I worked 80 hours a week, 7 days straight for 6 weeks without any days off or break time. Am I obligated to overtime? What can/should I do?
Nope.
You accepted the salary. Now you have to deal with it.
I think Denny’s pays their cooks by the hour.
i receive an offert to be the chef of one of the top restaurant in calgary…they offer me 50 000$ a year plus 10 000$ tips net and 7 000$ moving companssation….is this enought for 5 days a week at 12 hrs a day……or should I refuse
no seriously people are making 16 $ an hrs a tim horton…u joke i sleep trought calgary 5 years ago…did’nt look like that
Calgary, no. You will not be able to afford good housing unless your wife makes the same or better. Calgary is out of control. If you are a great chef and in fact it is a top restaurant, you should be demanding min $75-80.000, and $10.000 in moving expenses. They can’t even keep Timmies cashiers at 16 bucks and hour…
I have no idea, but you can find salary comparison tools on Monster and on paywizard.org. I’m using them right now to put together my case for a payrise 
What is the average cost of living for a batchelor in Banglore and for a couple ? Please help me decide ….how much I can save per month with a take home salary of 23000 rs?
Not much. Maybe 3000 rs.
I like both of them equally so which career would you recommend me to apply a course in university?
it actually depends on how good you are at it.both are good enough to even get you into a millionaire- if you are that good!!
you should do what really really like.i know its hard to choose.you can be both if really want it but thats double work!!!
i have the same problem too…..i dont know if i should be a fashion designer,author or an athlete.
a chef and a fashion designer are almost the same.it depends on how good you are and where you work.
GOOD LUCK:)
my boyfriend has culinary training, and currently works for a hotel as the food and bev supervisor. he is thinking about taking a job as the seux chef at the hotel, if the pay is right. does anyone know what a seux chef gets paid on average? thanks!
~Jane
sorry, the spell check didn’t say anything about the spelling… and he is already creating menus and making them happen.
basically, i need to know if it would at least equal a $16/hr job
Sous chef (note the spelling! literally "under chief.") would be a step up from his current position, and is the next step to executive chef. This assumes his ambition is in actually running a kitchen and creating the menus.
Pay varies wildly depending on city, type of restaurant/hotel and location of same.
Myself, if I were to "go pro,", a sous chef position would be something special.
EDIT: I wouldn’t accept $16/hr. Assuming an 8 hour day (HA!) I’d want a minimum of $18, but would be looking for a guarantee of bumps to $19 then $20 at 3-4 month intervals with a renegotiation after a year. Plus benefits; sick time, vacation and health care. Profit sharing and a 401(k) would be nice, but aren’t a deal breaker.
All this is assuming that we’re talking about a "good" restaurant.
Go to salary.com. It’s genearlly overpriced by about 10% (because it uses information reported by people who tend to overstate what they make) but gives you a good idea. Average base salary for Executive Chef in Boston is about $80,000.
For a year.
As of like September 2004, when you first start off its lke $57,524.
as a verbal agreement, i’m allowed to have 2 days off every week. but then he changes the schedule and demands all the chefs to work 7 days straight because he just fired 2 chefs. is this legal?
There is more than one issue involved here. Yes your employer can change your schedule without notification.
No you do not have to work seven days a week there are laws that govern not only minimum wages and overtime pay, but regulate days off.
I do not have all that information at my finger tips, but the fact that you are salaried does not exempt your employer from following wage and hour laws, in all but a few exempt industries you must receive at least the minimum wage and receive time and a half for overtime. If you are salaried you employer can pay you more that what you would receive under those laws but not less.
how much a hour should you be makeing ?
it depends on where you live, what type of restaurant you are working for. how much experience you have. those are all big factors. a good salary would be $50,000 a year for someone in a smaller market. that’s probably a little low if you are in new york or los angeles or miami though.