Carhop or Skating Carhop

Sonic Drive-In; Palmdale (CA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

SONIC Drive-In in Palmdale is hiring Carhops to provide every guest with a SuperSONIC experience—delivering food warmly, quickly, and safely, and ensuring guests leave satisfied.

As a Carhop (and sometimes a Skating Carhop), you’ll be a menu genius, help customers navigate customizable combos, resolve concerns, maintain safety standards, and work flexible hours including nights, weekends, and holidays. The role celebrates upbeat attitudes and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Contagiously positive attitude.
• Ability to remain calm, especially in tough situations.
• Resilient spirit – knowing everyone makes mistakes and can bounce back.
• Eagerness to learn and grow.
• Team mentality and willingness to help where needed.
• Effective communication skills; basic math and reading skills.
• Willingness to work flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.

Responsibilities

• Delivering a warm, friendly, and fast experience to every guest.
• Being a menu genius and helping SONIC customers navigate all customizable combinations.
• Being empowered to resolve customer concerns, guaranteeing every guest leaves satisfied.
• Maintaining SONIC safety and sanitation standards.

Skills

Customer service

Team player

Communication skills

Flexibility

Basic math

Job description

Looking for a way to apply that boundless enthusiasm you wake up with every morning? We can help. At SONIC, you get great pay, flexible hours and a cool uniform—while doing the job you love.

As a SONIC Carhop, you are part of an elite group, filling a role offered by no other company. Being a Carhop (aka super cool food server) is like being an astronaut, only you work in a drive-in restaurant instead of space, and the food’s way better. You’re responsible for serving and delivering that food safely and efficiently, ensuring our guests have a truly out-of-this-world experience at SONIC Drive-In restaurants.

As a SONIC Drive-In Carhop, your primary responsibility is to provide every guest with a SuperSONIC experience by:

• Delivering a warm, friendly, and fast experience to every guest
• Being a menu genius and helping SONIC customers navigate all customizable combinations
• Being empowered to resolve customer concerns, guaranteeing every guest leaves satisfied
• Maintaining SONIC safety and sanitation standards

Depending upon the employment practices of the individual SONIC Drive-In restaurant owner, some SONIC Drive-Ins employ Skating Carhop servers:

• Skating Carhop servers are unique to the SONIC Drive-In restaurant brand and bring a special “surprise and delight” element to the guest experience.
• Skating Carhop servers must complete the SONIC Skating Training Program.
• Upon successful completion of this program, Skating Carhops perform the above duties while roller skating.

Requirements:

Carhop/Skating Carhop server requirements:

• Contagiously positive attitude (You are a SONIC Brand Ambassador!)
• Ability to remain calm, especially in tough situations
• Resilient spirit – knowing everyone makes mistakes and can bounce back from a set-back
• Eagerness to learn and grow
• Team mentality and willingness to help where needed
• Effective communication skills; basic math and reading skills
• Willingness to work flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts

Qualifications:

Additional Carhop/Skating Carhop server Qualifications…

• Friendly and smiling faces that enjoy providing courteous service to our restaurant guests!
• A willingness to cross-train on all the stations – it never gets boring here!
• A team player keen on cleanliness and safety.

Sure, classic cars and vintage threads may be things of the past, but the Sonic Drive-In experience will always be groovy, right on, awesome, wicked, fab, the bee’s knees, cruisin’ . . you get the picture! It’s downright sensational!!

SONIC and its independent franchise owners are Equal Opportunity Employers.

40124 10th St W, Palmdale, CA 93551, USA