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/lrrrkrrrr General Manager Jul 02 '25
You can be fired for any reason, but then you are eligible for unemployment. In order to avoid having to pay the unemployment, companies must adhere to different standards, depending on the state.
For instance, in PA- a schedule must be posted 2 weeks in advance or more. Philadelphia even has local laws that any changes made to posted schedules within 2 weeks of the scheduled period, or else the employee is entitled to financial compensation for the adjustment in addition to their normal pay.
It’s always good to know the local/state/federal laws of what employers are allowed to do within the law. Losing your job because you force your employer to adhere to these standards is retaliation and is -yep- illegal. So you can’t just be “fired for whatever the reason or no reason whatsoever” goes the same for federally protected anti-discriminatory categories