The worst company I have ever worked for. - Front of House Staff Harvester Employee Review

The Harvester that I worked at was so incredibly understaffed that we would be rushed off of our feet all day, but no new staff were ever hired. I was laughed at by members of management for requesting my LEGALLY entitled break on an eight hour shift, being told “you’re only working eight hours” as if I don’t need to eat and drink. Regularly went without breaks due to pressure from management, who unsurprisingly always took breaks... Management was made up of untrained waitresses and waiters who had the attitudes of children, and would regularly shout at each other and get in unprofessional arguments in front of customers. I also had a manager offer me a loan out of the restaurants safe which I didn’t take, but found wholly inappropriate. My working hours would be changed on days that I wasn’t in, meaning I had no idea when I should be in, and regularly had arguments with management over the short notice of rota changes (only a day or two in advance without asking, meaning your personal life is down the drain). I was threatened with a disciplinary for refusing to work four 15 hour shifts per week, starting at 8am, ending at 11pm and then getting back in for 8am, as well as working 8 hour shifts on my other days. I did not want these hours, and these were not my contracted hours (PART TIME HOURS). Speaking of contracts, I wasn’t given one until about four months of working there, and was only finally given one when the then manager lost his job and handed over to someone else. I was also accused of lying about a medical condition (although the “supervisor” never did say it to my face, which again is so unprofessional). Organisation is something that the restaurant I worked at has no hold on, as food was regularly not available, meaning customers would complain and we would be the ones to deal with it. A big health and safety issue was that they would secretly buy food from the Tesco around the corner when we had ran out, meaning the customers had no idea really what the content of some of the food was, which is very dangerous if you have allergies. There were many incidences with the staff, and three of the kitchen staff were fired whilst I was there for taking another staff member to their home against her will. An extremely toxic work environment unless you lower yourself to joining in with the childishness. Kitchen staff would throw food at each other and none of them were actual chefs, just people who know how to turn an oven on. I would have to take money off or give free meals to at least ten customers per day as it would come out cold AND burnt (that’s a skill) so often, and the attitude from the kitchen when they were asked to reheat some food or god forbid make something edible was appalling. Staff were encouraged to leave fake reviews on trip advisor to try and drag their name out of the dirt by management, but managers didn’t know how to treat a customer at all. Oh, and I was only ever given one work shirt. This is the most unprofessional and disgusting company I have ever worked for. Do not waste your time with this company if you have any self worth.