Right, so i'm working at this small Italian joint (30 or so pax max) and when i joined them a month ago (on a part-time position) there were 4 guys in the kitchen. This was i guess a sweeet numbering spot, work load was easy, things were being banged out well plated and atmosphere was more or less lively.
Last week, one of our guys left as he was a culinary student which finished his attatchment with us. Two nights ago, 30 mins before dinner service, our other chef quit.
Now the atmosphere of the whole place was slightly a little edgy at the start when i joined. Kitchen isnt well equiped, its stuffy, old and a little dirty. Our big boss who owns another restaurant next door where he cooks also isnt excatlly the best of administrators (for some reason he fire our excellent steward and now this new guy is a little... well, i guess it takes time to learn these things).
Anyway, so now its just me and the chef. I came into this place thinking it would be some good part time work before uni starts, but i sure as hell do not want to be working with this kinda load. My chef has i think tried to inspire me by taking up the challenge and blah blah blah, you get the idea.
Again though, finding it hard to take this challenge and i now go to work just thinking that its gonna be a miserable day. I want to leave obviously, but ive only been here for a month and i'll feel really really terrible if i did (because then they would have no staff basically).
I dont really need the money (well i do..) but i do have another job waiting for me, which I was gonna go take in the next month or two.
So what would you do? Have you had such encounters?
Needed to rant a little :(
URGH
Last week, one of our guys left as he was a culinary student which finished his attatchment with us. Two nights ago, 30 mins before dinner service, our other chef quit.
Now the atmosphere of the whole place was slightly a little edgy at the start when i joined. Kitchen isnt well equiped, its stuffy, old and a little dirty. Our big boss who owns another restaurant next door where he cooks also isnt excatlly the best of administrators (for some reason he fire our excellent steward and now this new guy is a little... well, i guess it takes time to learn these things).
Anyway, so now its just me and the chef. I came into this place thinking it would be some good part time work before uni starts, but i sure as hell do not want to be working with this kinda load. My chef has i think tried to inspire me by taking up the challenge and blah blah blah, you get the idea.
Again though, finding it hard to take this challenge and i now go to work just thinking that its gonna be a miserable day. I want to leave obviously, but ive only been here for a month and i'll feel really really terrible if i did (because then they would have no staff basically).
I dont really need the money (well i do..) but i do have another job waiting for me, which I was gonna go take in the next month or two.
So what would you do? Have you had such encounters?
Needed to rant a little :(
URGH
