All kicked off at my work today. I've been on holiday for 10 days as of last Friday and officially handed my notice in yesterday and they were not best pleased that I wouldn't commit to their extra hours. The head chef has now been handed a disciplinary for failure to manage the team and has subsequently gotten himself signed off for 2 weeks due to work related stress. Another part-time chef has also been signed off indefinitely after he tried to top himself and I'm away working a trial week at my new job to get me used to it so can't come in to help them out the shit.
All they have now is the other full time chef who's also looking to leave, and a trainee who has another job lined up already. Trainee was meant to be off today so tried to warn him about it incase they phoned but I was too late.
I will also be receiving a disciplinary about not coming in to help them out the shit. They were livid when I told them I was working somewhere else for the week and even more so when I refused to tell them where
Tbf Kash that is ridiculous taking a week off to go work somewhere else, and then tell them.
Some places could and would sack you for that. Why did you not just say you couldn't do it and if you need to make up a story of being at your bursd family?
My week off was booked weeks in advance, was meant to be going to Alicante with the bursd snd my family but she couldn't get the time off. They asked me to do a trial because I mentioned I was off and I decided it was a good idea.
Aye but you've done a weeks work for them, that stops being a 'trial' and you've basically just done 5-7 shifts for them. Did you get paid for it?
If you didn't you should've and if you did then don't tell them
Your work has been a bit of a joke but there you've been a bit naive. A week isn't a trial, a couple hours or 1 day maybe. Even then I wouldn't be saying to my employer I couldn't come in because I had an interview and certainly not a shift
05-10-2018, 10:07 PM (Edited 05-10-2018, 10:09 PM by Kashinda.)
Me and the head chef were basically best pals before we started there and still are, so he obviously knew what was going on but I still wouldn't ask him for time off to work in another bit. Got too much respect for him to do that.
Okay, it's not exactly a trial. I'm working there to get me used to the kitchen so when I start full time I won't really need any training. And yes, paid for every hour I worked.
(05-10-2018, 10:08 PM)Nicolas Sarkozy Wrote: Hang on, have you handed in your notice then gone to work for your new employer before you've actually worked your notice period?
That must be a breach of contract, even if the work at the new place is unpaid.
My contract says any work outwith my primary employer needs to be approved by them. Pretty common I thought in industries like ours where people float about a lot.
05-10-2018, 10:11 PM (Edited 05-10-2018, 10:11 PM by Kashinda.)
(05-10-2018, 10:08 PM)Nicolas Sarkozy Wrote: Hang on, have you handed in your notice then gone to work for your new employer before you've actually worked your notice period?
That must be a breach of contract, even if the work at the new place is unpaid.
Happens all the time in the trade man, my work have done it too which is why they can't turn round and say I can't do that.