Chameleon taking advantage of staff (1 Viewer)

[sarah]

Hey all,

I have a spanish friend who is on the job hunt, she's a qualified optician but
has gotten restaurant jobs here and there to tide her over.

What the places seem to be doing is taken people on on a 'trial' basis to
see if they can cope this involves paying below minimum wage and screwing them
out of the tips.

Then saying you can come back to work again on a 'trial' basis, getting them
to do more work than the longterm staff and then saying that they
have some other people coming to test out so they can compare and contrast.

This totally sucks, basically using foreigners as disposable skivvies, I wouldn't want
to eat in a place that treats it's staff badly and was wondering if there is a central type
forum where you can find out who the ethical places are or indeed name and shame places
that do do this sort of thing.

I'm totally in broke studentland, so when I do go out and don't want to be sending
my money to support dickheads treating people like shit.

 

[Lili Marlene]

That's pretty much the definition of uncool*

http://www.chameleonrestaurant.com/contact.html

this one is it?




*

Spoiler

UNLESS YOU COUNT CRAP JOKE HERE LOLOLOLOLOL

 

[ann post]

Yeah, its really uncool to take advantage of a young spanish waitress.

Also, its more or less identical to the work placement program, just a little less official.

 

[therealjohnny]

My sister had a similarexperience in Fibber Magees years ago. It's shit that it still goes on

 

[Lili Marlene]

Yeah, its really uncool to take advantage of a young spanish waitress.

I... what?

Like, SEX IS DEADLY WITH DEM FORRENERS, kind of thing?

I think this joke and/or reference might be too subtle to make sense to me.

Should I go check this weeks newspapers?

 

[SomethingManic]

Ha! Funnily enough, that story happened to me at a hotel a few years ago. They hired me and 2 mates, but we only worked for a few weeks and that was it. None of us put back on the rota. (And no, we weren't lazy or bad).

I had to hound them for my wages.

 

[washingcattle]

Recrutment agencies are always at this lark. I was told by one that the guy who handled my case had fucked off and left no record of my employment so there was fuck all I could do I figure it was total bullshit but I wasn't willing to chase it up as it was only one days pay and I didn't even finish the shift because they were going to leave me stranded in an in citywest as the bus stopped at 11 and i wasn't due to finish til 12:30 (they told me a bus was laid on to take us all home, How niave I was) but still. What a lying robbing bunch of bastards. Wish I could remember the name of the place.

 

[nokia]

"only one day's pay"

?

 

[Ferox13]

Damn.

I eat there everynow and then. I like the place.
I won't go there again now. I'd imagine this shit happens alot.

 

[Carlow Punks!]

i thought this thread was going to be about some kind of sexy, mischievous, shape-shifting, lizard-man.

disappointing.

 

[ITalkShite]

I'm totally in broke studentland

Wasn't broke after Hitler invaded

 

[ITalkShite]

I'm totally in broke studentland

Wasn't broke after Hitler invaded

 

[washingcattle]

i thought this thread was going to be about some kind of sexy, mischievous, shape-shifting, lizard-man.

?