Reasonable Salary Range
August 12, 2015 3:07 PM
I've received an offer for an assistant manager position at a fairly upscale restaurant group in the DC area. What kind of salary range should I expect?
This is a salaried position that reports directly to the GM and owners, and requires a ten-week training/probationary period. (All of that is confirmed in the offer letter).
I've been working as a server on and off for about a decade, and my applications for manager positions have gotten a lot of positive responses. However, this company seems like an especially good fit. I'm planning to take this job, as long as they don't low ball me.
As a server, I currently *net* about $700-1000/week with about 30 hours on the clock. However, there's no paid time off (not even meal breaks are paid), no benefits of any kind, and the money isn't consistent. I pay about $200/month for parking and there are 1-2 staff meals each week.
This asst manager position would require 45 hours per week (though the hours are irregular, since it's a restaurant). I would get free parking, two staff meals a day, and they have a group health plan. I don't know about other benefits, like paid leave and sick days, or retirement savings plans -- those benefits, and the specific salary (past the probationary period, which is mostly a FOH rotation and is hourly) aren't mentioned in the offer letter.
What salary should I expect? What benefits should I expect?
Bonus: what should the negotiation look like? Realistically, I want this job and plan to take it. But I'm worried about underbidding or otherwise undermining myself.
This is a salaried position that reports directly to the GM and owners, and requires a ten-week training/probationary period. (All of that is confirmed in the offer letter).
I've been working as a server on and off for about a decade, and my applications for manager positions have gotten a lot of positive responses. However, this company seems like an especially good fit. I'm planning to take this job, as long as they don't low ball me.
As a server, I currently *net* about $700-1000/week with about 30 hours on the clock. However, there's no paid time off (not even meal breaks are paid), no benefits of any kind, and the money isn't consistent. I pay about $200/month for parking and there are 1-2 staff meals each week.
This asst manager position would require 45 hours per week (though the hours are irregular, since it's a restaurant). I would get free parking, two staff meals a day, and they have a group health plan. I don't know about other benefits, like paid leave and sick days, or retirement savings plans -- those benefits, and the specific salary (past the probationary period, which is mostly a FOH rotation and is hourly) aren't mentioned in the offer letter.
What salary should I expect? What benefits should I expect?
Bonus: what should the negotiation look like? Realistically, I want this job and plan to take it. But I'm worried about underbidding or otherwise undermining myself.
Without salary and even an outline of benefits, I wouldn't even call it an offer letter. Get them to put that in writing and go from there.
posted by paulcole at 6:00 PM on August 12, 2015
posted by paulcole at 6:00 PM on August 12, 2015
Indeed.com also has salary ranges, FYI.
posted by dovesandstones at 10:23 PM on August 13, 2015
posted by dovesandstones at 10:23 PM on August 13, 2015
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posted by General Malaise at 4:01 PM on August 12, 2015