Wednesday, April 28, 2010

MY PRIOR WORK


Well Sunday morning my manager called a meeting. During that meeting he talked to us about a bunch of things that I thought would be useful for me anywhere I go and work. The most important thing I thought he talked to us about was teamwork. And I have noticed the past to nights working that we get a lot more stuff done if we do it together. I work at Buffalo Wild Wings now and I use to work at Pei's. At both places I have done different things. At Pei's I was a host and did a multiple of different things. My tasks each night were to Answer the phone, greet people, seat people, I packed the carry out, I ran the cash register, I served a few times, and I also bar tended quite a few times. At that job we had about two hosts at a time. And now that I looked back at it we teamed up quite a few times to make sure we got all of that stuff done. Most of the time I would run the front of the store as someone else would run the kitchen and stuff in the back. When I was working there I didn’t really think that was considered teamwork. Now at Buffalo Wild Wings I cook. It is a totally different environment back in the kitchen and when I first got there I realized that is my kind of thing. It gets very hectic if we aren't talking and letting the other cooks know what is going on and stuff. At Buffalo I realize we used teamwork quiet a bit more then I did at Pei’s. When someone is struggling we make sure someone gets over there to help him. And more then not we have many managers on at a time. So when we all are struggling we have a manager that can come back and help us make sure we are getting the food out.
I think that when I go on to a construction job I will have had plenty of experience with working with other people. I think having teamwork is a good skill to have especially if you don’t work by yourself. You can tell when someone needs your help with something and if you want them to help you when you are struggling to get food out or you need them to seat someone for you I think that you just need step up and help them. I mean look at the NBA or the NFL. If you can’t play as a team your not going to be able to win the big games.