Good - Recensione dipendente - CDP Chef presso Padella

Good food Some nice team members

Some very cliquey entitled team members who did not pull their weight but as they had been their long time management let them get away with it. Everything is too tight and small space to work it’s very unpleasant place to work physically.

- Family-style batch cooked meals supplied on shift - One of the few places I have worked where the tronc system doesn't leave you on a noticeably sub-par wage (however, base rate was minimum wage) - Very simple drinks menu, so there is not much prior skill required and no overly complicated drinks to serve during busy services - Friendly team trying to create a welcoming environment - Bar manager at the time I joined was super friendly and accommodating

- Breaks were denied across the board during service, you were made to take it on arrival (4pm start, break until 16.20, then on with service until you leave at 23.30/00.00). Management were unsympathetic when I informed them that this practice was in fact illegal. - Severe micro-management problem - Lack of regard for health and safety in cellar storage (not enough space afforded to bar storage, due to the increasing encroachment of kitchen stock - this quickly resulted in workplace injury due to the lack of space to work in whilst lifting heavy kegs of beer). - Head chef was foul to you if you so much as breathed in her presence, but this was routinely brushed off as 'chefs being chefs'. - Difficult to get any time off at the weekend - Management put too much emphasis on sales targets and not enough on providing warm and enjoyable service - I felt a little on edge when the owners were around due to widespread rumours of them (one in particular) berating staff over minor indiscretions.