"great advice arista - that's right - line something up before you jump ship."

Good on You HOG
you know the system....

Middle girl LT is working 2 shifts a day in the local pub, running a lucrative babysitting racket locally and looking after 2 horses in between for cash money. She is raking in that dollar. Good girl.

Mind you she just messaged me to buy her wellies

:oh:

arista - if you no me buy now you would no - I would do a poem on them and name and shame them :joker:

and it would be no love of my life poem :shrug:

there is only one - arista baby :nono:

I'm moaning because it's ridiculous? It's literally so stressful. I make at least 100 breakfasts a shift/sometimes bordering on 150. I need to be able to give myself time to think and relax because sometimes I burn out mid shift because I'm never off my feet rushing around. I'm pretty sure I'll be fine working at somewhere what's run legally thanks.

I was thinking this as well, it's risky because it's in a cafe what's basically a shambles, one of the girls who work with me really badly burned herself the other week when I was away apparently getting the beans out the Bain Marie.

Its Good For You
gets you ready for Army
in case you get CALLED UP etc...../..


Feel The Force

Was SHE
out the night before??



This is why we need robots
they do not Moan like you
young fella.

Life In The Fast Lane

I'd mention to your employer that the Employment Tribunal has just been declared free to those who want to sue an employer over money not received and add that they will be very interested at said tribunal that you are are earning just over £4.00 an hour which isn't legal. I expect your money will be found fairly quickly. Look for another job, they are taking the piss out of you.

Are you actually being serious right now...?

He wouldn't be paying tax and insurance on such a small amount anyway. You have to earn around 9k before you have to pay tax.

It sounds well dodgy, you should not be working for cash unless you are desperate, you need to start showing NI payments, the 15 minute break for that length of time working is a pisstake as well.

I don't know for certain but I'm pretty sure one 15 minute break for an eight hour shift is probably breaking some kind of labour laws. At my place that's how long a break you get for a 4 hour shift. When I worked at Tesco a few years back, I'd get an hour and half for a 7 hour shift.

Get your money and leave, it sounds dodgy as hell.

He still has to be registered in the paye system whether he earns above his personal allowance for tax or not he would still be paying his national insurance/ registering his stamp which needs to be done legally for future pension reasons.

Not declaring employees is illegal.

I'll be leaving ASAP, just need to get a new job first.

:bored: it's ridiculous, my boss 'had a word' with me the other week for being twenty minutes rather than fifteen too. I literally have to rush outside, have my cig, make myself some food and grab drink (if I'm having any), go into the store room and by the time I've ate usually it's time for me to go back to out.

They turned up girls, but still looking for another job.

Yeah this 100%.

it wasn't me :joker:

Tell your boss to go and **** themself and find a new job

Got a new job this week so handed in my notice today, I’m on a zero hours contract btw so I can refuse any shift/do not have to work a notice period. My boss called me rude, said I had to work next weekend (I explained I couldn’t and reiterated I’m on zero hours), said I was rubbish at my job anyway and I was lucky to get the job in the first place.

Just thought this would be a cute update on how much of a **** my boss was and how much of a joke this business was.

Oh he also said I shouldn’t ask for a reference from them, he won’t give one for me and was lucky that my current employers (Patisserie Valerie) hadn’t asked for one.

wow, an actual twat

I hope you walked out straight after that and didn't return for any shifts and I hope you dragged him for filth in the process.

I was too shocked and upset to say anything (it was as I was ready to leave) I just walked out and got in the car, but my mum was ****ing FUMING she's gonna go and collect my wages on her dinner one day this week and drag him for filth.

I'll collect your ****ing wages the ****ing knobhead.

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Sounds like a ****, glad you got a new job hon! :love:

I'm actually ringing his boss later guys stay tuned

£35 for an 8 hour shift?? Jesus Christ :umm2:. Quit even if you do get it tbh.

END HIM, SUSAN :clap1: (I assume your mother is a Susan tbh)

All of this is correct also. I reckon your ex-boss is employing cash in hand off the books, report him and see what he has to say then :joker:.

Ugh you’re boss sounds like scum

Omg yas

£35 for 8 hours of work? ****!

Out of interest, did he get you to go through and sign the health and safety manual? Did he show you and explain to you about COSHH? accident and incident recording? Food handling?

If not, he's breaking the law and needs reporting.

Another thing you can do is write a review. Bad reviews stick like fat to a kitchen ceiling.

Tell them to **** off...your being treated like a slave.

Report him...say you felt you had to leave...you might get some compo.

http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1902

Please learn about your rights, I'm sure this has been a learning curve and this will not happen to you again, but if anyone you know ( friends from this 'employer') need advice then you could help them not continue being exploited. Good luck with the new job, Patisserie Valerie..mmmmmmmm :)

Wow just read some of this thread, sounds like your boss was a ****. D: I don't know why some managers/supervisors think they can treat their staff like **** and have no respect.

He was clearly just using you as much as he could bc you were on minimum wage, it's good that you got out of there.