Steak n' Shake, Branson, Missouri, Student Travel

Experience with agency Student Travel was neutral.
They were okay. When Air Berlin went bankrupt, they tried to help me as best they could, but not much came out of that. At least they were able to find me another plane ticket. Too bad it cost 600$.

Experience with location Branson, MO was neutral.
The location was not so bad, though I expected there to be public transportation, which there wasn't. I met a lot of people there, some good, some bad, and still keep in contact with some of them. I would go back to spend some time with them, though nothing more than that. It's brutally hot and humid during the summer, so you better be prepared for it. Oh, and it's also got some nice locations to visit, such as the College of the Ozarks, Lake Taneycomo, The Wax Museum etc.

Experience with employer Steak N' Shake was negative.
Despite the negative experience, I did have a good time because of the people I met as customers, the other exchange students and some of the staff. But as a server, I expected to be just that, not a server one day, and a cashier the next. They didn't have enough staff to cover the cashier spot so they had to use the servers as cashiers. Coincidentally, that would be me most of the time. This is wrong because as a cashier you make much less cash than you would as a servers. They also did this with a friend of mine. For 3-4 weeks straight, they used him as a cashier. That is not what is written in the job offer and they should be penalized for it. Also, this is what my manager said to me once: "Alex! Is everyone from your country as rude as you are?" Well... how are you supposed to react to something like that?

This review represents personal opinion of Alexandru Hosu who was participating Work & Travel program in year of 2017 with agency Student Travel, working at Steak N' Shake in Branson, MO.

Oct 24, 2018