I’ve helped open 3 different restaurants in the 5 years I’ve worked this business. Not a long time but honestly far too long tbh. Finally had it with my last job when the last two straws broke me. My bosses (yes 2 head chefs) they make our schedule by hand. I don’t know why our front of house uses an app but I told 1 of my bosses, “ hey I need this Friday off 2 and a half weeks from now my uncle passed I have to go to his service.” Boss said no problem. Well that days comes around and at the funeral I get texts asking where I was and that this was “not acceptable” I did not care to respond. Next day I went in and was asked where I was by my boss and coworkers to which I said simply, “ at my F-ing funeral” walked off. The next one just sent me over the edge, we got 2 new dish washers and both would refuse to actually clean anything. Now at first I completely understood their anger. My bosses wouldn’t help wash anything and would leave huge piles of work for them. They also were told to clock in when we were open so they got screwed often. However everything they got sent to them they refused to clean in any way. I got told that I was to “train them” in dishwashing… so I walked over to one of them and asked, “ do you need any help? I know there’s a lot but we can’t leave grease or food on plates it’s not clean.” The dude walked within an inch of me and said I could take his job. He walked off, I assumed he quit on the spot so I began to walk over to my bosses to just give a heads up when he comes around the corner and begins to yell at me saying it’s all my fault and the dude continues to come closer to me. He wants to fight me and he starts putting his hands up not giving me room. I decide well I’ll go to the line and my bosses will deal with this. NOPE!! They tell me to deal with him and to get back to work they have “ better things to deal with” only when this dude came onto the line angry and shouting at my right next to my bosses was anything done which was nothing, nothing was done. He got no right up and tried to blame me. This dude would throw dishes, pots and pans across rooms he stalked and nearly fought 2 of our female employees. Even after all that it took near a month of this for him to get fired.
Sorry to randomly post this but I’ve lost faith in any work place especially HRM work( hotel/ restaurant management) – thank you to anyone that reads this. Usually a lurker but here I am.