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The "industry buddies" but seems like a Boogeyman meant to scare people.

by lupire 3y ago

eterm 3y ago
That's exactly what it is, but the kids they employ don't know better. The idea that there's a cabal of restaurant owners who get together to discuss in detail how they're breaking the law and maintain a blacklist is absurd when you stop to think about it. But they're more than happy to let those kind of rumours keep doing the rounds to scare the naive young people into not sticking up for themselves.
- tomatotomato37 3y ago
  Yeah the closest your going to get to a restaurant cabal are owners gossiping at the local wholesaler while waiting for their purchase to be processed, and even then there's a 50/50 chance a member of them is lying in order to bait a competitor into making a bad hire
- notdang 3y ago
  It might be funny, but in Mexico it's done differently. There are Whatsapp groups of HRs working in a particular group (tech, construction, etc.) where they communicate. Obviously they don't discuss the names openly but they do ask if someone is willing to give feedback on a candidate that worked at XY.
- TheCleric 3y ago
  I think there’s one way this might work. To get hired at the next place they might want you to have experience. So you put your prior employer on the application, the new restaurant checks your references and mysteriously decides to pass on you.
phone8675309 3y ago
Are you willing to risk extended unemployment and potentially homelessness in order to call that bluff?
CityOfThrowaway 3y ago
Yes, and in my experience the lore around both the vileness and power of the owner is fully invented by the staff. In many cases it's just teenagers being dramatic and coming up with external reasons why they are dealing with suboptimal conditions and not asking the owner about it.
1234letshaveatw 3y ago
right, can you imagine some low level restaurant manager going over a list of potential hires that are still in high school with some managers from a couple of other restaurants? How many even bother to perform reference checks? It is a empty threat from a impotent person
WillAdams 3y ago
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The "industry buddies" but seems like a Boogeyman meant to scare people.

by lupire 3y ago

The "industry buddies" but seems like a Boogeyman meant to scare people.

That's exactly what it is, but the kids they employ don't know better. The idea that there's a cabal of restaurant owners who get together to discuss in detail how they're breaking the law and maintain a blacklist is absurd when you stop to think about it. But they're more than happy to let those kind of rumours keep doing the rounds to scare the naive young people into not sticking up for themselves.

tomatotomato37 3y ago
Yeah the closest your going to get to a restaurant cabal are owners gossiping at the local wholesaler while waiting for their purchase to be processed, and even then there's a 50/50 chance a member of them is lying in order to bait a competitor into making a bad hire
notdang 3y ago
It might be funny, but in Mexico it's done differently. There are Whatsapp groups of HRs working in a particular group (tech, construction, etc.) where they communicate. Obviously they don't discuss the names openly but they do ask if someone is willing to give feedback on a candidate that worked at XY.
TheCleric 3y ago
I think there’s one way this might work. To get hired at the next place they might want you to have experience. So you put your prior employer on the application, the new restaurant checks your references and mysteriously decides to pass on you.

phone8675309 3y ago

Are you willing to risk extended unemployment and potentially homelessness in order to call that bluff?

CityOfThrowaway 3y ago

Yes, and in my experience the lore around both the vileness and power of the owner is fully invented by the staff. In many cases it's just teenagers being dramatic and coming up with external reasons why they are dealing with suboptimal conditions and not asking the owner about it.

1234letshaveatw 3y ago

right, can you imagine some low level restaurant manager going over a list of potential hires that are still in high school with some managers from a couple of other restaurants? How many even bother to perform reference checks? It is a empty threat from a impotent person

WillAdams 3y ago

Wait until it's automated: https://marshallbrain.com/manna https://marshallbrain.com/manna