Recently I got myself a job at a large, corporate run food establishment, I found myself out of work just before Christmas and have had no luck finding work until I got offered a position there. At the moment I am working in the kitchen and I have to say it is by far the most stressful and physically tiring job I have ever done, not because it is difficult, but because I'm usually stuck up there on my own when really there should be two people. I hate the job but it's only a short term thing and at the moment I'm just grateful for the hours, however there is a big issue I am having.
I'm on closes and basically their policy is you have to do all of the cleaning in one hour, if you go over that it's on your own time. Thing is it is impossible for me to finish the cleaning within that time. In one hour I have to defrost food for the next day, clean two breading tables, clean a filter box, do all of the washing up for the kitchen and downstairs in the assembly area plus sweep and mop, in one hour by myself. Even the supervisor who has been there for more than 5 years who trained me takes almost 2 hours to do it. I'm lucky to finish 30 minutes later than scheduled and the last week or so every night when I have gone to clock out I find out that the closing manager has already clocked me out. In the last week alone I have lost about ?20 because of this and I'm beginning to have enough. Is this actually legal? If I was on salary wage then I can understand but I'm not, I'm getting minimum wage which is the lowest that the can legally pay me. The most obvious solution is to just quit, but I'm not doing that until I find a replacement job first. I can't get out of the kitchen or stop doing closes as nobody wants to do it. Also I'll be moving abroad anyway in July or August once my degree is finished and I need the money so I'm just trying to stick it out until then. It's just infuriating when you bust your balls trying to work as hard as you can and then find out you didn't even get paid for the time you worked.
I'm on closes and basically their policy is you have to do all of the cleaning in one hour, if you go over that it's on your own time. Thing is it is impossible for me to finish the cleaning within that time. In one hour I have to defrost food for the next day, clean two breading tables, clean a filter box, do all of the washing up for the kitchen and downstairs in the assembly area plus sweep and mop, in one hour by myself. Even the supervisor who has been there for more than 5 years who trained me takes almost 2 hours to do it. I'm lucky to finish 30 minutes later than scheduled and the last week or so every night when I have gone to clock out I find out that the closing manager has already clocked me out. In the last week alone I have lost about ?20 because of this and I'm beginning to have enough. Is this actually legal? If I was on salary wage then I can understand but I'm not, I'm getting minimum wage which is the lowest that the can legally pay me. The most obvious solution is to just quit, but I'm not doing that until I find a replacement job first. I can't get out of the kitchen or stop doing closes as nobody wants to do it. Also I'll be moving abroad anyway in July or August once my degree is finished and I need the money so I'm just trying to stick it out until then. It's just infuriating when you bust your balls trying to work as hard as you can and then find out you didn't even get paid for the time you worked.
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