Author: Olivia

I have an aunt that works in a factory that's always hiring. I need the money so she told me about this place. I went right over and talked to the hiring manager and told him even though it was an entry level position I had lots of experience already. The interview was flawless and I was certain I'd be hired. Then at the end I said I was excited to be working there and thanks to Kelsey (my aunt) for letting me know about the job. Then the hiring manager immediately frowned and said “oh I didn't know you had family working here” he proceeded to tell me that they don't hire family because they had experienced when maybe two brothers worked there and one got fired for whatever reason, then the other quit. Idk if this is discrimination or what. I'm just wondering. Sorry if this isn't exactly…

I have yet to post some of the many stories I have about my job at non-descript Pizza place, and now I'm breaking that norm because my mind broke in multiple ways today… My district manager has been working in our store with us recently because we lost our gm (he quit because he was being taken advantage of on a level that infuriated me as his friend, for a better job). Our DM has been managing this chain for many years, and in her tenure she had closed almost every store we have because she is grossly incompetent and an incredibly greedy “business/ franchise owner/ partner” ( idk wtf she really is besides dumb). Anyways, tonight, super bowl Sunday, where we were expecting a ton of business, she was in the store because someone called out. She decided to call in another employee, an assistant manager, to come in…

This might not fit perfectly with the sub but I wanted to post about my experience working for just 1 care home, it's a lot but it's still not anywhere near everything. I was on an early shift (7am-2pm) and the manager was complaining because she didn't do the rota correctly, but hid away in the office till after we left so we couldn't see the new rota until she had gone home (so we couldn't complain about the worst shifts possible, or illegal shifts) so at 13:50 I said to everyone on my shift let's leave at 2 on the dot and get out asap as they're short staffed and make her do the shift, I ran straight to the pub on the corner and waited for my call, she was fucking furious about everyone already ignoring/being too busy and when I told her “I can't, I'm in the…

To my fellow Cooks, Kitchen Managers, Chefs and everyone: I am irritated by the lack of respect for the field. It doesn't matter if you are burning yourself catching those fry baskets, or hurting your arms making 100s of dough balls or scones. I am so tired of trying to fight with the public on how we don't deserve a living wage. I have 15 years of experience and have been EVERYTHING in a restaurant. I have worked for some of the most famous Restaurants in Sacramento. And I am one of many. And we just asked that we are treated like the trade we are. I had to learn chemistry, Wine pairing with meats, the metric system and the arm strength to make the perfect biscuits (grating 10lbs of frozen butter by hand will do that). It's not easy, and most of us do it out of the love…

At what point in time is it acceptable to ask for a raise? I started at 15.50 in December but man do I want/need more money. I'm making the most money I've ever made but I'm still living check to check. I get have difference at 16.50 but I still wish I could be paid more.

My last boss was a hawk when it came to watching what I was doing despite being there for two years; he always came to work late for 6 months straight, and then gave me a lot of shit for defending myself whenever I didn’t comply to his word/make conversation with him like I did with everyone else. I really wanted this new job to work out but sometimes, it feels like I will always be destined to work for bosses who don’t trust me, or don’t think I’m hardworking (which is really insulting). The new job had a staff that have been working with each other for YEARS, so it’s obvious that they know each other well enough. I wasn’t demanding trust; I was simply wanting to be left alone to do my tasks so I can actually do them in a timely manner. I kept getting interrupted while…

Children employed in 1760 worked 11 hour days at roughly 0.60c a day. Adjusted for inflation, that's $22.20 a day, or $2.01 an hour. Now I could be wrong, as I'm not American, but don't your restaurant staff only get paid like $2.13 as a base pay? This is tragic.