Restaurant Employee Onboarding Checklist

Use this onboarding checklist to ensure your new employees have an efficient and successful onboarding experience when joining your restaurant.

Restaurant Employee Onboarding Checklist Restaurant Employee Onboarding Checklist
  • DOCUMENTS & SET UP

  • Employee folder created (paper and/or digital)

  • Employee has complete W-9 and other employment documents

  • Employee has provided direct deposit/bank information

  • Employee has provided all relevant contact information

  • Employee has received welcome packet and training documents/manual

  • Employee has received a copy of the employee handbook

  • Company culture documents (include dress code, professional ethics, and the code of conduct)

  • Give an overview of the restaurant, mission, and goals

  • Reviewed scheduling policies (shift swaps, request time off, sick days)

  • Compensation and benefits documents

  • Job description and responsibilities

  • Name tag has been created and ordered

  • Uniform has been provided

  • The schedule has been provided, the employee has been informed of where and when the schedule will be posted

  • Employee has been set up in your systems (payroll, scheduling, POS, etc)

  • New hire introduction to other employees

  • Give a full tour of the restaurant facility

  • EMPLOYEE TRAINING

  • TRAINING MATERIALS (Walk employee through training manual (or videos))

  • POS TRAINING (Set up training on POS system)

  • TEAM TRAINING (Partner with another employee to assist with training)

  • PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE (Set up training and overview of menu and drink items)

  • CUSTOMER SERVICE APPROACH (Set up practice customer service examples including problem-solving skills, food/drink mistakes, resourcefulness, empathy, etc)

  • FLOOR TRAINING (walk the employee through greeting customers, taking orders, upsell items, running food, etc)

  • MENU TESTING (employee has clear understanding of menu, had menu testing, and passed menu test)

  • SHIFT ROLES (Set up shifts so employee can experience different roles in the restaurant)

  • CONTINUED TRAINING

  • EMPLOYEE FIRST SHIFT RUN (partner with a shadow)

  • EMPLOYEE SECOND SHIFT RUN (partner with a shadow)

  • SCHEDULE ADDITIONAL SHADOW TRAINING (if needed)

  • FEEDBACK (things to review/work on)

  • ADDITIONAL TRAINING (if needed)

  • PRAISE (positive feedback/boost confidence)

  • QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS (let new employee give feedback or ask questions)

  • SET PERFORMANCE GOALS

  • CHECK-INS (one month, three months, six months)

  • EMPLOYEE REVIEW AND QUESTIONNAIRE (3, 6,9 , and 12 months)

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