The%20Atlanta%20Fish%20Market

        Greetings,
        I just wished to address a couple of issues concerning the Atlanta 
Fish Market. I hope that the server who served you was well compensated in 
the gratuity. The reason I say this is because at the AFM" the servers 
recieve less than half of your tip. 15% goes to the server assistants, 12 % 
goes to the food runner, then a whopping 25% is taken out for taxes. If there 
are drinks then 6% goes to the bar, Why is this? What is the incentive to 
work in an environment that only rewards one with half of the tip? The turn 
over rate is phenominal there because of these conditions. Many are content 
to accept a, "that is just the way it is" mentality concerning these issues. 
Then on top of it all the management cuts the hours of employees to save the 
company money. I have seen employees that have had at least 20 hours skimmed. 
Not to mention half the time employees are not paid for training. Oh they are 
promised it, but never see it. That is the same thing as stealing. These 
conditions are seen as sophmoric and played down by the management in an 
immature manner. One individual complained about the skimming and was moved 
to areas of the restaurant that produced no customers. Basically a demotion. 
One truely feels their helplessness in such situations. I became 
unbelieveably discontent with such conditions and left. There is no pride or 
guilt in such a decision. Just that I quickly had enough. In conclusion, 
sometimes what seems like  wonderful experiences to guests are not so in 
reality. I doubt any of this carries weight though since the company makes so 
much money for so many different people and has such a fine reputation among 
critics. Thank you for allowing the venting.
                                                                Ex-employee