Friday, 11 April 2008

Experience beats money!

I just got a job, in a cafe on the sea front. I should be happy right that I've got a new job but I'm not, in fact its fucking shit to be honest. Firstly, the food they do there is just crappy cafe food such as fish and chips, chili con carni, big fully cooked English breakfasts etc. and then secondly I am only getting paid £4.80 an our, thirdly I'm only working Sundays!! What the fuck?! I mean my mum found me this job, she saw the advert, and she left them with my details, then got me to ring up - although I didn't really want to. Its not even her place to do so, but shes desperate for me to get a job even though she doesn't understand I don't want a job any old place. I've never been there though so I didn't know what to expect food wise, nor pay, nor hours. But hey, I gave it ago and it turned out to be shit. My mum had ago at me saying "ooh its money, just do it and be happy with it"!
Okay, rant time as to why I don't like it. Firstly, I am used to cooking and doing high quality food in high quality establishments. At college they teach us fine dining, and I've done shifts at 5 star hotels as well as nice restaurants and pubs even. I don't care what the pay is, the only thing I care about is the place I work at and how much experience I am getting. If I am working for 8 hours in a shitty cafe on a Sunday; what experience am I getting? It doesn't look good on my CV and to be honest my experience level is at alot higher than microwaved mushy peas, frozen chips and farmed deep fat fried fish.
I know I need a job, but everywhere good at the moment is looking for a full time chef not a part time.. so as much as I need the money I am going to have to wait. I don't want to work at this cafe at all. All the chefs there looked like moneys arses who didn't give a crap, and your reading the blog of a guy who did a few shifts at The Captains Club where the head chef is the sous chef in Burj al Arab in Dubai – regarded as being the only seven star hotel in the world! So its like, fuck off... I don't want to work in your shitty little cafe! I might need the money, but I would rather go without than work there.

Most people would work there just for the money, but to me experience beats money.

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