Message 4040 of 22774 in Behind the Bar

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> wow....I did not expect to spark such a debate.  I'll let you all in 
> on some of the details that I was vague about before....
> the new GM (the ONLY new person on staff) replaced a part-owner who 
> was acting GM. That guy was more involved with his girlfriend than 
> the company and really let the place go.  At first the changes and 
> new, stricter rules cut into the fun-factor, but were also very 
> welcome changes from anyone who was serious about thier job.  Now 
> that six months has passed, the good changes have stopped and now he 
> is just getting utterly ridiculous.  He doesn't know the names or 
> faces of any of the regular patrons, bartenders get in trouble if 
> they look like they are having fun (seriously, I am not 
> exaggerating!), and he has forced the chef to work over two months 
> without a day off (says he can't afford to pay anyone else)!  I could 
> go on and on with the complaints, but instead I will tell you that 
> our numbers are more than double what they were last year, and last 
> year they were more than double what they were from the year before.  
> I remind you that the staff in general has not changed (besides the 
> GM) in over a year!  
> As I am writing this I am all but convincing myself that it is time 
> to go.  


I have been holding off replying to this thread for a while but now I just 
wanna jump in.

Number one reason for me to be in a job is that it MUST BE FUN.

OK there are limits to fun like you can do whatever if the bars clean the 
tills right and the stock is in check.  So I say if you're not having fun then 
your not in the right place, because from your experience you sound like 
you're in the right profession.

It was quite funny to hear this topic mentioned and I said earlier I held back 
on writing because I have seen this a lot over the last few months.

Some employees hate change.  Now if you're behind a bar and are used to having 
a giveaway tab and are generally the bartender people come into see, you're 
gonna hate new management that prevents you from staying this way.

So three things you can do - a) think its been a good job, when things die 
down it will be cool agian because the manager will see that I'm great. b) say 
to yourself "its good" - recognise the manager is a figures man and that he's 
not too concerned with your welfare and thinks he can train clones if you 
leave, then decide to leave c)  Have a chat to your manager and figure out 
which of the above two he is and try and make it better. _ If not leave.

I was always brought up to believe that if you treat your staff properly and 
provided great service, your money will come.  However others beleive in the 
magic of the calculator to bring in the money - by keeping stock in check and 
so on.

So my advice - have a long chat with him - tell him your concerns - and 
express how his management style demoralises staff and explain that it makes 
you wanna leave.  The ball is then in his court.

Either way - if he agrees and you don't see a change then the money better be 
really good to help your loss of fun.  - but for me - I take fun over money 
any day.

Darren


> Since it is obvious that many of you are in management, what would 
> you think about someone giving these reasons for leaving a job when 
> they show up at an interview?