The two members of management are unseparable friends. Which is a good thing. Except when it comes proper management duties. I know that all employees have a policy to follow, but what about the management?
There are labour laws to prevent management from treating employees poorly. It doesn't help me any if no one ever enforces the management. It's sad when management needs a babysitter.
I have never been approached about taking my required break, even after five hours. They have made me work over nine hours in a row, or until they saw fit for me to leave (More than once I have worked over twelve hours in a row with no break).
Their preference is speed and money over anything else, including worker welfare.
On April 6th of this year I was given a written warning by the assistant manager (Travis Sundin) for clocking out on April 5th and leaving the premises without permission. Of course the manager (Tim Spak) didn't question it because his friend knows best. It's a grey area whether the write up is even warranted in the first place. I'm an obedient prep cook. When given an order I always follow it without argument. Before if i was told, and I quote, "That's good" that usually meant I could leave.
We just had a staff meeting recently and the management stated that first we would receive a verbal warning, then a written one. I received no verbal warning first. I feel like a target for someone who wears their emotions on their sleeve. I would love to resolve this within the restaurant, but it seems impossible to reason with the two of these people. I would just accept the write up and call it misunderstanding, but on April 5th, Travis Sundin had his significant other roaming freely inside the kitchen. That is a clear violation.
I could either try to fix the problems in a job that I want to keep, or just give up and quit. I don't want to quit, but I can't go on working for people so corrupt.
Jason
Kenora, Ontario
Canada
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