I’ve been trying to put this phenomenon into words. I’ve had many jobs in the food industry and have noticed that regardless of where, you have to ACTIVELY work to have a backbone as to not get exploited. All jobs will exploit the fuck out of you (especially if you’re one of the hardest workers) if you let them. I literally got convenience bullied into staying in a lower paying position for months despite that not being what I was hired to do.
Examples I’ve experienced: Over scheduling despite availability, working me different jobs because they won’t hire more staff, practically begging for communication, etc.