caffeinesharkz
caffeinesharkz t1_j77k3yk wrote
Look I don’t know what the case is with madmex but I do know there’s in issue with getting people who want to work and stay at food service industry in Pittsburgh.
Most food service jobs want part time for $10 an hour and that doesn’t really cut it anymore with the way inflation is. Not sure what their starting rate is here but livable wages are a good start to keep employees which in the restaurant industry seems to be an issue. If you’re going to pay a measly $10 an hour hire high schoolers not adults who have bills to pay… and then they get mad you’re not smiling enough at the customers who come in… or the manager will treat you like shit and yell at you while on their power trip and then have the nerve to complain about not having enough staff. Either that or you’re doing tasks outside your job description that you could get paid more for had you worked anywhere else. Lot of favoritism and drama for no good reason.
I can name two places that I worked at where the pay was low but everything else was fine in the food service industry. Those places kept their employees longer than places who treated them like trash. At least if you pay low wages be nice to your employees. But no they hire to fire at most places.
You just need to work as fast as possible so you get them more sales and not care about the quality of the customers orders as much (it’s taken into account just not as much as working fast is).
TLDR; nobody wants to work food service too much drama for not enough pay. Some managers are on a power trip. Everyone is miserable at most places.
Also in the US you can be fired without notice unfortunately. Sometimes you get fired so someone else can take your place for a lower starting wage and less hours. Better to have another side job to be on the safer side if you can (that would be unlikely or very difficult in college though as students need the time to focus on their studies). It’s a shame employers like to shift blame on anyone but themselves
caffeinesharkz t1_j77h4o7 wrote
Reply to comment by kittenshart85 in A (now former) Mad Mex Oakland employee weighs in by VacantLot412
Seems to be a common theme in Pittsburgh. Employers turning people down because they don’t own a car… but what they fail to understand is some people who take the bus show up early and are less likely to get stuck in traffic because they would rather be early than late.
caffeinesharkz t1_j7849ga wrote
Reply to comment by not28 in A (now former) Mad Mex Oakland employee weighs in by VacantLot412
Quick to blame anyone but themselves. They could make an effort to change things and make the workplace better for so they can keep employees but they’re so stuck in their ways and either lack the self awareness or simply don’t have the capacity to care.