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My sister was a chef her last 2 years, climbing from simple cook. And she has worked in great restaurants (two starred ones, a 5 star hostel) She hasn't worke
by orwin 3y ago
My sister was a chef her last 2 years, climbing from simple cook.
And she has worked in great restaurants (two starred ones, a 5 star hostel)
She hasn't worked at a non-exploitative restaurant once. Even the one where she was paid correctly, she worked overtime (so much overtime they couldn't pay her legally and had to go off the books). She destroyed her feets, her neck, and a knee over 7 years. Her doctor told her her body seems older than she is (lot of micro-fracture on her scan). One of her ex-coworkers (31) received state payment for incapacitation, because he destroyed his life working exclusively in starred restaurants for 6 years. One is now a methhead, because they drank and drug themselves to sleep every night. If you don't own the restaurant you're working at, chances are you're being exploited (or this is a small restaurant were you only heat already prepared food).
- chaostheory 3y ago> If you don't own the restaurant you're working at, chances are you're being exploited (or this is a small restaurant were you only heat already prepared food). It’s hard to make money as a restaurant owner. Margins tend to be around 3-5% You have inventory that rots, rent, and overworked staff you can barely pay or keep. It’s so brutal that even some Michelin rated restaurants have to rely on donations from rich patrons and other sources of revenue like cook books and cooking classes. Even if you love cooking and food, that’s one of the last industries you’d want to join either as an owner or employee unless you’re masochistic