I was a new hire, just finished my 2 week training. It was a higher end restaurant that I applied to bartend at but ended up serving for.
Everyone was really cool the first few days, and I was promised tips woldd be amazing “thousand $$ tables frequently” kind of language.
Well, once I started seeing how many customers and tips were actually rolling in, I did the math and realized I could get paid better for my time elsewhere.
Almost the same time I realized this, one of the longer-term coworkers decided to get trashed near end of shift and generally be a jackass. Had some low-level sexual harassment.
Nobody seemed to care. There were recently a bunch of previous employees who left that I found out about the first day I started working. Totally see why now.
After trying to talk about it and being met with an astounding lack of communication I decided I'd leave.
In really proud of myself for setting a boundary. I feel like in the past I've let myself stay at jobs that weren't good / serving me for far too long.
Thinking of this like my training was also THEIR trial period. And they failed. And didn't seem to care; once I was “hired” I was theirs.
Anyways, don't let yourself stay in a toxic workplace environment if you truly don't -need- the money at the moment. Mental health is worth more than anything that money can buy. Your time is actually -more- valuable than what anyone can pay you.
TL;DR
Left high end restaurant; was misled about compensation and experienced some bullshit; feel great about it and want to share the experience that your time and mental health are actually more valuable than the green slips they give you.