Thinking about leaving
Long story short, just started in the food court, already thinking about leaving. This has been one of the worst onboarding/training periods of a job I've had so far. 2 people just left, 1 quit outright and the other transferred departments after a year. I cannot stand my manager, she is will constantly bark orders at me from the back (go to the register, do the kiosk, get the oven, etc) while I am in the middle of doing one of those other tasks, she and others cannot keep up with production yet ive gotten blamed everytime she is working for stuff in the window being out. We're one of the busiest locations in my state so it truly baffles me why there wouldn't be a pan of something in the oven at all times from lunch onwards , especially after my multiple requests and callouts for bakes, sandwiches, pizza etc go unanswered and unaccounted for.
Constantly understaffed, ive been in the front by myself during peak lunch and dinner hours burning the crap out of myself on the oven and trying to ring up customers orders while another yells at me that she didn't get her drink. She left us in the lurch yesterday and today, backups happened to the point one of the front end supe and another lady from the office had to step in to help. And when 6:30 came (started at 10) I did not offer to stay and help, I just slinked out the back door and got the hell out of dodge.
Another point that wasn't quite as big a deal but still left a bad taste in my mouth is that I was told in the interview they'd start me at 20.50 or 20.75 an hour. I checked my first pay stub and I'm at 20 an hour. This is still better than alot of other jobs so I wasn't completely turned off by this, but then why bring it up in the first place? I'm also supposed to be part time (which i thought would help ease me into the work schedule) but im currently scheduled 6 days a week for 37.5 hours
I don't want to keep going on and on because I'm sure this sub hears alot of criticism of the food court side of things. I've just never had a job that I've completely dreaded going into, and because of that fact the shifts go very slowly despite the fact I'm constantly busy and in the weeds. I worked food service for a long time, the basic concept is simple and im quick with that. I just feel like im being shackled with these coworkers that can't do their jobs properly and want to blame me for every little thing, and my entire shift feels like a complete disaster. Any other job ive felt like I could eventually right the ship, and theres just no possibility in this role.