ad in the Atlanta Journal-constitution. From the very beginning the relationship cost me more than it was worth. Of all my past experiences, I'd have to say that the one I rue the most is my involvement with the Waffle House as a Manager Trainee and then Unit manager. ![]()
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