I recently found a job posted on indeed to be a kitchen manager for a small up and coming restaurant chain. In my area a kitchen manager for a single location is between 70k and 85k. I say single location because my most recent position I was a regional culinary director and managed 7 kitchens but anyways back to the story. The first interview I let it be known the rate that would get me to come on and the interviewer says “great! That's exactly in our price range” because of this I agree to proceed further in the hiring process. Over the next 2 weeks this company sends me on 6 interviews meeting 8 of the upper management and CEO as well as CFO 2 of those interviews were to locations over an hour drive from the location I'm being hired for. So I nail all the interviews and even do well on a “working interview” which is illegal in my state. Now comes the time for the offer letter. Again we had agreed on 75k salary when this whole thing started. First thing I see on the offer letter is 22$ an hour at 50 hours a week which comes out to about 50k so it is hourly not salary and to get to the 75k we agreed on the company insists that other kitchen managers have gotten 25k in tips over the course of a year, mind you the company has only come to fruition 8 months ago. So I let it ride until I can speak with another kitchen manager that “makes all this tip money” which I end up running into on my first day about 4 hours into the shift. I pull him aside and ask if what they is true. He replies with a giant FCK NO. Only gets tips once a week on Fridays when office buildings order catering. Within an hour of that convo I walked out. I don't know how this is legal yeah I signed the offer letter only after I had pleaded my case with them. But I got the standard “don't worry we are a family here we take care of our family, don't feel like your taking a loss there's the potential of making much more” the final straw was after voicing my concerns the CEO approached me and said “your going to be part of a grand opening! Of course your going to make more because there's going to be more hours that we need you” like no shit if I work more hours I get paid more. In 14 years of the restaurant, food and beverage industry I have never seen an upper managements salary dependent on tips. Even if I had been comfortable with the package I would have felt like a dirt bag taking tips from the servers just so I can reach what was promised to me. Sorry for the whole essay guys but had to let it out and figured you guys would be the only ones to understand. If anybody is in the industry and is looking for a job in northern California DM me so I can tell you what company it is and to stay the fck away from it as a kitchen manager/ executive chef. Btw the job has just been reposted with the salary range we had agreed on. This has to be illegal in Cali with how our labor laws are I don't know how they are getting away with it as well as requiring an unpaid working interview.