Working in Spoons
Discussion
Due to a change of circumstances, I’m considering going down a different career path for a little while before I go back to what I know.
I’m therefore wondering, what is it like to work for Wetherspoons, they seem, looking in from the outside, to be a flexible and good employer. There is one close to where I live, and it would (I hope) be an interesting change from what I know!
I’m therefore wondering, what is it like to work for Wetherspoons, they seem, looking in from the outside, to be a flexible and good employer. There is one close to where I live, and it would (I hope) be an interesting change from what I know!
I've not got that impression about wetherspoons at all.
They fired all their staff at the start of COVID and read about them firing a lad with special needs for a minor infraction on his discount (and lost in court).
Is your current job better paid than wetherspoons?
If not, I would look at the supermarkets, decent pay and a discount on your food shopping.
They fired all their staff at the start of COVID and read about them firing a lad with special needs for a minor infraction on his discount (and lost in court).
Is your current job better paid than wetherspoons?
If not, I would look at the supermarkets, decent pay and a discount on your food shopping.
aproctor1 said:
I've not got that impression about wetherspoons at all.
They fired all their staff at the start of COVID and read about them firing a lad with special needs for a minor infraction on his discount (and lost in court).
Is your current job better paid than wetherspoons?
If not, I would look at the supermarkets, decent pay and a discount on your food shopping.
No they didn't.They fired all their staff at the start of COVID and read about them firing a lad with special needs for a minor infraction on his discount (and lost in court).
Is your current job better paid than wetherspoons?
If not, I would look at the supermarkets, decent pay and a discount on your food shopping.
Link https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/J...
spoons have taken successful legal action against a number of publications that made that claim.
Whether you want to be working in a pub - any pub - when most people are out enjoying themselves is another matter.
I would have thought working at a gastro pub (or whatever they're called these days - the ones where a burger and chips isn't called that and they charge £22 for it... I mean "22") would make more sense as the tips would be higher given that a meal for 4 would generally be higher than that at, for instance, the Abused Horse where a burger and chips is £9 so a 10% (or whatever %) would translate to a higher total tip... not to mention I don't think staff get tips at Wetherspoons as it's all done via the app.
dundarach said:
Lidl\Aldi I've heard massively good feedback about.
I've heard the opposite. They pay well but they work you like a dog. Basically minimum staff numbers to maximise profits.In the dim and distant past I think they were offering Graduate trainee posts on £40k plus a Company car but you were expected to work 80 hours a week.
My son works behind the bar in Spoons at Durham while he is waiting to go in the army.
Speaking to him he seems to enjoy it there overall. If he’s ever needed to change shift they have been flexible and I can’t ever recall hear him complaining about the company.
If I was ever in a pinch and wanted to do some bar work I’d consider working for them.
Speaking to him he seems to enjoy it there overall. If he’s ever needed to change shift they have been flexible and I can’t ever recall hear him complaining about the company.
If I was ever in a pinch and wanted to do some bar work I’d consider working for them.
Hoofy said:
I would have thought working at a gastro pub (or whatever they're called these days - the ones where a burger and chips isn't called that and they charge £22 for it... I mean "22") would make more sense as the tips would be higher given that a meal for 4 would generally be higher than that at, for instance, the Abused Horse where a burger and chips is £9 so a 10% (or whatever %) would translate to a higher total tip... not to mention I don't think staff get tips at Wetherspoons as it's all done via the app.
I know 2 people who worked in a Wetherspoons and they never got tips, ever (even on Christmas day) the best your going to get is a drink bought for you. Apart from that it sounded like a reasonable company to work for.When I was 15-16 I worked in a local decent restaurant just doing pot washing etc on the weekends and school holidays. Even 25 years ago I could get around £600 - £800 in tips if I worked full time in August. Credit card tips were added to your wage slip and cash tips were given to you every Sunday.
Hospitality has never been well paid unless your a head chef in some high end restaurant in London, so I would strongly consider other options where tipping is more common. A few close friends are chefs and most places they work add 10% or 12.5% service charge to any table with 4 or more people. From what I have been told its rare for someone to ask for it to be removed.
What were you planning to do for spoons?
Few views on their food/beer/service/ambience etc here...
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Few views on their food/beer/service/ambience etc here...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
A friends daughter worked at spoons after collage, she did a year or 2 there and seemed to like it, off the back of it she got a job as a manager at another , posher chain of restaurants/bars and is earning pretty well with tips. Not 100k a year but alot more than minimum wage. She told me in a good week she could double her wages with tips. Although the change to tipping on the bill not cash, means they have to pay tax on them.
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