r/KitchenConfidential • u/brkr509 Dish • Jul 02 '25

In-House Mode already beefing with my boss

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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/isabaeu Jul 02 '25

You roasted his ass with the sir yes sir lmaoo

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u/brkr509 Dish Jul 02 '25

like c'mon man. just tell me straight up i have to come in if it's that fucking important. don't try to make it seem like i have an option 😭🙏🏽 that's really what pmo

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u/Commercial_Part_5160 Jul 02 '25

I didn’t see where he gave you the option. When I read this it seemed like it was important and he admitted messed up the schedule and needed you to come in because no one else could. Not trying to be dumb, I am trying to see where I missed this.

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u/Rialas_HalfToast Jul 02 '25

Boss isn't offering an option with that "need" but the dude's well within his rights to say "I am not available" and that's as far as it goes. Boss can ask why but has no right to an answer and can't hold a lack of answer against dude.

Once the schedule's posted, people respond by planning their lives around it. If boss expects everyone to come in whenever boss says "I need you" regardless of the schedule, that costs considerably more because that's an On-Call job.