Why Work Here?

Restaurants provide the most opportunities for employment of any industry in the United States. If you love working in restaurants you have lots of places to choose from, so why O’Charley’s?

• Our 37-year history of being our guests’ favorite local place. You can be a part of creating this place for your guests and help O’Charley’s become best of class in the restaurant industry.
• O’Charley’s history of solid financial performance in the industry.
• Our company has had tremendous growth and offers many opportunities for high performing individuals.
• Through Project RevO’lution, we are updating our restaurants, improving restaurant technology and equipment, and enhancing our ability to provide career development and opportunities for team members at all levels.
• We are highly competitive with our total compensation packages. Bonus plans are designed to pay for performance based on budgeted financial objectives. Over 90% of our restaurants earned bonus money in 2008.
• Our top talent at the leadership levels provides clear direction to team members and managers who wish to be a part of the company’s transformation. Now is the time for more top talent to become part of the transformation and be part of the RevO’lution.
• A competitive and fun spirit is part of the O’Charley’s culture. Every day, we challenge ourselves to reach higher levels of performance and build relationships with our guests, each other, our stakeholders and our community.
• At O’Charley’s, managers have the freedom to take care of our guests and team members in a way that is consistent with the company standards.
• We have a formalized process for professional and leadership development for all restaurant managers that want to both grow in place and position themselves for advancement.

Our being a larger organization has its advantages, including the resources, tools, processes and techniques to help our team members execute operations for optimum results. The size of O’Charley’s is measured by the spirit of our team members who are dedicated, want to learn and grow and who understand that if we all work together to provide a superior guest experience, we will all grow together. We will all make money together. And we will become best of class in our industry by exhibiting A Passion to Serve^® every day.