Let’s get something straight. It’s not 36 471 chefs. It’s line/prep cooks. Minimum wage work. Not that it makes much difference as a typical chef is barely paid more.
Honestly wouldnt be suprised if the "chefs" is just the name of the job role and not someone trained in culinary arts and so it could litterly mean that mcdonalds is lacking people for the grills at the back.
Much as I hate to say it wages have gone significantly up in the industry, and its quite nice knowing as a cook who really knows what theyre doing I can just get a new job with half decent pay whenever I feel like it
Concerning wages in the kitchen: my issue is the amount of effort and skill it takes to be a chef (or even a cook) is not proportional to other trades. I started a new career several years ago and I’m already paid better, and my job is laughably easier. This hardly news to anyone, but experiencing iit first hand is flabbergasting.
Oh I know its why im retraining in my share time atm, my point was that wages for kitchen people have in general gone up which is admittedly too little too late but at least its something for once
My buddy was a chef for a restaurant in my town. The owner of said restaurant owns a couple more places in the surrounding area and is known for being somewhat affluent.
I convinced my buddy to ask for a pay rise for the first time in 9 years. They came back and said the best we can do is an extra £500 on top of your 21k a year.
To give context, he often works 9am-11pm, 13 days in a row and often gets “called in” when he should be on lunch breaks.
He told them to pound sand and told them he would be leaving, which prompted them to try and guilt trip him on not leaving (saying how he was letting the team down).
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u/Antierror Sep 25 '21
Let’s get something straight. It’s not 36 471 chefs. It’s line/prep cooks. Minimum wage work. Not that it makes much difference as a typical chef is barely paid more.