Apple Gold offers a variety of benefits for your health, future, and family. From the comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, to competitive salaries and career development paths, we are continually analyzing our benefits package to ensure the needs and wants of our management team members are met. A world of opportunity waits as Apple Gold is truly committed to making our restaurants as great a place to work as it is to dine!

Time Off
Managers earn paid vacations at the following intervals:

• For years 0-5 as a manager, 5 days of vacation every 6 months of continuous employment.
  
• For years 6-10 as a manager or upon GM designation (which ever occurs first) 5 days of vacation every 4 months of continuous employment.
  
• For years 10+, 5 days of vacation every 3 months of continuous employment.

Holidays
All management team members receive two paid holidays each year. These holidays are Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Personal Days
Managers receive three paid personal days each year.

Bonus Plan
All management members of our operations team participate in a quarterly bonus plan.  Bonus payouts are designed to recognize the contributions of our restaurant management teams to the success of the company and to also allow management teams to increase their income when they achieve favorable results.  Quarterly, restaurant teams are measured against benchmarks for identified Key Performance Indicators. Based on the restaurant’s overall results, teams are rewarded relative to their performance.  Quarterly, restaurant teams also receive additional bonus compensation for exceeding budgeted profit levels.

401(k) Plan
Apple Gold also offers a 401(k) plan with a diverse choice of investments.  Our 401(k) plan provides employees over 21 an opportunity to put away before-tax dollars toward retirement after one year of continuous employment of at least 1,000 hours. Members may contribute up to 15% of their pre-tax income to the plan.  Based on sales and profit the company will determine how much, if any, discretionary contribution will be made to the 401(k) plan each year.

Insurance
Apple Gold offers a company sponsored medical/dental/vision plan which begins after 90 days of continuous employment.

Coverage Includes:

Medical
The Apple Gold Group offers an affordable health insurance plan that pays 80% of covered medical costs; leaving the participant to pay for only 20% of covered charges after the deductible is met. Currently our out of pocket maximum for the participant is $1,750 per calendar year. We offer participants the opportunity to see physicians outside of our network at only a 10% increase in co-payment. Our coverage also includes a Prescription Drug Card Benefit, with which the participant receives prescription drugs for a minimal co-pay.

Dental (including Orthodontia)
Our Dental Insurance covers preventative treatment at 100% (1 service every six months). Routine restorative, endodontic, periodontic & major restorative is paid at 60% after a separate calendar year deductible is met. ($1,000 max/year/person).

Participants do not pay anything additional for Dental Insurance, the cost of our dental plan is included in premium paid for the medical plan.

Orthodontia Coverage
Our Dental Insurance also has Orthodontia coverage. There is a $1,000 lifetime maximum for each covered family member on the Plan, so if you or your child need braces, you will save up to $1,000 for each dependent on your Plan.

Vision
Annual eye exams are paid at 100% and additional vision care expenses are paid at 100% up to $150 annually, with no deductible. Participants do not pay anything additional for Vision Insurance. The cost of our vision plan is included in the premium paid for the medical plan.

Life Insurance
When you enroll in our health care plan you are automatically provided with $50,000 in term life insurance coverage at no additional cost.

Long Term Disability
Our LTD policy provides 50% salary continuation should you become disabled and unable to work for longer than 90 days. This plan is offered to all managers free of charge.

Medical and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
Apple Gold offers all eligible salaried managers the opportunity to enroll in our annual Medical and Dependent Care Reimbursement accounts.  Under the Reimbursement Accounts, you decide the amount you will set aside from each paycheck, before taxes are calculated, to pay for health care expenses not covered by your health plan or for daycare services.  Eligible managers can make pre-tax deductions of up to $2,000 for the Medical Reimbursement account and up to $5,000 for the Dependent Care account.