I hate how my job overworks us but doesn’t appreciate the work we do.

Long story short, I’ve been in this chef job as a chef de partie for almost five years. We’re a busy restaurant in a small town in the uk but recently management who have no clue how a kitchen runs introduced an afternoon tea menu and we’re being made to do fresh ice creams too, plus dpecials on top of the standard menu which is already massive. I feel overworked as I end up rishing to do all these bulky prep jobs but I also don’t feel my boss appreciates ehat I or any of my coworkers do.

He hasn’t given us a word of praise in months and has said that we don’t need any more staff despite before saying we definitely needed more people before. He blames us for not being organized enough and not setting up enough despite us doing 60plus covers with just 3 chefs on a lunch and being open all day. Its meant to be a fine dining place btw. The boss doesnt help out st all and I feel all this finger pointing id judt a way for him to divert from the real problem which is understaffing.

I feel I’ve passes my breaking point and this kitchen is going down the route my old place dud, cutting corners with staff but still expecting them to perform the same level and volume all whilst giving them shit and bersting them. I’m tired of finishing at 1 o clock in the morning at this place let alone midnight, especially on the supposedly quite days of tuesday to thursday. I fon’t want to stick around for this place but its so difficult finding a job in the uk, any job even non cheffy ones, where the take home pay is at least 1700.

Sorry for venting guys, I’m judt feeling too depressed and mot supported at this point.