bakechef
Executive Chef
I feel bad for Rob. He is the one you have to go home to that night. I hope he was understanding. And yes, I do feel bad for you also. No one should be expected to do duties beyond the job he was hired for. If you title is "baker" then that should be your main job.
Is your store "union"? If so there should be a means of complaining without placing your job in jeopardy. What about sitting down with the manager and get a list of exactly what your job entails. It is time for the manager to step up and speak to those managers under him/her. Surely there is enough work in the bakery to keep you busy without killing yourself. And I hope you got paid overtime for those hours.
No we don't have a union where I work. As I said, this is a very rare event. My job description is "cake decorator", but as with pretty much every other retail job I've had, by working there you have your title, and "whatever else management asks you to do" or something like that. There are many days where I do multiple jobs by myself, but usually not for more than the first 4 hours, when relief comes in, I can take a lunch break. This was an instance where we were severely short handed.
We are getting ready for a major remodel and with additional work to to they have increased our labor allotment significantly, so we'll be better staffed in the future. The trouble is finding people who need a job... Retail jobs are a dime a dozen here and finding quality employees is very very difficult.
As I said, the managers in charge didn't get away with this when the store manager came in the next day. They often come over inspect the department, double check dates and then just leave us alone, because even though we are few, we are very experienced and pull it off day after day, so they really have nothing to worry about. Unfortunately that shouldn't have happened that day.
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