I Want To Work At Papa Vito's Summary

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Garret McEvily is your average 17 year old boy. With not many job opportunities open to him, he chose to pursue a part time job at a local fast food place. He works at Papa Vito’s in Millstadt, IL. Even though Papa Vito’s is a pizza joint he mainly spends time crafting salads. Garret said that he has many reasons for working there, he said the main reasons were the social atmosphere, good management, the pay, and his opportunity to move up. The main reason that Garret wanted to work at Papa Vito’s was because of the employees that were already their. He told me that he knew most of the employees that are working at Papa Vito’s before he got the job. He has an overall fun time with his work and his friends at work. Garret knows all …show more content…

The managers at Papa Vito’s are very fair with everything they do, from scheduling hours to assigning workloads. They always make sure that no one person has too much work to do at one time. Garret has always said that they never over scheduled him. His managers always try their best to respect each and everyone of their employees’ schedules. Garret recalls a certain time when he needed to change his hours, because he wanted to go to his high school's homecoming dance. He told me in the interview, “Three days before belleville west hoco, I asked to be off for home coming and they took me off the schedule.” This is just one example that Garret could think of immediately when I asked for an example of when his managers were flexible with his schedule. He assured me that he could name off several more occasions where his managers were flexible with not only his, but his co-workers hours also. Garret says that he could not ask for a better manager. Although his managers are very flexible with their employees hours, they always make sure that everyone is doing their job. According to Daum, “Amazing Bosses know efficiency can be the enemy of efficacy in the long run...” The managers at Papa Vito’s know this very well. They want to make sure that the customers is satisfied with the final product that is created by the Paps Vito’s staff. The article also states that, “Amazing Bosses create an environment where people are …show more content…

Garret makes minimum wage at Papa Vito’s. Even though he is still in high school he is happy with whatever money that he can get through working. He uses his money for things he likes and has his parents buy the necessities like food. Garret wants to be able to buy his own items that he wants and that is the main reason that he got a job. Garret says that he tries really hard to do his best when he is working so that he can continue working there. Garret does have to balance his work hours with his classes though. Because Garret has homework during the week he can’t work long hours during that time. He mainly tries to get long shifts during the weekend to make up for all the hours that he missed during the week. Garret understands that taking these shifts during the weekend limits what he can do for fun, but he always finds ways to use his free time to have

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