Employee productivity can be improved in areas like the kitchen or retail sales floor, just by watching what employees do and providing feedback, both positive and negative. Training can be more effective when you use actual footage to show when procedures are followed correctly.and when they are not. Fine dining restaurants place a camera above a "training table" so management can monitor the level of service that new-hires are providing their clientele.
Statistics
Labor costs average 30% of Revenues for a full service restaurant. That's the highest expense for restaurants - including food).
National Restaurant Association
$2,588 in Savings - Annual increase in profit to a restaurant for each man-hour reduction in staffing.
National Restaurant Association