Training new employees is one of the greatest overlooked expenses that business owners incur. Because there’s no direct invoice or receipt for such an expense, it often goes unnoticed. This is a shame because it is an expense that can often be avoided if proper steps are taken. These specific steps are going to be different depending on the industry, but in the restaurant business, tips are key. If you can help your servers earn higher tips, you are likely to retain your staff for a much longer period of time, thereby reducing training expenses. Server paging systems such as JTECH’s ServAlert® release servers to attend to guest needs. Order ready alerts via silent pagers make it so that servers can spend more time out selling appetizers, desserts and drinks. Increased check averages mean that servers are also usually earning higher tips. And higher tips lead to greater employee retention rates. Little is more frustrating than having a new employee just finish learning the menu only to have them quit because they aren’t making enough money. Help your employees succeed and the residual effect will be higher profits for the business in the end.

ServAlert transmitters are available in several panel sizes so don’t worry that your restaurant is too small or too big to benefit from a JTECH communication system. In addition, continuous paging makes it so that pages are not overlooked, dismissed or missed. This is also very helpful for the kitchen staff who sometimes has questions regarding a specific order. Or maybe you have one of those servers who consistently enters order changes that are hard to decipher. Rather than prepare the food incorrectly, kitchen staff can page the server back to the kitchen to clear up the confusion. Whatever the situation might be, good employees are hard to come by, so when you get one, keep them by equipping them with the tools to succeed.