Comments on: is it normal for chefs to not get scheduled 1 hour breaks? http://www.chefinthecity.biz/chefs-jobs/is-it-normal-for-chefs-to-not-get-scheduled-1-hour-breaks Info On Chef Employment And Chef Schools Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:45:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ChefdePartie http://www.chefinthecity.biz/chefs-jobs/is-it-normal-for-chefs-to-not-get-scheduled-1-hour-breaks/comment-page-1#comment-165 ChefdePartie Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:05:59 +0000 http://www.chefinthecity.biz/chefs-jobs/is-it-normal-for-chefs-to-not-get-scheduled-1-hour-breaks#comment-165 Yup, I've worked in several kitchens over the past few months. Most big name restaurants will probably demand their employees to take breaks to avoid lawsuits... But most restaurants, good ones even, don't really have scheduled breaks for everyone. A lot of times, it would be up to each cook or chef to just find time to have a small bite here and there and/or have a cigarette break. It all depends on how busy it is and how much we have to do. Maybe for someone who's worked in a normal 9-5 job or the like, would see this as inhuman, but for people who work in a kitchen, its normal. In my experience, getting a 35 minute break makes me lose my momentum in working. It also makes me sleepy. So I'd rather keep going and get short breaks instead.<br><b>References : </b><br> Yup, I’ve worked in several kitchens over the past few months. Most big name restaurants will probably demand their employees to take breaks to avoid lawsuits… But most restaurants, good ones even, don’t really have scheduled breaks for everyone. A lot of times, it would be up to each cook or chef to just find time to have a small bite here and there and/or have a cigarette break. It all depends on how busy it is and how much we have to do. Maybe for someone who’s worked in a normal 9-5 job or the like, would see this as inhuman, but for people who work in a kitchen, its normal.

In my experience, getting a 35 minute break makes me lose my momentum in working. It also makes me sleepy. So I’d rather keep going and get short breaks instead.
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]]> By: jethro_derwood http://www.chefinthecity.biz/chefs-jobs/is-it-normal-for-chefs-to-not-get-scheduled-1-hour-breaks/comment-page-1#comment-164 jethro_derwood Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:27:59 +0000 http://www.chefinthecity.biz/chefs-jobs/is-it-normal-for-chefs-to-not-get-scheduled-1-hour-breaks#comment-164 Depending on which restaurant that sounds about normal. Most people already know about the hustling in the food service industry. Slow periods & preparation time is something like a break, but when there's food to cook, the chef must work.<br><b>References : </b><br> Depending on which restaurant that sounds about normal. Most people already know about the hustling in the food service industry. Slow periods & preparation time is something like a break, but when there’s food to cook, the chef must work.
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