Managers always seem to be pushing a strange, cult like adoration of revolution whilst in reality it's a poor place to work.
Most of the issues arise from the management bonus structure, where 50% of a bar's profit above target hors into their bonus pot, which means that there's heavy incentives for them to cut costs, as any spending is literally coming out of their pockets. As a result there is -
*Stupidly long closes, often 4 hours or more. This is not normal in the industry, it's purely from an unwillingness to have staff working.
*Any fall in revenue is met with a cut in staff hours. Meaning that say for example the main bar which used to have eight bartenders working on it only had four working on NYE, resulting in greater fall in revenues.
*Obsessive stock control. Management seem to hate buying stock with a passion, led to constant shortages. A Saturday wouldn't go buy without us running out of juice or a mainline spirit. One time they even ran out of the house vodka! Also any deficits in stock would lead to disciplinary action for the while team, such as banning us from the bar outside of our shifts. Didn't apply to management though.
* Cheating on payroll. I kept an excel spreadsheet keeping track of my shifts and several times I had to go to them about missing pay. Very shady for a company that pays minimum wage.
Other complaints
*General misogyny. They often hire girls purely because they're attractive, even if they're woefully unsuited for the role otherwise. Have also seen cvs thrown in the bin because a girl wasn't pretty enough.
*Rotas. I don't mind long hours, but the shift patterns are bizarre at revolution, you'll never do two shifts in a row. Also there are 'sunny' shifts where you don't know what shift you're until only a few hours beforehand. Also rotas often don't come out until Saturday (week beginning on Sunday) meaning it's impossible to make any sort of plan until last minute.
* No holiday pay.
* How complaints are handled. Well they're not handled at all, they're just ignored.
* Quality of life survey. Every 6 months there's a quality of life survey, asking about living conditions at rev. Good idea, but management often sit over people's shoulders when they do it, to make sure that they click 'strongly agree' to everything.
*Bizarre amounts of online training on a tedious website that you have to spend hours doing. It is neither informative or helpful, just slow.
* Gimmick cocktails. Blended drinks in a bag?
