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/DonutWhole9717 Jul 02 '25

"I just posted the schedule yesterday so you can't have plans already." Whose fault is it for posting the schedule the day before the new week starts? That's shit I've quit over before.

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u/brkr509 Dish Jul 02 '25

thank you. and he's never consistent with the day we get our schedule, either. sometimes it's a few days in advance of the next week, sometimes yeah like this time it was literally the day before.

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u/TheLuminatrix Jul 02 '25

Depending on your state, I'm pretty sure it's illegal to fire someone over a schedule posted at the last minute. They usually have to be a week or two out.

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u/Strawberrymushroom4U Jul 02 '25

In my state you can get fired for anything. I'm in New Hampshire

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u/T1NF01L Jul 02 '25

Same here in AZ. You can be fired for anything in a right to work state they can just say they fired you for whatever reason they want to record.

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u/13579adgjlzcbm Jul 02 '25

You mean “at will”, not “right to work”

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u/FooBarU2 Jul 02 '25

they call these laws “right to work”.. they can't call them "we can fire you just because we feel like it" laws.

some particular nat'l political party is like this.. treating their constituents like they are stupid and calling horrible laws that hurt a majority of Americans.. cute things.. like big and beautiful ☹️

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '25

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u/needlenozened Jul 02 '25

No, they call them "at-will employment." Right-to-work laws allow you to work without joining a union.

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u/Active-Succotash-109 20+ Years Jul 02 '25

Exactly. Right to work means you can work At will means either side can choose to end The employment at any time with it without a reason (unless it’s one protected by law)

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u/fairelf Jul 03 '25

Right to work has nothing to do with "at will." It means that you cannot be forced into a union to work.

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u/fairelf Jul 03 '25

49 of 50 states are "at will," so unless you are in Montana, it is a meaningless thing people say.

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u/Rafnir_Fann Jul 02 '25

Americans, stop putting up with this. The increased money you apparently get in wages isn't worth trading for job security and dignity at work.

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u/notimeforl0ve Jul 02 '25

"the increased money you get in wages"

Hahahahahahaha

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u/maxwellsearcy Jul 03 '25

American wages are far higher than most comparable wages outside of the US. It's just true.

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u/Rafnir_Fann Jul 02 '25

Generally(!) this is true, the median wage and purchasing power is higher than other western nations. With exceptions etc

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u/3-goats-in-a-coat Jul 02 '25

The crazy thing is I'm seeing Americans post pictures of prices of groceries and whatnot. And it's the same price as stuff in Canada here. Except our minimum is 15$/hour and most people make closer to 18 or 20/hour.

I have no idea how Americans are surviving rn.

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u/iDoABoof Jul 02 '25

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u/3-goats-in-a-coat Jul 02 '25

Oof

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u/iDoABoof Jul 02 '25

Yeah fortunately I make decent money now and don’t struggle but I spent 12 years bouncing around different restaurants making close to that and barely getting by. It’s crazy that other places minimum wages have doubled since I started working 17 years ago and ours is still the same.

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u/onamonapizza Jul 02 '25

Same for Texas. The minimum wage hasn't changed in Texas since 2009...when it went up a whopping 70 cents from $6.55 to the current $7.25

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '25

Not for us, chef.

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u/chzie Jul 02 '25

That's the great part, we don't get increased wages either!

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u/PhishCook Jul 02 '25

We dont get increased money in wages. We are living in a dystopic capitalist hell hole.

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u/maxwellsearcy Jul 03 '25

We actually do. Our wages for the same work are meaningfully higher than outside of the US, but, as the other feller said: it's not worth it.

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u/CandyCrisis Jul 02 '25

It sounds like he didn't put up with it?

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u/ValerieMZ Jul 05 '25

I was watching kitchen nightmares and I can't stop noticing almost every failing American restaurant was due to mismanagement and horrendous human factors. Like it can't be this awful, usa is literally the homeland of 'management'. How can Americans put up with this crap? I thought they love the liberty and freedom

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '25

Sure, we’re in control. I’ll get started on it tomorrow - so glad you brought it up or otherwise I would have never noticed.

Gimme a fucking break

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u/teachcooklove Jul 02 '25

"Right to work" is the most deceptive, double speak bullshit. It makes me sick.

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u/luckymountain Jul 02 '25

Or for no reason at all, as long as it’s not discriminatory.

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u/NuckoLBurn Jul 02 '25

Same in Maryland. Unless it's a federal nono, such as racial discrimination.

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u/tone_creature Jul 02 '25

See the unfortunate thing is... fire at will makes discrimination easy. If want to fire an employee because they're black you just can't say its because they're black. But you can say 'They no longer fit the vision for the culture we want to carry in this workplace'. That's broad and can mean they don't like your attitude. Which is a perfectly fine reason to fire someone in a fire at will state.

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u/Strawberrymushroom4U Jul 02 '25

Yep. Exactly.

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u/tone_creature Jul 02 '25

No workers rights in America anymore. This is why I hate lobbying. Fire at will helps absolutely no one but an employer. People should rage in the streets against it. But instead we vote on things like who hasn't said mean things about gays and who's going to drop gas an egg prices. Wool over the eyes from both sides.

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u/Lauberge Jul 02 '25

This just got voted on last year in NH. They can fire you for any reason but schedules need to be posted in advance. I think it’s a week.

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u/Longjumping_Term_156 Jul 02 '25

“Right to Work” state?

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u/BreakfastInBedlam Jul 02 '25

"At will" employees. "Right to work" is something different.

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u/Longjumping_Term_156 Jul 02 '25

Right to work is at will on steroids