New Insane Changes
I am actually going to quit. I have been working at Outback for almost 3 years and am truly at a fucking loss. I don't know if this is company-wide, but they just rolled out a BUNCH of new changes. We're going back to old uniforms, new menus, etc. I feel like they fucking change everything every damn quarter. But since I'm a bartender, I now have to do this "Aussie Rock up" bullshit. I am not a shy person and I am not afraid of public speaking but truly this is humiliating. I want to be taken seriously and this is the stupidest fucking thing this company has ever done. Supposedly it's meant to drive traffic and I get it, but have the managers do it?!?!? I don't know. I can't explain why exactly it bothers me so much but it's just sooo stupid. To have to scream out to the whole restaurant about a drink sample and then say "Aussie Aussie Aussie" and then the bar guests say "Oi Oi Oi" AND THEN be told I didn't do it well enough my manager and being forced to do it again... I don't know. This is kind of ridiculous. I am going to start applying at other jobs again. I had a second job that I recently quit and now I'm definitely regretting that. And on top of that, the company wants us to get eye level with EVERY TABLE and like sure, I get it. But you have to FEEL THE VIBE OUT. some people don't like that! I would go out to eat to the same place very often when I was younger and there was this one server who would always kneel down and it felt degrading. I do sit down with some tables but not every single one. They are encouraging us to either kneel, pull up a chair, or sit at the table with guests. EXCUSE ME!?!?!? If I went out to eat and my server pulled up a chair uninivited I would be like uhhhhhhhh. There is a professional limit we should maintain...