Penn Station’s history can be traced back in 1983 when the founder, Jeff Osterfeld opened his first Penn Station ® Restaurant in 1985. The original menu then included four sandwiches and featured the grilled cheesesteak, fresh-cut french fries and hand-squeezed lemonade, with the order prepared directly in front of the customers using the freshest ingredients. In 1987, Jeff’s joined the franchising concept. This has grown to over 220 units throughout Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Canton, Akron, Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio; Indianapolis, Evansville, Terre Haute, Lafayette, Bloomington, Anderson, Fort Wayne, Muncie, South Bend, Schererville and Richmond, Indiana; Lexington, Louisville, Richmond, Elizabethtown, Paducah, Shelbyville, Ashland and Frankfort, Kentucky; St. Louis, Missouri; Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh, North Carolina; Rock Hill, South Carolina; Danville, Fairview Heights, Granite City and Champaign – Urbana, Illinois; Murfreesboro, Knoxville and Nashville, TN; Charleston and Huntington, WV; Detroit, Michigan and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Job Description/Wage Averages
General Manager: This person should assume the company’s philosophy of “ownership mentality” for his or her stores. His tasks include: ensuring that customers are being taken care of, motivating employees, monitoring costs, and keeping the store clean are just a few of the “little things” that an owner would do to generate repeat business from customers and increase the store’s bottom line. A General Manager who is compensated and treated like an owner will tend to adopt that type of behavior, and do whatever is necessary to maximize the profitability of the store as it is in his or her own best interest to do so.
Area Representatives: The Area Representatives consult with the franchise owner regularly, work on site with the management staff and provide guidance in the areas of operations, marketing, food preparation techniques, building sales and cost management. He/She has the following tasks: providing support at new store openings; consulting on action plans; participating in regional and annual meetings; possessing both excellent verbal & written communication skills; participating in the management and coordination of own travel schedule; participating in the rollout of corporate wide initiatives.
Cashier: The franchise locations are also hiring cashiers to take charge in the payment of the customers and to operate a cash register.
Benefits
Below are the benefits that employees likely receive but such may differ from one franchise location to another:
- Competitive Starting Salary
- 7 Major Holidays
- 2 Weeks Paid Vacation
- Health Insurance
- 50-55 Hour Work Week
How To Apply
To apply as Manager visit, http://www.penn-station.com/general_manager.php and as area representative, you may visit http://www.penn-station.com/areareps.php