u/Intelligent_Owl_7676

I do the scratch and match almost everyday and the most I’ve ever gotten was 25 points… and when I ask others they say the same or they haven’t gotten anything yet.

Anyone else feel like Casey’s expects way too much out of one kitchen person?

I’ve worked for Casey’s for about 3 years total across 3 different stores, and honestly this current store has me questioning if this is normal now or if my store is just different.

My first Casey’s was actually pretty decent. My second one was pretty understaffed, but everyone helped each other out and we somehow got everything done.

At my current store it feels like there’s a lot more pressure. Our district manager is constantly watching cameras, overtime is not allowed, and if you stay over your scheduled time you get in trouble.

The thing that’s getting to me is the workload.

I usually work either 10-5 or 10-6 in the kitchen. Most days I’m the only person back there. I’m making pizzas all day, keeping the warmers full, making dough, doing prep, making cookies, stocking the open-air cooler, cleaning, and everything else that comes with the kitchen.

Today I came in at 10:30 because I overslept, but before 2 PM I’d already made a bunch of pizzas and had a 6-pizza order come through. Every time I try to start prep, another order comes in. Every time I try to work on the open air cooler, more pizzas need made.

I normally try to get cookies started around noon so they can cool before later in the day, but I couldn’t even get to them when I wanted to because I was so busy with orders.

By the end of my shift I only got a few things done for the open-air cooler and still had stuff left that needed done.

What confuses me is management wants everything done, but we’re not supposed to get overtime and there’s usually only one person in the kitchen. I feel like I’m constantly choosing between making customer orders, keeping the warmers stocked, or doing prep because there’s literally not enough time to do all three.