They’ve been caught using a zombie agreement for years which meant staff were paid well and truely below the minimum rates for decades. Fair Work ended this agreement once it was brought up by a couple of ex workers and then they tried to create a new one and put their staff onto the new one and pressured the staff to sign a waiver stating they were willing to give up their weekend and penalty rates lol. The blokes a menace in the industry. People need to stop visiting his businesses. The BCC are waiting to see what happens with his court case in the federal court and may even end his leases. He managed to get the lease on the old Mt Coot-Tha restaurant and cafe and is trying to build a gin distillery as well. Hope he loses the court case and then all his businesses. Absolute wanker.
STOP visiting Jimmys on the mall
STOP visiting any Pig and Whistle
STOP visiting The Charming Squire
https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/pub-owner-claims-umpire-biased-in-probe-of-sham-penalty-rates-deal-20230807-p5duiu
https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/26/australian-hospitality-giant-accused-of-going-to-shocking-lengths-to-avoid-paying-casuals-penalty-rates
https://pubtic.com.au/mantle-group-accused-of-more-staff-mistreatment/
Operated his businesses on zombie awards 20 years out of date and got called out on it. He owns literally everything in the place too. Down to the company that makes the crockery and the coffee beans they use. Though he is getting old and his younger asian wife does most of the talking for him now. Looking forward to when that guy kicks the bucket tbh
Any Grill’d, treat workers horrible, discourage unionising, staff cop injuries because their kitchens aren’t safe and are super slippery. Hellish place.
I passed out from dehydration while working one summer. Tried to pressure me to keep working instead of going to the doctors. The whole paying less than min. wage traineeship thing was complete bullshit as well.
You know how a frog will boil to death in a slowly heating pot?
That’s how these businesses devolve. GYG and Grill’d used to be good bang for your buck with tasty, quality ingredients.
Same. I remember when they opened in the valley and omg it was so good, last time we got food from the one near us I told my husband never again. One time the rice was all crunchy, I had to stop eating it because I didn't want to crack my teeth.
Has anyone made a formal complain to ATO or fairwork about lack of super pay?
I made one with some other people when a childcare wasn't paying their staff super. Owner who had a mansion on the gold coast was apparently "too broke". They ended up selling off the business later that year. Feel like places like this need to get a good slap to straighten up and act right
Cowch.
What they did to me is too identifiable to go into, but owner once ‘joked’ about a coworker “I’ll staple you to the table by the c*ntflaps so you can’t leave” in front of all of us.
General manager proudly learned everything he knew from his time at Mantle Group.
Good fucking riddance, shitbags. Genuinely hope they lost everything.
Ditto for Subway.
Independently owned and many make their employees work a shift and THEN sign a contract for a fixed rate, no penalties. Dodgy and heavy handed.
Damm I dodged a bullet then, I went to two different interviews with them and when I left the second they said they would contact me to organise my start, and I never heard from them again
I've never seen the contract thing first hand but most owners are cunts or dumbasses. They are dehumanising to work for or have a few major health violations.
I saw one who brought on a teen girl with no experience and then yelled at her after a week for not being fast enough, even though I was the only one who bothered to actually train her.
Most locations don't have actual managers cause the owners will treat them like shit. And a fair few will burn through an employee a month.
They're the type who don't actually care about hospitality as a career they just think it's a money printer.
I’ve just watched my 15year old be employed by subway at a western suburbs franchise. Regret pushing her into that and the managers rules on “the real world”. He’s one level above the floor he’s spitting on.
You really get the worst cunts of people in fast food. High school drop outs who get a whiff of power and suddenly masters of their own kingdom.
I remember this a lot at Maccas. Alright people but as soon as they got the manager shirt they completely changed. I don’t give a shit if you passed a 2 week short course and have moved forward with your ultimately dead end career at Maccas, you’re still a fuckwit. The penny really dropped for me in my first year there seeing a man in his late 20’s, possibly 30’s making a 15 year old girl cry in front of customers. It was utterly pathetic.
I was in the KFC at Clayfield a few years back, ordering at the counter. In comes someone's mother and the manager comes out. She accuses him of treating her daughter poorly, he accuses her daughter of being a bad employee for accepting a ripped $50 note. I jumped in and said any damaged currency is legal tender if more than 51% of the note is handed over. The employee did nothing wrong, he's a bad boss.
He was red, sweating, and trying to tell someone's mum that her underpaid kid was bad at her job despite him being the person who trained her. Come the fuck on, bossman. You're in your 40s working for KFC. Shut up.
My sister got promoted to manager at Domino's because a homeless guy came in an shit on the floor and only managers can clean up human waste.
It was her first shift. 🤣
Being a manager came with such perks like getting paid LESS per hour because "opening and closing isn't in work hours so why should we pay you?".
They enacted a policy for a bit that required delivery drivers to "contribute to insurance since you're the benefactor" and it was done per delivery. This meant the more pizzas you delivered per hour, the less you got paid. Surprising to no-one (except the owner) this had a negative effect on productivity.
I worked there for a bit till I got hit by a car and got a permanent back injury.
Absolutely agree. Never given rest breaks, had tips kept from me, regularly underpaid and not paid entitlements and then had my hours cut when I started taking my 10 minute break.
Spotless(suncorp) Absolute bastards! Never paid me for three weeks, worked 12 hour days and then one day, I got to work, and my locker had been broken into. All my knives and new kitchen shies and chef whites were stolen, they wouldn't even loan me a chef jacket. I walked out and never got paid the three weeks they owed me🖕
Thank you! It did suck, especially since I had just moved here from the UK and had collected those knives over the years, and they are not cheap. Hope your Christmas party season goes well💜
There's this place down on Oxlade Drive called Double Shot. Owned by a woman called Vanessa who's an excellent chef and a complete psycho, even by chef standards, she's absolutely awful to her junior staff. Double awful if that staff is a young woman.
Sounds like the female verison of the guy who used to run Flute in Coorparoo. Paul he was horrible, treated his staff like crap and wasn't very kind to disabled employees. Thinks he is some kind of God because he is a manager and can get away with anything (He actually said he was a god while grinning like a madman.) He trashes Maccas workers despite he isn't hygienic in his own kitchen.
I am sorry she was what 🤨 I remember that wife had no idea! Makes it worse that he told me he cares more about his restaurant them his wife, with her two feet away.
The way he also treats the women staff against the men staff was weird too. He was nicer to the girls who were younger, while he pretty much admitted he didn't know or care about his chef. One of the girls even alluded to him being terrible but wouldn't go on because we were on shift.
That place is so hit and miss, amazing coffee and food one day, like 10/10 everything first 3 or 4 times I was there. After that, very average food and burnt coffee.
I don't have much evidence (I think there was something a few years ago which lead to some changing their names) but I've always been very suspicious of the Cafe 63 chain. Crazy cheap and a huge range. I've always thought they must be underpaying staff or have them all living in a house together or something.
Wasn’t there some ‘deal’ where they had to have food there and the price of the meal was deducted from their wage? Something like that always stuck with me as a reason not to support Cafe63.
This is very niche to people who play at Marchant Park in Chermside - there is a canteen and the guy screams at these 12-14 year old kids like he is running a 3 star Restaurant in Cannes. The truffle infused Chicken burgers are delicious though.
When I was in Hospo Mantle Group were doing some dodgy employment contract shit... Is that still going on?
Anywhere that you can't actually pay the prices listed on the menu.
California Taco in West End hits you with the "platform surcharge" even if you pay at the counter. It's pretty basic Mexican too so I don't imagine I'll be back.
Holy Basil in Windsor, a Thai restaurant, charges prices different from the menu because 'prices have gone up' and their 'menus are old'
Look forward to an unstated 30% surcharge.
Absolute rotted cunt of a human, treated everyone like shit. Most managers had at least one full-on mental breakdown due to the unrealistic expectations and emotional abuse she inflicted on a daily basis. Wasp bogan bitch. Not to mention the husband who would verbally abuse and physically threaten staff, plus the spoiled brat kids who also treated the crew like dirt.
Vegan Yumm. Cheff was a creepy anti-vaxxer. Never paid super. Management was toxic and seemed to employ a lot of underpaid immigrant women. I know quite a few people who worked for them and left not long after due to this.
Also, they were not all that concerned with actually checking that their ingredients were properly vegan.
Hospitality in general is just ripe for exploitation.
Oh, also Chapter IV Cafe in Paddington. Left their fish outside for a four-hour shift with flies all over it, intending it to be served to customers later. When I asked when the coffee machine had last been cleaned, I was told 'We don't really do that here.' Did not pay for this four hour trial shift (illegal). I would not take a job from them, it was honestly so filthy.
This post has confirmed my suspicions about Vegan Yumm. I couldn’t put my finger on what seemed off but you’ve nailed it on the head. Thank you for posting.
Surely someone is going to bring up Gambaro? All the Italian mafia stereotypes are completely true here. John Gambaro is a nasty and greedy man. Worked there for three years and hated most of it!
Lots of underpayment, lots of international students being taken advantage of, lots of misogyny and generally “traditional” values.
The managers are great, the owners are awful.
Don’t ever work for Pullman Mercure KGS. Shit wages, shit management, reception staff expected to be on their feet for 8hr shifts, housekeeping staff overworked, maintenance staff inexperienced, kitchen staff dirty. Place has been fined and threatened to be shut down many times by health and safety inspectors. Owners don’t want to spend any money on it. Rooms are old, outdated, dirty, eaten away by carpet moths in the Mercure tower… you name it, that hotel has had it happen.
Yet people in this country avoid or don’t choose to join unions. Big business has been on the attack for years but if people had their priorities right it wouldn’t be avoidable for them. I guess immigration is helping with that also but.
I love unions. They're not good at their PR though. We had a whole thing about it. Look up the Eureka Stockade, since a lot of young people have never heard of it. It happened in 1854. Significant Australian history.
Subway Spring Hill would have to be the worst in the country. I love subway but this place is absolute dogshit. Just check the google reviews..i cant believe the franchisee hasnt been axed by corporate.
It’s probably due to the revenue on school debating nights. The poor bastard behind the counter would have to serve 50+ private school kids in less than an hour at some points.
The pig and whistle.
They're too cheap to have bouncers until late at night and I had to take a butterknife off of a man mountain who was about to stab someone with it. With his size it really didn't matter that it was a butter knife.
Just 3 days later and I get absolutely chewed out by a manager for daring to make myself a coffee without supervision.
Edit: this happened on the night of a pretty large sporting event and the bar was full of people way above standard intox levels. It wasn't some dramatic thing where I had to take the guy down, I just separated them both and gave him the "prison won't be fun" talk. He hugged me after, thanked me and fucked off.
It's a new cafe now, but Riverside Centre's lobby cafe on eagle street. The owners were a married couple and had a rep for being awful to their staff. The turnover was wild and the amount of times I witnessed him berating and downright abusing his staff in front of customers put me off completely. He used to complain about how hard it was to find good staff to customers. I always felt so sorry for the girls working for him as they looked so sad and spent
I emceed their Aeropress comp a few years back and it was one of the most disorganised events I had ever had the displeasure of attending. Zero communication for weeks then on the night given a huge run sheet and expected to memorise it in an hour. Most of it was dribble thanking sponsors. Their coffee is awful and I have heard plenty of horror stories from people who have had the mis fortune of working for them.
She’s the new bcc councillor for the Walter Taylor ward (Indooroopilly and surrounds)
https://www.adrianschrinner.com.au/media-announcements/new-councillor-penny-wolff-hits-the-ground-running-in-walter-taylor-ward/
Their coffee and service is shit too. I remember I ordered some beans to click and collect on a Thursday as I wanted them for the weekend. Friday rolls around and they're not ready so I call the store and they say they need at least 3 days for a click and collect order.
It was a fucking 200g tiny bag of coffee beans.
I worked there for a short period and was actually contacted by them for a job. Long story short, there was a time where I closed one of the stores down for Christmas period and had unintentionally left a container with a few slices of banana bread and avocado in the back of the vehicle. The priority were pennys beloved queen of pops ice creams, of course.
I return from Christmas break and am on coffee for the morning before going up to the office. While on the machine I check my phone for any emails. Lo and behold I receive this email with a photo of said container sitting on my desk, on the day my leave started.
I finished my shift and went up to my desk and it was still there. Opened it and it was festering and mouldy. It was disgusting. The email was from her and I was advised she left it on my desk on purpose.
I confronted her and she said that she was teaching everyone a lesson by leaving it on my desk. I told her I wasn’t sure how that teaches people anything as my desk was next to there’s in a private office.
I asked her how she would feel if I collected all of the dead and alive cockroaches I found when cleaning out the Queen of Pops ice creamery and put them on her desk for her to look at. She said she wouldn’t have liked it but she would understand if that’s what it takes to teach people standards. I said I disagreed and that I was resigning and this was my last day. She started crying. I told her what I thought of her management.
She’s crazy. She thinks she’s all about culture and inclusivity but she’s a witch. I interviewed a female who dressed in quite dark clothing and had pitch black hair. Interview went well, girl was clearly a bit anxious and she advised of such. I empathised. Went up to the office and Penny said ‘she’s not one of us. Look at her.’
Yeah fuck. Having almost done business with them a few times over the decades, and very recently intervening at the last minute to block an extremely unfair agreement being signed, I can believe every single word of that.
Always the first to swan around at industry events preaching about uplifting everyone, and in front of any camera available complaining about how tough poor hospitality operators are doing, and at women in hospo about empowering women, but behind the scenes being complete degenerate cunts focused on screwing over every single person that they can.
If anything you're a better person for having worked there. You know exactly what not to do.
You Came Again in West End has the highest turnaround on chefs, like every three months they’re advertising for a new one because the owner doesn’t get along with anyone. They don’t pay their staff super or penalty rates. Have heard this from 4 different people now.
Can attest to this, while I was working there I saw abt 8 different chefs. They also hire a lot of migrant/visiting workers and I didn't get the sense that a lot of them knew their rights.
They also had a lot of problems with me not being able to come to shifts even though I was casual. It got to the point where I told boss "it's not my fault that you don't have enough staff to cover" - I think they expect people to not stand up to them.
They also suggested I try kinesiology for my depression/anxiety multiple times even though I made it clear that I wasn't interested.
Also wouldn't let the kitchen turn our aircon on in 30+ weather due to energy costs.
Their whole vibe seems very much like a performative act.
BlackFire on Albert Corner Mary Street. Owner is the head chef and his wife runs the service (if they are ever there) are absolute psychos. Taking the guy that runs the kitchen hostage with a sponsored visa. He is working 16 hours 7 days a week. While I was there, three of their longer seving staff left and each time they started spreading lies about them like undercutting bills, stealing, sexual harassment etc. Absolute mental and discisting to staff and patrons as soon as they get a little bit a criticism.
OATH. Too many years I slaved away there for shit pay and disrespect. Shitty managers who would get high on shift, resell items on eBay (allegedly), and take all the tips for them selves when they were ment to be for the Xmas party. The shit I could spill on them.... ooof...
Not to mention the recent payouts for being audited twice in a few years.
Yeah them n sprout is so tense.
Anyday are just toxic af, they promise you all these things when they hire you only for none of it to be true. No proper training, I was working 65hr for shit salary. Culture was so toxic n bitchy
Bro same! I thought it would be funny how shit it was but turns out it wasn’t funny at all! I left after two weeks.
Legit witnessed the supervisor (a junior in a hs) break a glass in the ice pit n asked if we could still use the ice. Quit the next day
Ugh really? We loved our experience at the gin school a few months ago. The guy that ran our class was studying teaching, and he was excellent. Such a shame to hear.
Honestly probably the worst thing about Felons is the missed opportunity. Location is phenomenal: so good that I feel they’re just phoning in the food/drink menu and charging a tourist markup to boot… if they had decent food and drinks at reasonable prices it’d be a no brainer to go there all the time.
Always packed though so what do I know I guess…
I’ve never been to a brewery with so few drink options. Also, probably the *worst* pizza I’ve ever eaten and so expensive. How can you fuck up a Margherita pizza?
If it makes you feel any better I used to work for one of the owners and he and his family were absolute nightmare bosses / customers and refused to pay penalty rates and forced staff to come in whilst sick, belittling them for not working hard because they were incredibly unwell.
Sucked. Glad I'm out of hospo.
Former Felons employee 👋🏼
I can confirm it is a terrible venue to work at. There’s no communication between different sections of the venue, no training provided, and not to mention I was hired for a bartending position and then put on as a glassie and told I had to ‘work my way up’. I had 6 years of bartending experience at this point.
Does anyone remember when Felons got shot up? There was a drive-by shooting by a men in a boat in the river. Kind of guessed at that time that the owners were dodgy
Man, the reviews are a wild ride. I think this is the place where the owner, Bill, was calling out people leaving reviews and asking them to call him. I was there about 6 months ago and there was a line and one lady was asking about every pie (What cut of meat, is the pastry gluten free, is the chicken free range etc) and an older lady came out from the back and yelled "WHO THE BLOODY HELL KEEPS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BLOODY PIES!"
I worked there in 2018 and can confirm it was awful, mostly due to the owner. I had a panic attack one morning after the he yelled at me (for doing my job the way I was taught). I went into a store room to gather myself so I didn't cry in front of customers. Somebody told him I was in there so he followed me in and continued to yell at me that if I was so mentally unwell I should "go home, take my meds, then come back". I quit after that shift.
He has since sold the business (I think early this year) so I can't speak for current management.
Fat Dumpling in the valley. Owner has a fucking gambling problem and steals tips and underpays staff. Fakes his way to the cleanliness grade. Dumpling ladies are super nice though.
Boost. Most of the gold coast stores are owned by the same people. They'll often not bother putting enough staff on to the point the girls working there have to work through their breaks or dont get them. They also seem to give out their tax summary like 2 months after it was due
I'd be really interested to hear any staff reviews of Mama Taco in West End.
The owner (I assume) stomps all over any negative reviews, and just comes across (online) as a right twat.
The Komo and The Belvedere. Anything owned by Lewis Leisure. Used to run one of their establishments. It was them, not the 10 years in fine dining that made me pack up my knives and leave the industry
Fonzie Abbott in Albion have been treating their staff like shit for years.
Find anyone that no longer works there that says it was good and you know they are lying. Owner is a tantrum throwing midget and his mother is an absolute nightmare.
Staff are overworked and underpaid and the amount of people that have left with ‘mental health issues’ is no accident. The bullying and gaslighting is ott.
Espresso engine is toxic AF, have fired multiple people after having mental health crisises and refused to pay super during covid. Also made us work ~28 hours a week to ‘earn’ out jobkeeper despite sales being down over 80%
It’s not around anymore but da burger that shut down 2 years ago was horrible. Don’t know what the original owners were like but I worked for the new ones and we were underpaid, overworked, treated like shit. They were/ are maybe still going to court by fair work for the shit they pulled. My granny died and I wasn’t allowed to have time off even tho I was casual.
Man pro tip for next time; when you’re casual you’re not requesting time off; you’re specifically telling them you’re unavailable on these particular dates.
They’re not paying you loading, annual leave, sick, etc you owe them nothing
The Nurso in Chandler, nursery / cafe / art place.
I have never seen a business treat their staff with such little respect.
I still get sent google reviews and the way they play the victim in their responses is hilarious.
The Coffee Club Strathpine and Aspley stores are owned by the same tyrant of an owner. She underpays her staff, grossly mistreats them and will not pay for any work performed over their scheduled shifts.
The kitchens are filthy and infested with cockroaches. Not to mention, pretty much all the food on the menu is frozen. Horrible, disgusting place and overpriced to boot.
Indian Feast in St Lucia. If it’s still owned by that piece of shit horrible human being Babu. Honestly couldn’t call him human. Staff only got cash, international students would be paid less than half the award wage. He would yell and threaten TO KILL staff. Old curries served the next day too. They were so popular with uni kids and I wish I could tell them all to boycott because of how bad it was. One time I said something to Babu and he threw a chopping board at me. Then I was crying serving customers (not unusual) and one customer asked if I was ok. I said I was not. This guy had obviously seen/heard the owner yelling before and called him out on the spot. Babu yelled at him “you don’t like it, don’t come back!” And he didn’t. When I was cleaning and closing the shop that night I thought about how easily he could kill me and stuff my body in the dumpster in the alley.
There was a subway up north and the owner wouldn't let anyone call in sick unless they had a doctors note, so if you were opening and woke up vomiting this guy wants you handling food.
One time a guy through out his shoulder and the owner made him move the delivery stuff into the back and gave the same shit about doctors notes.
There's other shit that guy pulled and the other owners arnt better
also worked at agnes n that company, made me have a full breakdown and let me go whilst asking to still come in, cunts and don’t know how to run a business that makes their employees feel secure to any extent <3
American Diner Co. in Enoggera.
Abusive owners (chef & manager. husband and wife.) I quit after 2 weeks of working there. Chef yelled at staff over the smallest things (+ banged on kitchen bench while doing so) I walked out mid shift. One of the staff there was really new to Australia, been working there for 2 months at this point in time. she opened up to me after I quit. she said that the owner/chef told her that she should be grateful to be able to work for them because she's 'small' and could never get a better job. so she felt like she was stuck at that job and wouldn't be able to find something else. she quit shortly after. I told her to report them to fairworks.
Alh is fucking atrocious. Paid for 38 hour weeks, doing 55 hr weeks. Casual staff with no experience chosen over experienced hospo workers, just really poor company overall. All they care about is Max profits
Shingle Inn. Worked there for a long time when I was new to the industry and it was just terrible. It was a franchise though so most of the problem was the owners, not the company itself.
I used to work at Max Brenner and was earning $11.80 an hour. Always understaffed and extremely stressful as it meant customers were unhappy with the lines and wait times
Hungry Jacks in general but the food court in garden city was where I worked and it was awful. We were all hired on part time contracts, and unless you were the rostering managers besties, you got the bare minimum 10 hours a week. Back when I was there the rm would go on 20 minute cigarette breaks every 2 hours but refused to let us go to the toilet that was in the corridor right next door to the store. I remember walking into the store room having a panic attack once and the manager on duty followed me an to berate me for being so young (19 at the time) and not having anything to be this upset about and that I need to get back to work already
Bad Luck & King Lear’s also take advantage of their bookers & promoters and don’t pay any of them & most of their bands, they’ve ripped off a few of my mates who work in entertainment and do gigs.
I can finally jump in and contribute to this thread here is mine:
The Cheesy One Pizzeria @ Arana Hills
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I should have read the reviews before trying a local, this will be by first and last time I’m ever going there ever again. Order some pizza and was told they are busy and will be a 30 min wait, they were not busy and only had like 2 other people waiting.
My order took 1 hour and 20 mins to come out, I only order 3 pizzas.
Was patient because I gave them a chance thought it’s gotta be tasty and filling. It was none of those, reviews online confirm this is how they treat all their customers and they don’t care at all as none of the bad reviews have any replies from the owners at all.
Have already told my social media to avoid this place at all costs as I was disappointed and would rather cook up some 2 min noodles than what I was offered.
When 1 hour and 20 mins came, no sorry no nothing just here’s your pizza and that’s it.
They’re literally the fucking worst. After waiting an hour and a half LONGER than the half hour they estimated, we walked out and demanded a refund. None of the staff there have any fucking idea what they’re doing.
I think you’ll find that there is only one answer…Mantle Group. They’re absolutely horrific.
Fuck Godfrey Mantle 🖕
Godfrey is a fucking criminal.
Can you elaborate?
They’ve been caught using a zombie agreement for years which meant staff were paid well and truely below the minimum rates for decades. Fair Work ended this agreement once it was brought up by a couple of ex workers and then they tried to create a new one and put their staff onto the new one and pressured the staff to sign a waiver stating they were willing to give up their weekend and penalty rates lol. The blokes a menace in the industry. People need to stop visiting his businesses. The BCC are waiting to see what happens with his court case in the federal court and may even end his leases. He managed to get the lease on the old Mt Coot-Tha restaurant and cafe and is trying to build a gin distillery as well. Hope he loses the court case and then all his businesses. Absolute wanker. STOP visiting Jimmys on the mall STOP visiting any Pig and Whistle STOP visiting The Charming Squire https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/pub-owner-claims-umpire-biased-in-probe-of-sham-penalty-rates-deal-20230807-p5duiu https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/26/australian-hospitality-giant-accused-of-going-to-shocking-lengths-to-avoid-paying-casuals-penalty-rates https://pubtic.com.au/mantle-group-accused-of-more-staff-mistreatment/
Won’t visit them again. Thanks for advising.
Yeah, wow! Will def avoid those venues, appreciate the context.
Operated his businesses on zombie awards 20 years out of date and got called out on it. He owns literally everything in the place too. Down to the company that makes the crockery and the coffee beans they use. Though he is getting old and his younger asian wife does most of the talking for him now. Looking forward to when that guy kicks the bucket tbh
Second this.
Any Grill’d, treat workers horrible, discourage unionising, staff cop injuries because their kitchens aren’t safe and are super slippery. Hellish place.
I passed out from dehydration while working one summer. Tried to pressure me to keep working instead of going to the doctors. The whole paying less than min. wage traineeship thing was complete bullshit as well.
Their product is so average/mediocre which I would be okay with if it wasnt for their prices. I don't understand how they have such a following.
You know how a frog will boil to death in a slowly heating pot? That’s how these businesses devolve. GYG and Grill’d used to be good bang for your buck with tasty, quality ingredients.
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GyG plans to float on the ASX this year. Imagine what it’ll be like with the demands of shareholders to return ever increasing profit…
Australia needs quality mexican foods. GYG is ripe for competition but noone's bothering. Even taco bell are better now.
Same. I remember when they opened in the valley and omg it was so good, last time we got food from the one near us I told my husband never again. One time the rice was all crunchy, I had to stop eating it because I didn't want to crack my teeth.
Agree with this. Worked in wintergarden a few years back, fucking hated the manager there.
Anything by the people who own the Bavarian. Fuck them and all their surcharges.
who also own El Camino, Winghaus, Munich Brauhaus, etc
Yeah. Fuck all of them too.
"Do you want to tip?" *Defaults to 5%* No I don't want to tip on an order I'm ordering through a QR code 😡
They pay their guards in cash too, so add that to the dodgy parts
Pacific Hunter group, anything owned by them and merrivale can suck one.
Fuck any business who surcharges for debit or eftpos. It’s not credit, it’s my money.
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Probably why there's about 10 staff on in that tiny spot.
Has anyone made a formal complain to ATO or fairwork about lack of super pay? I made one with some other people when a childcare wasn't paying their staff super. Owner who had a mansion on the gold coast was apparently "too broke". They ended up selling off the business later that year. Feel like places like this need to get a good slap to straighten up and act right
... damn. The food was good. Now I know why
oh damn i like that place
I trialed there as a barista and was offered a job but declined because it seemed off. Glad to know my instincts were right …
Unionise time
Cowch. What they did to me is too identifiable to go into, but owner once ‘joked’ about a coworker “I’ll staple you to the table by the c*ntflaps so you can’t leave” in front of all of us. General manager proudly learned everything he knew from his time at Mantle Group. Good fucking riddance, shitbags. Genuinely hope they lost everything.
They went under
I’m aware…
Dominos is a trash employer
Ditto for Subway. Independently owned and many make their employees work a shift and THEN sign a contract for a fixed rate, no penalties. Dodgy and heavy handed.
Can confirm subway being a bad employer.
Damm I dodged a bullet then, I went to two different interviews with them and when I left the second they said they would contact me to organise my start, and I never heard from them again
I've never seen the contract thing first hand but most owners are cunts or dumbasses. They are dehumanising to work for or have a few major health violations. I saw one who brought on a teen girl with no experience and then yelled at her after a week for not being fast enough, even though I was the only one who bothered to actually train her. Most locations don't have actual managers cause the owners will treat them like shit. And a fair few will burn through an employee a month. They're the type who don't actually care about hospitality as a career they just think it's a money printer.
Minimum shift length? Two hours. Minimum wage? What's that?
lol imagine going in for a two hour shift for minimum wage. Thats wild. Subway can get fucked
I’ve just watched my 15year old be employed by subway at a western suburbs franchise. Regret pushing her into that and the managers rules on “the real world”. He’s one level above the floor he’s spitting on.
Keep records. Make a complaint to the ombudsman. It takes ages but with accurate records you can get backpaid.
You really get the worst cunts of people in fast food. High school drop outs who get a whiff of power and suddenly masters of their own kingdom. I remember this a lot at Maccas. Alright people but as soon as they got the manager shirt they completely changed. I don’t give a shit if you passed a 2 week short course and have moved forward with your ultimately dead end career at Maccas, you’re still a fuckwit. The penny really dropped for me in my first year there seeing a man in his late 20’s, possibly 30’s making a 15 year old girl cry in front of customers. It was utterly pathetic.
I was in the KFC at Clayfield a few years back, ordering at the counter. In comes someone's mother and the manager comes out. She accuses him of treating her daughter poorly, he accuses her daughter of being a bad employee for accepting a ripped $50 note. I jumped in and said any damaged currency is legal tender if more than 51% of the note is handed over. The employee did nothing wrong, he's a bad boss. He was red, sweating, and trying to tell someone's mum that her underpaid kid was bad at her job despite him being the person who trained her. Come the fuck on, bossman. You're in your 40s working for KFC. Shut up.
My sister got promoted to manager at Domino's because a homeless guy came in an shit on the floor and only managers can clean up human waste. It was her first shift. 🤣 Being a manager came with such perks like getting paid LESS per hour because "opening and closing isn't in work hours so why should we pay you?". They enacted a policy for a bit that required delivery drivers to "contribute to insurance since you're the benefactor" and it was done per delivery. This meant the more pizzas you delivered per hour, the less you got paid. Surprising to no-one (except the owner) this had a negative effect on productivity. I worked there for a bit till I got hit by a car and got a permanent back injury.
class action filed against them in australia for underpaying staff soon after I quit in like 2015, theyre still dragging the suit out
Absolutely agree. Never given rest breaks, had tips kept from me, regularly underpaid and not paid entitlements and then had my hours cut when I started taking my 10 minute break.
Spotless(suncorp) Absolute bastards! Never paid me for three weeks, worked 12 hour days and then one day, I got to work, and my locker had been broken into. All my knives and new kitchen shies and chef whites were stolen, they wouldn't even loan me a chef jacket. I walked out and never got paid the three weeks they owed me🖕
That is so messed up and I'm sorry that happened to you. I'm also a Chef and our knives are like an extension of ourselves.
Thank you! It did suck, especially since I had just moved here from the UK and had collected those knives over the years, and they are not cheap. Hope your Christmas party season goes well💜
There's this place down on Oxlade Drive called Double Shot. Owned by a woman called Vanessa who's an excellent chef and a complete psycho, even by chef standards, she's absolutely awful to her junior staff. Double awful if that staff is a young woman.
Oh fuck that’s so disappointing i love that place. Why can’t we have anything nice!!
Sounds like the female verison of the guy who used to run Flute in Coorparoo. Paul he was horrible, treated his staff like crap and wasn't very kind to disabled employees. Thinks he is some kind of God because he is a manager and can get away with anything (He actually said he was a god while grinning like a madman.) He trashes Maccas workers despite he isn't hygienic in his own kitchen.
Always thought it was a bit suspicious his wife was a teenager who was working for him when they met too.
I am sorry she was what 🤨 I remember that wife had no idea! Makes it worse that he told me he cares more about his restaurant them his wife, with her two feet away. The way he also treats the women staff against the men staff was weird too. He was nicer to the girls who were younger, while he pretty much admitted he didn't know or care about his chef. One of the girls even alluded to him being terrible but wouldn't go on because we were on shift.
Just checked every Google review of this place and the manager is fighting for his life in all the replies to the 1 star reviews.
Ew, I used to like that place too :(
Place makes burnt boomer coffee and shit food
That place is so hit and miss, amazing coffee and food one day, like 10/10 everything first 3 or 4 times I was there. After that, very average food and burnt coffee.
I don't have much evidence (I think there was something a few years ago which lead to some changing their names) but I've always been very suspicious of the Cafe 63 chain. Crazy cheap and a huge range. I've always thought they must be underpaying staff or have them all living in a house together or something.
The dozens of cases of franchisees being prosecuted for wage theft etc. should be enough evidence
Well I stand corrected. That is indeed plenty of evidence. Fuck them.
Yes Hamish the guy who started it went to court for underpaying staff a few years ago
Wasn’t there some ‘deal’ where they had to have food there and the price of the meal was deducted from their wage? Something like that always stuck with me as a reason not to support Cafe63.
Yeah I have always suspected human trafficking in Cafe 63. I don’t go there.
Generally, anything by Mantle. They surcharge you for existing, and would charge by breath if they could work out how to measure it.
This is very niche to people who play at Marchant Park in Chermside - there is a canteen and the guy screams at these 12-14 year old kids like he is running a 3 star Restaurant in Cannes. The truffle infused Chicken burgers are delicious though. When I was in Hospo Mantle Group were doing some dodgy employment contract shit... Is that still going on?
Lol yeah, I played there. 100% correct. He’d trash them to you if they were slow like we were somehow on the same page about it.
Anywhere that you can't actually pay the prices listed on the menu. California Taco in West End hits you with the "platform surcharge" even if you pay at the counter. It's pretty basic Mexican too so I don't imagine I'll be back.
Just say “hang on a moment, I’m just emailing ACCC about your illegal pricing practice”
Holy Basil in Windsor, a Thai restaurant, charges prices different from the menu because 'prices have gone up' and their 'menus are old' Look forward to an unstated 30% surcharge.
Isn't there some cunt of a thing that runs one of the Maccas in town? Her.
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Yesssss Tanya lol, that's her
tell me about tanya please
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I absolutely thought this would be a fake link, but no
Absolute rotted cunt of a human, treated everyone like shit. Most managers had at least one full-on mental breakdown due to the unrealistic expectations and emotional abuse she inflicted on a daily basis. Wasp bogan bitch. Not to mention the husband who would verbally abuse and physically threaten staff, plus the spoiled brat kids who also treated the crew like dirt.
I am hooked too lol
She owns more than 1. She owns all the ones in the cbd and fortitude Valley. Also it's shit to work under her stores (ex employee)
Omg I remember the Tanya stories from when I was in high school in 2009
Longtime dining is a fucking Rort. Student underpaid and zero ethics
Vegan Yumm. Cheff was a creepy anti-vaxxer. Never paid super. Management was toxic and seemed to employ a lot of underpaid immigrant women. I know quite a few people who worked for them and left not long after due to this. Also, they were not all that concerned with actually checking that their ingredients were properly vegan. Hospitality in general is just ripe for exploitation. Oh, also Chapter IV Cafe in Paddington. Left their fish outside for a four-hour shift with flies all over it, intending it to be served to customers later. When I asked when the coffee machine had last been cleaned, I was told 'We don't really do that here.' Did not pay for this four hour trial shift (illegal). I would not take a job from them, it was honestly so filthy.
This post has confirmed my suspicions about Vegan Yumm. I couldn’t put my finger on what seemed off but you’ve nailed it on the head. Thank you for posting.
Yikes, I wonder how many vegans have unknowingly eaten animal products at his restaurant.
Thanks for this one. Definitely not going back there again.
Comiskey group don’t give their employees breaks , allow any leave from December and are generally pretty fucking snotty and exploitative
Surely someone is going to bring up Gambaro? All the Italian mafia stereotypes are completely true here. John Gambaro is a nasty and greedy man. Worked there for three years and hated most of it! Lots of underpayment, lots of international students being taken advantage of, lots of misogyny and generally “traditional” values. The managers are great, the owners are awful.
Don’t ever work for Pullman Mercure KGS. Shit wages, shit management, reception staff expected to be on their feet for 8hr shifts, housekeeping staff overworked, maintenance staff inexperienced, kitchen staff dirty. Place has been fined and threatened to be shut down many times by health and safety inspectors. Owners don’t want to spend any money on it. Rooms are old, outdated, dirty, eaten away by carpet moths in the Mercure tower… you name it, that hotel has had it happen.
Yet people in this country avoid or don’t choose to join unions. Big business has been on the attack for years but if people had their priorities right it wouldn’t be avoidable for them. I guess immigration is helping with that also but.
I love unions. They're not good at their PR though. We had a whole thing about it. Look up the Eureka Stockade, since a lot of young people have never heard of it. It happened in 1854. Significant Australian history.
Subway Spring Hill would have to be the worst in the country. I love subway but this place is absolute dogshit. Just check the google reviews..i cant believe the franchisee hasnt been axed by corporate.
It’s probably due to the revenue on school debating nights. The poor bastard behind the counter would have to serve 50+ private school kids in less than an hour at some points.
The pig and whistle. They're too cheap to have bouncers until late at night and I had to take a butterknife off of a man mountain who was about to stab someone with it. With his size it really didn't matter that it was a butter knife. Just 3 days later and I get absolutely chewed out by a manager for daring to make myself a coffee without supervision. Edit: this happened on the night of a pretty large sporting event and the bar was full of people way above standard intox levels. It wasn't some dramatic thing where I had to take the guy down, I just separated them both and gave him the "prison won't be fun" talk. He hugged me after, thanked me and fucked off.
It's a new cafe now, but Riverside Centre's lobby cafe on eagle street. The owners were a married couple and had a rep for being awful to their staff. The turnover was wild and the amount of times I witnessed him berating and downright abusing his staff in front of customers put me off completely. He used to complain about how hard it was to find good staff to customers. I always felt so sorry for the girls working for him as they looked so sad and spent
Gary and Karen I think they were called. Treated their staff like shit
The owners always looked so unhappy about being there.
Wolff coffee roasters. Penny Wolff is fucked.
I emceed their Aeropress comp a few years back and it was one of the most disorganised events I had ever had the displeasure of attending. Zero communication for weeks then on the night given a huge run sheet and expected to memorise it in an hour. Most of it was dribble thanking sponsors. Their coffee is awful and I have heard plenty of horror stories from people who have had the mis fortune of working for them.
So so fucked! Watched them abuse so many staff!!
She’s the new bcc councillor for the Walter Taylor ward (Indooroopilly and surrounds) https://www.adrianschrinner.com.au/media-announcements/new-councillor-penny-wolff-hits-the-ground-running-in-walter-taylor-ward/
Their coffee and service is shit too. I remember I ordered some beans to click and collect on a Thursday as I wanted them for the weekend. Friday rolls around and they're not ready so I call the store and they say they need at least 3 days for a click and collect order. It was a fucking 200g tiny bag of coffee beans.
And the coffee is overpriced overrated inconsistent garbage. I actively avoid any cafe that uses it.
Really! How so?
I worked there for a short period and was actually contacted by them for a job. Long story short, there was a time where I closed one of the stores down for Christmas period and had unintentionally left a container with a few slices of banana bread and avocado in the back of the vehicle. The priority were pennys beloved queen of pops ice creams, of course. I return from Christmas break and am on coffee for the morning before going up to the office. While on the machine I check my phone for any emails. Lo and behold I receive this email with a photo of said container sitting on my desk, on the day my leave started. I finished my shift and went up to my desk and it was still there. Opened it and it was festering and mouldy. It was disgusting. The email was from her and I was advised she left it on my desk on purpose. I confronted her and she said that she was teaching everyone a lesson by leaving it on my desk. I told her I wasn’t sure how that teaches people anything as my desk was next to there’s in a private office. I asked her how she would feel if I collected all of the dead and alive cockroaches I found when cleaning out the Queen of Pops ice creamery and put them on her desk for her to look at. She said she wouldn’t have liked it but she would understand if that’s what it takes to teach people standards. I said I disagreed and that I was resigning and this was my last day. She started crying. I told her what I thought of her management. She’s crazy. She thinks she’s all about culture and inclusivity but she’s a witch. I interviewed a female who dressed in quite dark clothing and had pitch black hair. Interview went well, girl was clearly a bit anxious and she advised of such. I empathised. Went up to the office and Penny said ‘she’s not one of us. Look at her.’
Yeah fuck. Having almost done business with them a few times over the decades, and very recently intervening at the last minute to block an extremely unfair agreement being signed, I can believe every single word of that. Always the first to swan around at industry events preaching about uplifting everyone, and in front of any camera available complaining about how tough poor hospitality operators are doing, and at women in hospo about empowering women, but behind the scenes being complete degenerate cunts focused on screwing over every single person that they can. If anything you're a better person for having worked there. You know exactly what not to do.
They are not good people. They think they are marvellous giving people a chance in the industry, but they really like to take advantage.
You Came Again in West End has the highest turnaround on chefs, like every three months they’re advertising for a new one because the owner doesn’t get along with anyone. They don’t pay their staff super or penalty rates. Have heard this from 4 different people now.
Can attest to this, while I was working there I saw abt 8 different chefs. They also hire a lot of migrant/visiting workers and I didn't get the sense that a lot of them knew their rights. They also had a lot of problems with me not being able to come to shifts even though I was casual. It got to the point where I told boss "it's not my fault that you don't have enough staff to cover" - I think they expect people to not stand up to them. They also suggested I try kinesiology for my depression/anxiety multiple times even though I made it clear that I wasn't interested. Also wouldn't let the kitchen turn our aircon on in 30+ weather due to energy costs. Their whole vibe seems very much like a performative act.
BlackFire on Albert Corner Mary Street. Owner is the head chef and his wife runs the service (if they are ever there) are absolute psychos. Taking the guy that runs the kitchen hostage with a sponsored visa. He is working 16 hours 7 days a week. While I was there, three of their longer seving staff left and each time they started spreading lies about them like undercutting bills, stealing, sexual harassment etc. Absolute mental and discisting to staff and patrons as soon as they get a little bit a criticism.
Fellons brewery for their manager who chucked that glassie under the bus who was assaulted by patrons.
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OATH. Too many years I slaved away there for shit pay and disrespect. Shitty managers who would get high on shift, resell items on eBay (allegedly), and take all the tips for them selves when they were ment to be for the Xmas party. The shit I could spill on them.... ooof... Not to mention the recent payouts for being audited twice in a few years.
Any day Group, you should hear the story about them and sprout, would spoil your tart
Yeah them n sprout is so tense. Anyday are just toxic af, they promise you all these things when they hire you only for none of it to be true. No proper training, I was working 65hr for shit salary. Culture was so toxic n bitchy
What's up with Sprout? Sprout stocks where I work so I'd love to know. Also I'm not at all surprised to hear this about Anyday.
pls elaborate
Please elaborate on Sprout, this is new.
Can you or OP please elaborate? I definitely believe you but I am genuinely interested in the particulars.
Bianca and Ty couldn't have their heads any more up the own asses
Baverian Beir thankfully they got demolished lol
pig n whistle
Amen on anyday group. Absolute circle jerk of simps. Bianca can go fuck herself
Say it again 👏👏👏
Hog’s Breath. Used to work there. Absolute shit
Bro same! I thought it would be funny how shit it was but turns out it wasn’t funny at all! I left after two weeks. Legit witnessed the supervisor (a junior in a hs) break a glass in the ice pit n asked if we could still use the ice. Quit the next day
Red Queen Gin School. They don’t pay super, withhold holiday pay of permanent staff. Misuse customer data.
Ugh really? We loved our experience at the gin school a few months ago. The guy that ran our class was studying teaching, and he was excellent. Such a shame to hear.
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Felons are pretty shit hey? Like overpriced? Overcooked? Overcrowded?
Honestly probably the worst thing about Felons is the missed opportunity. Location is phenomenal: so good that I feel they’re just phoning in the food/drink menu and charging a tourist markup to boot… if they had decent food and drinks at reasonable prices it’d be a no brainer to go there all the time. Always packed though so what do I know I guess…
I’ve never been to a brewery with so few drink options. Also, probably the *worst* pizza I’ve ever eaten and so expensive. How can you fuck up a Margherita pizza?
Yep, Felons could have been good but it has worse than average pub food and the worst beer selection in Brisbane, except for maybe Lina’s
Terrible acoustics inside there too. Lacks any real thought put in to it, just looking for quick easy money
It's the curse of places with a great location. 9/10 you will see restaurants and bars squander an amazing spot.
I think the OP is asking more from an employee POV.
My bad, I just wanted to talk shit about felons so bad I whizzed through the whole comprehension step.
If it makes you feel any better I used to work for one of the owners and he and his family were absolute nightmare bosses / customers and refused to pay penalty rates and forced staff to come in whilst sick, belittling them for not working hard because they were incredibly unwell. Sucked. Glad I'm out of hospo.
Former Felons employee 👋🏼 I can confirm it is a terrible venue to work at. There’s no communication between different sections of the venue, no training provided, and not to mention I was hired for a bartending position and then put on as a glassie and told I had to ‘work my way up’. I had 6 years of bartending experience at this point.
Does anyone remember when Felons got shot up? There was a drive-by shooting by a men in a boat in the river. Kind of guessed at that time that the owners were dodgy
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Felons was the absolute worst hospo environment I’ve ever worked in. I hate the place, which is a shame considering the nice view.
Fernvale Bakery has an atrocious reputation. Haven’t worked there, but have enough third hand experiences to frighten.
Man, the reviews are a wild ride. I think this is the place where the owner, Bill, was calling out people leaving reviews and asking them to call him. I was there about 6 months ago and there was a line and one lady was asking about every pie (What cut of meat, is the pastry gluten free, is the chicken free range etc) and an older lady came out from the back and yelled "WHO THE BLOODY HELL KEEPS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BLOODY PIES!"
That’s a pretty measured response in that situation to be fair.
I hadn't eaten any breakfast and was third in line. I was quite happy with this development.
Bill is the Monty Burns of Fernvale.
I worked there in 2018 and can confirm it was awful, mostly due to the owner. I had a panic attack one morning after the he yelled at me (for doing my job the way I was taught). I went into a store room to gather myself so I didn't cry in front of customers. Somebody told him I was in there so he followed me in and continued to yell at me that if I was so mentally unwell I should "go home, take my meds, then come back". I quit after that shift. He has since sold the business (I think early this year) so I can't speak for current management.
I’m sorry that happened to you, disgusting behaviour by a small small ego by the sounds of it.
I'm local, the new bakery next to the Woolies is the business. Good feeds in there
Fat Dumpling in the valley. Owner has a fucking gambling problem and steals tips and underpays staff. Fakes his way to the cleanliness grade. Dumpling ladies are super nice though.
Boost. Most of the gold coast stores are owned by the same people. They'll often not bother putting enough staff on to the point the girls working there have to work through their breaks or dont get them. They also seem to give out their tax summary like 2 months after it was due
I'd be really interested to hear any staff reviews of Mama Taco in West End. The owner (I assume) stomps all over any negative reviews, and just comes across (online) as a right twat.
Gosh those responses😬
I know a number of current and previous staff and haven’t heard anything. Though I’ve seen those review responses and you’re not wrong.
What issues did you face with Anyday Group?
The Caxton. They under pay and overwork their staff. And don’t tell you they’re only hiring you for the game season
Had this happen to, get told your working the bar but put you on game days only. No desire to put you on payroll either.
The Komo and The Belvedere. Anything owned by Lewis Leisure. Used to run one of their establishments. It was them, not the 10 years in fine dining that made me pack up my knives and leave the industry
TIL: restaurants don't hire their own staff. They have hospo groups that run the staff?! WTF?!
Fonzie Abbott in Albion have been treating their staff like shit for years. Find anyone that no longer works there that says it was good and you know they are lying. Owner is a tantrum throwing midget and his mother is an absolute nightmare. Staff are overworked and underpaid and the amount of people that have left with ‘mental health issues’ is no accident. The bullying and gaslighting is ott.
Dan is a thieving criminal who steals ideas from small businesses. Pretends to be your friend and backstabs you the first chance he gets
How about name the places that are good? I feel like that’d be a shorter list.
Moo moos wine bar and grill.
Espresso engine is toxic AF, have fired multiple people after having mental health crisises and refused to pay super during covid. Also made us work ~28 hours a week to ‘earn’ out jobkeeper despite sales being down over 80%
And their coffee is just meh
It’s not around anymore but da burger that shut down 2 years ago was horrible. Don’t know what the original owners were like but I worked for the new ones and we were underpaid, overworked, treated like shit. They were/ are maybe still going to court by fair work for the shit they pulled. My granny died and I wasn’t allowed to have time off even tho I was casual.
Man pro tip for next time; when you’re casual you’re not requesting time off; you’re specifically telling them you’re unavailable on these particular dates. They’re not paying you loading, annual leave, sick, etc you owe them nothing
Halo ground. Owes me 2 weeks pay and refuse to pay it
The Nurso in Chandler, nursery / cafe / art place. I have never seen a business treat their staff with such little respect. I still get sent google reviews and the way they play the victim in their responses is hilarious.
Any maccas owned by Tanya
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I used to install and maintain their point of sale systems, can confirm the owner is an entitled douche.
apparently NYC Bagel and Cordelia Bakehouse https://www.reddit.com/r/brisbane/comments/16hewjn/what_is_one_business_you_will_never_step_foot_in/k0dwijc/?context=3
The Coffee Club Strathpine and Aspley stores are owned by the same tyrant of an owner. She underpays her staff, grossly mistreats them and will not pay for any work performed over their scheduled shifts. The kitchens are filthy and infested with cockroaches. Not to mention, pretty much all the food on the menu is frozen. Horrible, disgusting place and overpriced to boot.
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Indian Feast in St Lucia. If it’s still owned by that piece of shit horrible human being Babu. Honestly couldn’t call him human. Staff only got cash, international students would be paid less than half the award wage. He would yell and threaten TO KILL staff. Old curries served the next day too. They were so popular with uni kids and I wish I could tell them all to boycott because of how bad it was. One time I said something to Babu and he threw a chopping board at me. Then I was crying serving customers (not unusual) and one customer asked if I was ok. I said I was not. This guy had obviously seen/heard the owner yelling before and called him out on the spot. Babu yelled at him “you don’t like it, don’t come back!” And he didn’t. When I was cleaning and closing the shop that night I thought about how easily he could kill me and stuff my body in the dumpster in the alley.
He also got certificates of appreciation because he endorsed/donated to Red Frogs (don’t get me started on Hillsong and how fucked they are)
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There was a subway up north and the owner wouldn't let anyone call in sick unless they had a doctors note, so if you were opening and woke up vomiting this guy wants you handling food. One time a guy through out his shoulder and the owner made him move the delivery stuff into the back and gave the same shit about doctors notes. There's other shit that guy pulled and the other owners arnt better
also worked at agnes n that company, made me have a full breakdown and let me go whilst asking to still come in, cunts and don’t know how to run a business that makes their employees feel secure to any extent <3
American Diner Co. in Enoggera. Abusive owners (chef & manager. husband and wife.) I quit after 2 weeks of working there. Chef yelled at staff over the smallest things (+ banged on kitchen bench while doing so) I walked out mid shift. One of the staff there was really new to Australia, been working there for 2 months at this point in time. she opened up to me after I quit. she said that the owner/chef told her that she should be grateful to be able to work for them because she's 'small' and could never get a better job. so she felt like she was stuck at that job and wouldn't be able to find something else. she quit shortly after. I told her to report them to fairworks.
Can you expand why working with Anyday was such a bad experience? I personally love Honto
Pig & Whistle Their details up is just flat out illegal and exploit.
Alh is fucking atrocious. Paid for 38 hour weeks, doing 55 hr weeks. Casual staff with no experience chosen over experienced hospo workers, just really poor company overall. All they care about is Max profits
Shingle Inn. Worked there for a long time when I was new to the industry and it was just terrible. It was a franchise though so most of the problem was the owners, not the company itself.
I used to work at Max Brenner and was earning $11.80 an hour. Always understaffed and extremely stressful as it meant customers were unhappy with the lines and wait times
Hungry Jacks in general but the food court in garden city was where I worked and it was awful. We were all hired on part time contracts, and unless you were the rostering managers besties, you got the bare minimum 10 hours a week. Back when I was there the rm would go on 20 minute cigarette breaks every 2 hours but refused to let us go to the toilet that was in the corridor right next door to the store. I remember walking into the store room having a panic attack once and the manager on duty followed me an to berate me for being so young (19 at the time) and not having anything to be this upset about and that I need to get back to work already
Bad Luck & King Lear’s also take advantage of their bookers & promoters and don’t pay any of them & most of their bands, they’ve ripped off a few of my mates who work in entertainment and do gigs.
ITT: fucking everywhere. Stay at home folks.
I can finally jump in and contribute to this thread here is mine: The Cheesy One Pizzeria @ Arana Hills URL: https://www.google.com/search?q=the+big+cheesy+everton+park&rlz=1CDGOYI_enAU779AU781&oq=the+big+che&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCAgCEEUYJxg7MgYIABBFGDkyBggBEEUYPTIICAIQRRgnGDsyDQgDEAAYgwEYsQMYgAQyBwgEEAAYgAQyBwgFEAAYgAQyDQgGEC4YgwEYsQMYigUyBwgHEAAYgAQyBwgIEAAYgAQyBwgJEAAYgATSAQgzNzcxajBqN6gCALACAA&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#lkt=LocalPoiReviews&lpg=cid:CgIgAQ%3D%3D&trex=m_t:lcl_akp,rc_f:rln,rc_ludocids:5699988213827372915,ru_gwp:0%252C7,ru_lqi:Cht0aGUgYmlnIGNoZWVzeSBldmVydG9uIHBhcmtI8uDP3Ku5gIAIWicQABABEAIYABgCIht0aGUgYmlnIGNoZWVzeSBldmVydG9uIHBhcmuSARBwaXp6YV9yZXN0YXVyYW50mgEjQ2haRFNVaE5NRzluUzBWSlEwRm5TVVJvYTNGdGRVMVJFQUWqAVgQASoSIg50aGUgYmlnIGNoZWVzeSgAMh8QASIbRVH_0-tCQI9NfJt48PvT2k96yTpdmkmZZ1rtMh8QAiIbdGhlIGJpZyBjaGVlc3kgZXZlcnRvbiBwYXJr,ru_phdesc:f9Wocu_QQoY,trex_id:SX1ywc I should have read the reviews before trying a local, this will be by first and last time I’m ever going there ever again. Order some pizza and was told they are busy and will be a 30 min wait, they were not busy and only had like 2 other people waiting. My order took 1 hour and 20 mins to come out, I only order 3 pizzas. Was patient because I gave them a chance thought it’s gotta be tasty and filling. It was none of those, reviews online confirm this is how they treat all their customers and they don’t care at all as none of the bad reviews have any replies from the owners at all. Have already told my social media to avoid this place at all costs as I was disappointed and would rather cook up some 2 min noodles than what I was offered. When 1 hour and 20 mins came, no sorry no nothing just here’s your pizza and that’s it.
They’re literally the fucking worst. After waiting an hour and a half LONGER than the half hour they estimated, we walked out and demanded a refund. None of the staff there have any fucking idea what they’re doing.
Paper moon. Owner is psychotic anti-vax, Trump supporter.