This thread is intended for my personal rant about my job, and people can share their shitty stories if they so please.
I'm sure we've all had a crappy job, so here's my cool-story-bro story.
Since last December I've been working at a small family owned restaurant, initially I was excited because I wanted to see what the food industry was like. Their motto has always been, "Everyone does everything." What they mean by that is everyone helps out and pulls their weight to ensure things run smoothly, do all of the tasks. Do what is needed of you. I thought that was an acceptable philosophy in trade for the traditional way of having certain tasks that pertain to your position, or title. After all, it's a family business. Fair enough.
I started off doing dishes. Then I began serving food to the customers, clearing tables, answering the phone, taking orders, ect, ect... Fast forward a bit; things progressed and I've become very experienced. I can literally do every task that the job requires.
The owner's wife and niece serve tables every Friday and Saturday (the wife also serves tables throughout the week). Here's my problem. Every weekend I serve their tables the food, do re-fills, clear those tables after the customers leave, and wash their dirty dishes. This past weekend I even took the orders in collaboration with all of the above stated, so I did all of the work. This was for 3 tables. At the end of the night they both collected their tips, went home, and left me nothing. Not even $5 or a thank you. As usual, I stay and clean up shop after they leave with $100-$200 in pocket. It's like this every Friday and Sat. Clearly their motto is bullshit.
I just feel like I'm getting taken advantage of. In many scenarios I do hard work and they get the benefits from it. One thing about working for a family owned business, you're not family. Am I an ungrateful bastard, or am I ethically correct in saying that they take advantage of their employees?
Side note, I only get $8 an hour.
I'm sure we've all had a crappy job, so here's my cool-story-bro story.
Since last December I've been working at a small family owned restaurant, initially I was excited because I wanted to see what the food industry was like. Their motto has always been, "Everyone does everything." What they mean by that is everyone helps out and pulls their weight to ensure things run smoothly, do all of the tasks. Do what is needed of you. I thought that was an acceptable philosophy in trade for the traditional way of having certain tasks that pertain to your position, or title. After all, it's a family business. Fair enough.
I started off doing dishes. Then I began serving food to the customers, clearing tables, answering the phone, taking orders, ect, ect... Fast forward a bit; things progressed and I've become very experienced. I can literally do every task that the job requires.
The owner's wife and niece serve tables every Friday and Saturday (the wife also serves tables throughout the week). Here's my problem. Every weekend I serve their tables the food, do re-fills, clear those tables after the customers leave, and wash their dirty dishes. This past weekend I even took the orders in collaboration with all of the above stated, so I did all of the work. This was for 3 tables. At the end of the night they both collected their tips, went home, and left me nothing. Not even $5 or a thank you. As usual, I stay and clean up shop after they leave with $100-$200 in pocket. It's like this every Friday and Sat. Clearly their motto is bullshit.
I just feel like I'm getting taken advantage of. In many scenarios I do hard work and they get the benefits from it. One thing about working for a family owned business, you're not family. Am I an ungrateful bastard, or am I ethically correct in saying that they take advantage of their employees?
Side note, I only get $8 an hour.
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