I recently started a new chef position, first time managing a kitchen after 20 years of being a line cook.
I have let one cook go ( due to negligence ) , hired one other, and a dishwasher, explained to them multiple times what I expect, and I have to re-explain what I expect as well as what I said to do ( as it seems everyone needs to be told what to do ).
I have three of the four line cooks are fantastic workers, and I love them very much. One is over payed , and a bit emotional, and the other two have been with the company for years and are not only loyal but hard workers.
So there is just that one line cook, who is ticking me off.
and than I have a dishwasher situation. My good one has been promoted to prep and lunch line, and he is a great worker as well. He sent me his nephew, who has a Cincinnati Reds 'C' tatooed on his face, and can't be a day over 18. I mean, I get it, we were all kids ( maybe not all who got ink on our faces ), and we all started somewhere, but this little punk has a mouth on him. I cut his hours down to two days a weeks. Hired another guy, who was a friend of the line cook I am starting to be annoyed with . This punk has line cooking experience, but washes dishes slower than two slugs ****** in the desert. WTF!
what is this rage?!
I am supposed to be doing a menu change, and R&D'ing new items etc,... etc,....
I feel like a fish swimming up stream
I smoke weed, but not at work..... maybe I should? I duno..... I need to learn to calm down.
I need some wisdom
I have let one cook go ( due to negligence ) , hired one other, and a dishwasher, explained to them multiple times what I expect, and I have to re-explain what I expect as well as what I said to do ( as it seems everyone needs to be told what to do ).
I have three of the four line cooks are fantastic workers, and I love them very much. One is over payed , and a bit emotional, and the other two have been with the company for years and are not only loyal but hard workers.
So there is just that one line cook, who is ticking me off.
and than I have a dishwasher situation. My good one has been promoted to prep and lunch line, and he is a great worker as well. He sent me his nephew, who has a Cincinnati Reds 'C' tatooed on his face, and can't be a day over 18. I mean, I get it, we were all kids ( maybe not all who got ink on our faces ), and we all started somewhere, but this little punk has a mouth on him. I cut his hours down to two days a weeks. Hired another guy, who was a friend of the line cook I am starting to be annoyed with . This punk has line cooking experience, but washes dishes slower than two slugs ****** in the desert. WTF!
what is this rage?!
I am supposed to be doing a menu change, and R&D'ing new items etc,... etc,....
I feel like a fish swimming up stream
I smoke weed, but not at work..... maybe I should? I duno..... I need to learn to calm down.
I need some wisdom