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Bon Appétit Management

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Negative Work Environment! - Dishwasher/Front of the House Bon Appétit Management Employee Review

1.0
Jun 2, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free food, benefits, and fun coworkers.

Cons

Everything, favoritism, and harassment. Once you get injured, they start treating you like trash. If you don't know your rights, the management is going to take advantage of you. They only promote the people they like. To get promoted, you must do extra work. The chefs and supervisors do not give you a chance to gain experience unless you're their favorite. I did not realize I was getting harassed by the supervisor and chef until my attorney told me. The supervisor and chef were intimidating me for trying to go home early while in pain because it's against their policy. My attorney said I have the right to leave and I always had a doctor's note. Human Resources is not on your side either. They only listen and believe the supervisors story. If you get injured on the job, don't hesitate to get an attorney. It's awful this place intimidates their employees with their job. Once I got my doctor's note for modified duty, the supervisor was rushing and asking me how long I would be on modified duty. Obviously when I'm better! I never felt so happy to sign resignation papers from my attorneys office! I will never come back to this place! Horrible experience and I hope no one goes through what I went through! Funniest quote I heard from one chef, "If you guys are in pain, please let us know before it gets worse" I've said I was in pain many times and I get the cold shoulder. I noticed they don't like it when you call them out or stand up for yourself.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

The biggest con was having to work alongside a bully, a person who cannot let go of control, and constant negativity at all hours of the day you're with them. This particular person has been with the company for many years, and unfortunately no matter how many people have voiced their concerns about this person, they continue to employ them and let this person behave the way they do. They are insubordinate, rude, and quite frankly a huge bully. I hear from staff that I'm still in contact with that they are still there berating the staff. It's very unfortunate, because it can be an amazing place to work at. Management is too afraid to confront this employee, and just sweep it under the rug. I had so many fun ideas, but the employee I had to work with would never let me do anything out of spite. They didn't want to feel like they were losing control. They also said NO to everything I wanted to do, including using mugs simply because they didn't want to wash the dishes at the end of the day. They also would tell me not to make drinks for my coworkers so "they wouldn't get used to it". These drinks were free to employees, mind you. This person also got into multiple arguments with various staff members, and was constantly down their throats about meaningless things that could easily be resolved. Who would want to work with someone like this? It got so bad, that I was sick to my stomach every night because I just didn't want to go to work and see this person. My mental health was at an all time low. I'm actually at a much better point with my mental health, but it took a long time to feel confident again. After voicing concerns and hearing from other coworkers and their experiences, I just knew management have already heard this story before, and will not do anything about it. That's when I knew I had to get out of there. The things is, this person knows how to play the game with management. They put on a show and have a different personality when management is around. As of today, this person is still there (Revive Cafe) and it's just sad to hear that.

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