Do I have to put up with this?

[Cat's Meowm]

Makes enough sense to me that I suggest you take your experience and professionalism to any other restaurant in town! Give two weeks notice. Don't quit in a snit! But move on, please, move on! Many places will appreciate your work ethic. Do It. Maybe your mom will follow your example.

Don't b/i/tch to the customers.
Just go to other places before your shift starts and sell yourself. Or that one day off you have. Get your references in line and however tempted you are to bad-mouth the previous employees, bosses - just say *I'm ready to expand my horizons* or something like that. Act like you hate to leave, but want to increase your horizons.

Best of luck!

[Cat's Meowm]

Furthermore, I think you should look into management.
You would be great!
Know why I say that?
Cause you've already learned all about bad employees. You would identify and reward the good workers!
Okay, I'll shut up now

[Alysser]

What an a$$! Maybe you can join another staff at a new restraunt? Then MAYBE the managers will care about these concerns.

[Miss Z]

OMG he sounds so annoying! I wouldn't put up with that. Go and find yourself a job with no a$$holes attatched, if you can

[Laura's Babies]

More and more there are people like that out there, drawing a paycheck for just showing up on a job. And more and more, there are employers that put up with it! I just don't get it. The job inconviences their lives but they keep showing up.

He is only doing what his employer is allowing him to do and everyone else is enableing him to do. By keeping quiet about it and not reporting him to management, all of you are helping him DO IT! It WILL all catch up with him one day, you can bet on that. The more they get away with it, the braver they get and sooner or later, he will hang himself with his own behavior.

I use to BEG my crew for us to all get together and go to our boss to report what one was doing and NOBODY would! That guy got so cocky because he knew nobody was telling but when he started his personal attacks on ME, in front of the rest of the crew, I called the office on him and that stopped him dead in his tracks.... after that, he was my best freind... (Yea, right!) His cockyness, verbal cut downs and abuse will nail him one day and I will wait for that day to come. If you can wait it out, your fella will get what he is due. They DO hang themsleves, just give then the time and they will get what they got coming... I have seen it over and over, the odds ARE against them...

[slleipnir]

The thing is, the guy has been doing this for YEARS. Different managers all do the same thing...nothing. Our latest manager seem to actually want him gone though, but she said she can't just "fire" him. Appearintly because it has been going on so long, and nothing was done, they need more on him to fire him? I don't know. It makes no sense to me. We have complained about him MANY times. My mom has even went to the head of the hotel chain....who hates the cook...but won't fire him. He says that Jimmy will cause too much problems and will stur up as much trouble as possible, so they need things that he can't fight back on. This also doesn't make sesne, because all the things I listed are MORE than enough to fire someone.

Also, right now we are short on staff. It's just me and my mom working the bar. My mom is bar manager. She is the only reason I haven't quit. If I do, she is left with no one. She already does a lot of doubles and a lot of hours. She can't quit right now....she couldn't go to any other bar and get paid the same amount (seeing she is manager) she can't afford to not have a job either. Besides, if I quit because of him, then it means he's won. He's been trying to get me to quit. And he's trying to get my mom fired. He's always compaining about her, and I can say, and this is 100%, that she is the HARDEST working person in the entire hotel. They're scr**ed if they get rid of her. 90% of the travellers and regulars come to the bar JUST to see her. I feel they would go out of business without her. I hope she will refuse to serve food with him too, then maybe they will do something about him.

[slleipnir]

Can they fire me for saying there is no cook when there is? And not serving food as long as he is there? Isn't what he doing like harrassment? I mean, he basically threatened me by saying "Wait till you get your next staff meal" My dad said if they do, I can sue for wrongful dismissal

[DugansDad]

I agree with employees just showing up expecting a paycheck for little or no effort. They think they 'deserve' to be paid as if it is 'owed' them. I own 2 businesses and thee hardest part for the employer to let someone go who is not doing there work is the employee will come back with a discrimination suit of some sort, it doesn't matter that they didn't do there job. I have tried hiring helpers that want top dollar to start and know nothing about job. The only reason there are jobs is the owner can't do it all themselves. When I need help, I get temp help anymore.

[Catty1]

If your mom is that valued, SHE should find another place - and take you with her.

So what if they are short-staffed? You don't have to take abuse; it's not your job to stay.

You first!

[Catty1]

If your mom is that valued, SHE should find another place - and take you with her.

So what if they are short-staffed? You don't have to take abuse; it's not your job to stay.

And if the manager is worried that the guy will stir up trouble - they can talk to a lawyer first and get their ducks in a row. THEN fire him.

Leaving is part of the solution - if nobody, including you, actually DOES anything, then they are being a part of the problem.

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Catty1