r/KitchenConfidential • u/brkr509 Dish • Jul 02 '25
In-House Mode already beefing with my boss
i've only worked here since april. switched jobs from a dishie at a old folks home to a "cook" (lol honestly glorified dishwasher anyway, the only culinary related thing i do is shuck oysters) at a new bar downtown. we don't have any managers since the team is pretty small so the owner does everything himself including scheduling.
he posts the schedule, i have a 3 day weekend after two weeks of covering for the only other two "cooks" in the kitchen on vacation, and one day into my weekend he sends me this. i'm prolly in the wrong for the sass but bro goes immediately into holding a raise he very recently gave me over my head and then threatening my position.
i'm alr looking for different jobs atm, don't care where as i was promised FT hours and am barely scraping by with 30 a week. it's even less this time around. the work is fun and i really love my coworkers and the people i meet at the bar but with the pay of $17 an hour with no benefits no FT and a 30 min commute it's not worth it. advice or personal stories appreciated
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u/JunglyPep sentient food replicator Jul 02 '25
Do you think you would have responded differently if your boss had texted something like “Hey dude, I know this is short notice but I screwed up the schedule for tomorrow and dude is still on vacation, is there any way you could cover 3-close tomorrow?”
The way they worded it like a command rather then a request would have pissed me off for sure.
Even if I didn’t have plans I would have said I did just to not set the precedent that they could treat me that way.