This is going to be a long post I apologise. Recently I got a new job as a food runner (like waitressing but I don’t take orders I just bring the food and clean) been there just over a month now and at first everything seemed fine like an average cushy restaurant in a golf club. The customers are lovely other than female members (I’m not being sexist I am a woman) they’re stuck up and bitchy at first they were my main issue but now it’s the workplace itself. I’m part time and they have me working full time hours because they haven’t hired anyone who isn’t in highschool as other food runners they are completely under appreciative of what I do and I have not been payed in two weeks stating that “pay schedule is a week behind” two days ago a waiter got very aggressive with me because I had asked him to wait a table instead of cleaning a table I was already on the place was packed with atleast 150 people coming in and out every few minutes with no seats or tables available. This waiter is atleast 45 years old and I am 18 so his aggression had made me feel completely unsafe and everyone in the restaurant had whitenessed it. Both managers are claiming they have dealt with the situation but this isn’t his first time being aggressive towards another member of staff. He continued to target me yesterday snatching drinks out of my hands whilst I gave them to customers etc. they changed the schedule and gave him more hours on the days I work and proceeded to say I was at fault due to my “tone” the other staff who work here have a more posh voice than I do so in comparison my voice does sound quite different but I cannot help that. They are being very nit picky towards me although I am a hard worker and put a lot of effort in. I want to leave but I’m scared they won’t give me a recommendation for any new place of work. What should I do? Anytime I question them or call them out (politely of course) they have so many excuses.
I’m being overworked harassed and not being payed enough or not at all