Food Service Worker - Dining Commons - Food Service Worker UC Davis Employee Review

2.0
Jan 8, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very flexible schedule - the hours are actually fantastic for students. The coworkers are also very nice, I've made a lot of friends here. Also, seeing the freshmen is cool, because they're very sweet.

Cons

So. Many. This job has a pretty high turnover rate - people get hired, see how awful it is to work here, and quit after one quarter. A lot of the times we're understaffed, and end up having to stay 30 minutes to and hour+ past our out time, which really sucks as a student. Also, the managers can be rude at times, snapping at you when you have to call out of work (when it's a legitimate excuse! Such as illness). Also, that's another thing. Everyone. Calls. Out. Especially when they're scheduled to work in the dish room, which is a disgusting nightmare. The work is boring, tedious and kind of painful. We're overworked and underpaid. Paid minimum wage but expected to put in extra work, when the work itself sucks. Doing the same bending, and moving motions gets old after a while. Expect to serve food for 4 hours straight, wash tables, refill napkins, handle nasty used dishes, stand for hours, carry heavy things, be treated like a robot by managers. Working late nights SUCKS. You get out anywhere from 1AM to 1:30 AM. I wish I could quit, but I'm poor and need money.

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