The problem isn't that the employee is bad... the problem is that the system is bad.
Many restaurant owners complain that employees leave them as soon as a better opportunity arises, and they start over in the recruitment and training journey, losing time, effort, and money.
But ask yourself:
Did the employee leave only because of the salary?
Or because they joined a place with no clear system?
When an employee finds:
✅ Their tasks are not defined.
✅ There is no organized training.
✅ There is no follow-up or evaluation.
✅ There is no opportunity for development.
✅ Every day a different decision.
Most likely, the first better offer they receive... they will leave.
The solution isn't to keep looking for new employees.
The solution is to build an operating system that allows the employee to know their role, work comfortably, and feel stability and belonging.
Every employee who leaves costs the restaurant much more than just their salary, because it wastes management's time, recruitment costs, training period, and affects the quality of service and team productivity.
The successful restaurant isn't the one with the best employees... the successful restaurant is the one with the best system to manage employees.
— Mohamed El Shenawy
Restaurant Operations and Development Consultant
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