Thursday, October 16, 2008
Ethics in real life at work
I've been working as a server at restaurants for about 4 years now. I have noticed that there is a great deal of favoritism in this type of work, coming to the schedules, who gets what section, etc. Granted, before i started working in the restaurant industry, I did have other jobs where favoritism was noticeable if looked at, but not just plain obvious as it is in the restaurant industry, does favoritism take place in all industries of the market? Is there anything we can do to make it stop? On top of that, my current employer(I won't say where, haha) does things and takes actions that are extremely unprofessional, and in my opinion very unethical. Examples are managers talking to staff about how they wish they could "fire his ass" or not scheduling someone for a whole week based on hearsay, causing them to lose hundreds of dollars that could have been made(especially in myrtle beach in the middle of summer). The East Coast VP-who was recently promoted to this title-lacks people skills completely, how does someone get a job with that title when they lack the skill thats the most essential to success in the service industry? Makes you wonder whats going on behind the scenes and what, if anything, can be done to change this type of behavior.
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I have also worked in the restaurant business but I did not feel the same type of favoritism as you have. All of the managers were pretty fair in making the schedules and were very considerate of all their employees. They had a system of what section you would get depending on what time you had to come in and then you would also get cut accordingly. However, I can easily see how favoritism can play a huge role in the restaurant business. If you aren’t scheduled to work on the weekends and don’t get good sections, it will affect the amount of money you make.
I have worked in restaurants as well. There is defiantly favoritism shown, but sometimes the managers don't realize they are doing it. I have been on both sides of the issue. Its awesome to come in to work and realize you keep getting the better sections, but know how it feels to see other people in that situation when everyone else keeps getting the bad sections. There is favoritism in other businesses as well, such as retail. I worked at Abercrombie back in the day, and they would put the better looking boys and girls out front of the store to try and attract customers, and keep the ones that don't have the cutest figures or arn't as attractive in the back of the store or doing inventory in the back. Favoritism seems to be shown no matter where you go or work for.
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