reasons to love working at Pancake House

• being in-charge: actually this goes both ways, you get respect and prestige but at the same time, get the blame for everything that goes wrong. when i was still in school i've never been someone who would readily volunteer to be a leader in any group project. i would rather be a team member who works for the team and works with the leader. being a leader has never appealed to me. feeling ko masyado akong mabait to be an effective leader hehehe. but now i realize, being nice is not a disadvantage, having a great working relationship with people helps the team to function more efficiently. IMO being masungit/strict/super serious does not equate a perfect day-to-day operation nor does it beget respect.
• working with different kinds of people: you encounter all kinds! from the ridiculously rich (with uniformed yayas and body guards in tow and who tips at least P200 everytime they eat), to the most underprivileged of them all. funny thing is, i learned more from them not so well-off people. mapapaisip ka talaga about all things you have, khit for you it's not that much.
• cooking!: i make the perfect omellete. hehehehe. also, i know the recipes of the famous tuna mac and potato salad.
  
• working hours: in the sense na 8 hours a day lang talaga. any extension would be for offset or would be considered overtime. yun nga lang, there are no holidays and weekends..
• being able to apply almost all aspects of my course: financial, people relations, human resource, food and bev, inventory, cost control, marketing etc etc. it's like having a function everyday of the week. =)
• having some/a lot of downtime: this depends on the amount of ppl who comes in the store per day and also the amount of work you get done. pag tapos mo na lahat, you can relax and enjoy for a while hehehe..
• somedays 2pm pa lang tapos na work: yun nga lang 5am ang start ng pasok hehe. pero getting off work at 2pm enables me to do a lot of things pa. i go to the mall, visit friends, meet up for dinners, nood ng tv, eat out etc etc..
• never having to be alone: working in operations is a team game. you can never survive it alone, unless you have special powers of being in two or three places at a time. i love the fact that i am constantly working with other people and it's being dependent with each other, there's a never a dull moment.
• not really having to watch what i eat: because i get to work out everyday on floor. parang nag-gym ka na rin hehehe. kaya i can eat more but not gain any weight =) sometimes pag walang oras kumain, pumapayat ka pa lalo without meaning to.