I've never worked somewhere for longer than two years… people tell me this is bad, but honestly it's worked pretty well for me. Every time I've stuck it out with an employer they ALWAYS burn me, or fuck me over etc. Why should I have loyalty when my employer cuts my hours the moment the busy season ends? Especially when the entire summer they claimed I'd have hours come winter. But the moment winter comes? 2 shifts a week. Yeah. Hours. Fuck you!
Seriously. Loyalty to your employer is so dumb… they don't have loyalty for you- why should you have any for them? If they want to play that game I can do it too- I put my notice in and limited my hours even further. I smelled shit weeks ago, so I started looking for new work and I dumped these folks like a ton of bricks. Felt guilty until last weeks schedule when I went from 35 to 40 hours to less than 20 because “it wasn't busy”.
I tell ya folks- I've been cooking for my whole life and I've played the game. It never works out unless you play their game, which involves taking salary (scam- have fun working 80 hour weeks getting paid for 40) and just eating the owners shit. But I dunno about you folks- I don't LIKE the taste of shit. And I'm so fucking done eating my big ol feces sundae.
I fucking hate this industry. If you own a restaurant I have zero faith in you as a person- you're probably a scum fuck. And if you aren't- congrats you're a unicorn!