Worst work experience of my life.
Pros
Pay was great. Wasn't worth all the BS.
Cons
Horrible management. AWFUL workplace bullying which they turned a blind eye to. Attendance policy was not enforced for the entire year of 2020, which means several coworkers called in "sick" 3 times a week for MONTHS with absolutely 0 consequences. We were forced to pick up their slack, while understaffed, while the workload increased due to the pandemic and management refused to hire additional workers. We were constantly asked to come in early, stay late, and come in on our days off. 10+ hour days were not uncommon. EXTREMELY unsanitary environment. They had sewage issues for MONTHS in which the sewage would back up into the bakery, almost daily, and we would be forced to continue working NEXT to puddles of sewage. The smell was unbearable. Cakes and bread were made just feet away from black puddles. The bakery was NOT ONCE shut down for this issue. I was once forced by my team lead to vacuum up a puddle BY HAND because she wouldn't deal with it. Turnover rate is extremely high. We went through about 7-8 cake decorators in one year. They will absolutely take advantage of you while refusing to hold other scummy workers accountable. I was promised training, didn't get ANY until months later when I had to actually demand it. Until I got trained, I was forced to do all the grunt work and not allowed to do anything else simply because the more experienced decorators didn't want to do the less exciting work. Nearly every decorator they hired was a piece of sh*t.
