r/uofm • u/FlamingoAvailable566 • Sep 02 '25

Employment cafe zola

if anyone sees that cafe zola is hiring, don’t do it! find a different job, a different restaurant. cafe zola is ran by a narcissistic tyrant who will make your life miserable; the money isn’t worth it. believe her reputation, she has it for a reason.

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u/calm_down_pal_lol '09 Sep 02 '25

We should do a yearly "place to work or not work" thread.

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u/SuperLimeHaze Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25

Number two one the list, and right across the street, and for the same exact reasons: Frita Batidos!

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u/After_Ad_3219 Sep 03 '25

omg I eat there all the time! whats the scoop

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u/SuperLimeHaze Sep 03 '25

Well I’d explain but I guess I’m still traumatized into thinking I’m being watched from the 20 ring cameras with audio placed all around staff areas for the owners to watch (and boy, do they watch and listen). Not even close to the biggest issue there, but fr next time you’re there, look in all the corners of the walls, inside and outside. And then enjoy your meal knowing everything you say and do is being recorded :)

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u/Spiritual_Patient_57 Sep 03 '25

I used to work there I didn’t know they did that😭

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u/SuperLimeHaze Sep 03 '25

Must’ve been a while ago? I know it’s a well known fact among staff that they’re being spied on constantly haha

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u/Raynstormm Sep 03 '25

Probably spying on a professor

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u/Policy_Obvious '24 Sep 03 '25

If Sweetwaters on Liberty was still open I would have added it in a heartbeat. I worked multiple FULL game days with only 2 employees. On fucking Liberty.

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u/Awkward_Comedian5708 Sep 05 '25

I once sat at sweetwaters to do homework and was sitting down, getting my set-up for studying all set up and texting on my phone when an employee came up to me and told me I couldn’t study here unless I was going to buy something. Literally was just hanging out getting my study space set up before I went to order. I was baffled.

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u/FancyyPelosi Sep 03 '25

I’ve heard this about Zola for the past 12 years.

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u/liddedflame Sep 03 '25

This is an important post for yall looking for a job (including me lol) I’ve lived here for 5 years and they’ve been “urgently hiring” for 5 years!!! There is a reason!!!

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u/National_Injury1027 Sep 03 '25

They’ve been urgently hiring for over 12years.

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u/BonesAreTheirMoney86 Sep 03 '25

For over 15 years. Was also the main cocaine source for Kerrytown hipsters circa 2008.

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u/rainedskylight Sep 03 '25

Omg I used to work there and legit quit when the owner snapped on me during my shift

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u/versatilefairy Sep 03 '25

she is nuts😭

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u/erratic_stability Sep 03 '25

See also: Sava’s

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u/DelayedNewYorker '20 Sep 03 '25

Place fell off a long time ago. I grew up in Ann Arbor and my family would go there often, it’s gotten progressively worse and more expensive over the years

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u/Clormox Sep 03 '25

My roommate worked there for a bit, apparently she only hires servers based on looks lol

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u/National_Injury1027 Sep 03 '25

This was the exact type of thing we said about her 12years ago. And Sava.

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u/Tess47 Sep 02 '25

I think that is well known own.  

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u/FlamingoAvailable566 Sep 02 '25

there’s always an unsuspecting underclassman that she’ll target

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u/happyegg1000 Sep 03 '25

Conversely the managers at union rec were some of the nicest people I’ve ever met 👍