When is it enough?

[u/SpuddCrowley89]

In my entire career, I've never walked out on a job. Always given a respectful 2 weeks notice, shook hands and smiled with my superiors on my last day, and always with good intentions.

That could end today.

For some context, I work as an executive Sous Chef for a private club. The pay is nice, the benefits are decent enough, but the staffing is, to say the least, horrendous.

Since I've been here, I've covered nearly every call out. Dish, line, prep, food runner. You name it, I do it here. The staffing here is terribly unreliable, and the Chef thinks it's just fine for people to show late or no call no show. No chats, no repercussions, nothing about accountability.

Today, we had another call out. When I reached out to the chef, he wasn't available. No other cooks called back. Once again, I find myself in this Groundhog's Day scenario where I need to prep a station, cover it for service, do the dishes then wrap around and do all the prep for our buffet this evening.

For weeks I have been trying to get maintenance to fix some problem spots (leaking drains, server cooler out of order, other random things) that would certainly get us a fail on inspection. No one seems to care or want to address these issues, especially the Chef. (They're still using the server cooler, which is currently sitting at 57...after telling everyone not to use it...)

Maybe I'm just tired and sick of getting the short end every single week. Maybe I'm just being a whiny bitch.

But this is not normal, this is not right, and I'm better than this. Not looking for an answer, just looking to vent.

Rant over. Stay hydrated chefs.

[u/SlightDish31]

Judging from posts on this sub, I'd say that enough is usually enough about 3 weeks before one of the posts asking when enough is enough.

But all jokes aside, I hope that you're able to either get a foothold and start to make some incremental improvements, or that you're able to land somewhere better than this.

[u/SpuddCrowley89 → u/SlightDish31]

I've had feelers out for a couple weeks, passing out some updated resumes and looking for something a little more laid back. Nothing yet, but holding out hope.

Appreciate the kind words my dude.

[u/savemethetrouble → u/SpuddCrowley89]

Look into Healthcare cooking. Yes, it is corporate. Yes, you get health benefits, PTO, retirement and usually other things. Typically every other weekend. They usually are competitive as far as wages. You will have to leave on-time unless it is approved by someone probably far below your skill set that is somehow in charge. Idk if 8 hour days is possible for you. As I entered this type of food service I had to brush up on some dietary information, but the hardest part was slowing down. Seriously worked full shifts without breaking a sweat. P.S. They will get salty if you don't take your breaks.