Here you will find out all the nitty gritty work and common stressful situations you will endure on the job.
First off the job was okay, paid minimum wage and I got tips. In Mississippi if I got tips at a local Applebee's I would only get $2.13 USD an hour. So it was a good little chunk of change at the end of the night.
Now on to the work I had to put in.
First off your get paid as a trained employee, the uniform is a 25 dollar write off, and you get it back at the end of the year. Training was straight forward and easy. One of those things that gets better as you get better.
Working in the store past training is a very tedious and emotions run high during a rush. These rules may vary depending upon franchise owners but here was my duties. I preped the store, stocked the make line and had the place ready for the night shift. I would work nights sometime and the day time driver would do these things as well. The franchise owners and day management would sit on their rumps all day, only taking orders, and making the food. Driver did everything else.
Now on to the actual driving part. You sell your cars soul, everything including services comes out of your pocket. Your roof paint gets marred due to the sign you must have on top of it. Signs required to be lit up as well via a direct connection with the battery or 12v connection in the ash tray. Drivers only carry 20 dollars in cash on runs. You must sign a waiver stating that you will drive in bad weather conditions during the shift as well. The 20 dollars cash can be money from the till or your money. Dominos only allows delivery to the city limits. Not the county.
Dealing with customers is one thing entirely. Some are nice, some are rude and would make you never want to talk to another soul again. I was never robbed, but others have been. You are not allowed to take a weapon with you like a knife.
Some random things that take the cake with driving.
No numbers or poarch lights on the house. Would it be so hard as to add numbers to the mailbox or house? Don't blame me because I could not find you.
Making change for a 100 dollar bill. No I cannot run to the bank and change this out, no I cannot take it either. I only carry 20 dollars on me.
No I don't have a pizza oven in my car stop asking.
I wont give you a discount cause you had to meet me at the city and county line, cause you live outside the delivery aera.
No I cannot give you free food.
No sir or mam, I don't get the full price for delivery.
If the order is 30 minutes late then it is free. No it is not, that is no longer a guarantee. People were having wrecks due to that silly promotion.
Don't automatically assume that I damaged your car when you have the entire dead end street blocked. I just hoofed it half a mile on foot to bring you this food.
Now on to the night shift. We were always understaffed, dont ask for a mile long list of specials when you just heard them on the recording. We are happy for a 20 pizza order, but don't expect it within 15 minutes. There was no official break meaning you are on your feet from the time you clock in and the time the manager clocks you out. So whatever you threw into the oven is now cold cause you had to go on delivery. It was like the callers knew that you wanted to eat, they would call right when you would make something.
What closing the store is like. One driver remains in the store, at least it did at my location under the old owner. The driver did it all, cleans up the store from top to bottom, make lines, bathrooms, dishes, sweeping, mopping, storing food, (etc). All takes about 3 hours, on weekends you was out of there by 3AM.
Closing thoughts. If you dont mind an assault on your sanity, dealing with car problems, shitty people, and coming home hating pizza, then you can work there.
If that bothers you then work elsewhere.
It is a temporary job for fast experience and a fast way to get promoted to manager.
Would I do it again? Of course I would, but I would need to be desperate to work there again.
