The ethics of it is questionable at best since it's taking advantage of people who want/need a job to rely on. I really hope they wouldn't do something like that to a parent who was trying to support their family. If I knew a location was doing that, I wouldn't give them business. To be fair, that location was also closed the last time I was in town, not sure when it closed, but it was also a little satisfying.
Agreed, but the standard rule when opening a new restaurant is to hire at least 125-150% of what you think your eventual needed staff level will be. You’ve got to assume you are going to get ghosted by a few, and some just aren’t going to cut it. You’ve never want to go into an opening short-staffed. At first, you just have to throw bodies at opening honeymoon volume, then figure out who’s worth a shit.
Totally different ethics once you’ve got a solid team and established rhythm.
This wasn't a newly opened restaurant though, it was already established for at least a few years and already had a regular staff. They were looking to hire on a couple more people for the on season and again, hired a bunch with the intention of firing most. I've worked at a lot of restaurants, that's the first and only time I came across that tactic.
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u/Moushidoodles Jul 13 '25
The ethics of it is questionable at best since it's taking advantage of people who want/need a job to rely on. I really hope they wouldn't do something like that to a parent who was trying to support their family. If I knew a location was doing that, I wouldn't give them business. To be fair, that location was also closed the last time I was in town, not sure when it closed, but it was also a little satisfying.