Posted by John on May 04, 1998 at 12:01:24:
In Reply to: The real shame is owners who treat chefs like crap ! posted by Mark Heller C.E.C on March 25, 1998 at 17:59:01:
: I am a 1984 grad of the CIA with a great resume. I am the rule rather than the exception. Over the years I have seen chefs myself included treated like dirt (costly dirt). The minute the food cost is out of line or you need some time off better watch out! I taught culinary arts for four years and saw time and again students go out into the culinary world like the Christians in Rome, fed to the lions. Six months later, out looking for a new profession. The real shame are the owners who treat their people with such little reguard. This is one tough business. Not for the thin skinned. Me I'm learning computer code.... see ya
'm with you, I've been in the business for 20 years and thought that this was where I wanted my life to be. After so many years the money still isn't there, the bosses don't care, and you can't buy decent employees. It's time to take the hint and go back to school for a year to get a job where its realistic to have a life.