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I never want to go back

I'm a line cook, I hate it but it makes me money, I loved my old job. But I had to transfer locations to be closer to home because my parents just couldn't deal with driving me home so late anymore. Well I finally got my license so I can work doubles again, though I haven't in three months. Immediately I'm scheduled four doubles in a row, okay big whoop I used to do five at the old place, but I don't get anytime to get back into that mode. So of course on only my third today I burn out and almost passed out making a pizza, I sit in the office swaying and barely able to talk to anyone for thirty minutes. Mind you I haven't gotten a break for any of these 12 hour shifts. Managers finally come in to let me leave but not before chewing…


I'm a line cook, I hate it but it makes me money, I loved my old job. But I had to transfer locations to be closer to home because my parents just couldn't deal with driving me home so late anymore. Well I finally got my license so I can work doubles again, though I haven't in three months.

Immediately I'm scheduled four doubles in a row, okay big whoop I used to do five at the old place, but I don't get anytime to get back into that mode. So of course on only my third today I burn out and almost passed out making a pizza, I sit in the office swaying and barely able to talk to anyone for thirty minutes. Mind you I haven't gotten a break for any of these 12 hour shifts.

Managers finally come in to let me leave but not before chewing me out, I still wasn't in any condition to respond or explain what was up. Told I needed a doctors note, when they should already have my migraine note on file from the old place.

They have no Hr, kitchen managers have caused our entire line to quit, so much so we've gone through 7 lead lines. Why? Because the managers clock in for maybe an hour a day, sit in the office, barely do their orders then leave us to stay till midnight closing. The guy who just got promoted, 6th lead line quit Monday, was near tears last night checking and rechecking everything I closed because he got yelled at the night before.

We ran out of romaine, corn, bacon and most of our sauces yesterday because all the orders are wrong and missing half the shit. When we bring it up the managers just laugh and say “oopsie I'm stressed out” from what? Your working maybe two hours a day, we're the ones here from 9-12 every day. All the line cooks have been getting only doubles, but the managers can have the early outs and the late starts. It's just so gross to me, we shouldn't have to do everything because they keep making people quit.

I've had a fish tub thrown at my head, been forced to work 12 hours in a 130 degree corner without being able to leave the whole shift aside from bathroom breaks. They regularly “forget” to send us on break, I can't remember the last time I saw a line cook get a lunch break. Oh but the managers can sit outside for 10 minutes smoking, take hour long breaks and leave for even longer without clocking out.

I'm so close to just not going in tomorrow or ever again, I'm just so sick of this company. It's awful through and through, our insurance company won't let us have parties or any official social meetups after work because of all the fraud the owners did in the first 4 years. If your in NH don't work at a certain parched fauna restaurant, it's hell on earth.

I just know that if I do leave it'll only get worse for my fellow line cooks, and I've grown to care about them all, even B (we started at the old place on the same day and he annoyed everyone there, would constantly be on his phone, when he transferred back to this place he was caught looking at everyone's pay on the office computer but got no repercussions) as he's the longest lead line and has been pulling 50-60 hour weeks for about a month now. It's like they don't even care to hire new people either, we have 30 hosts and keep getting more but today I overheard our manager say he doesn't interview until Monday even though we only have 4 cooks, this job feels like it's killing me.

Tl:dr : stay away from parched fauna in New Hampshire, they'll fuck you up with no concern

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