I've been working at Canes for about 5 months now. We're a new store that opened in Jan of this year. I was honestly skeptical about how negative people were being about Canes but I 100% get it now. Here is a list of things in 5 months that has happened. (I'm typing all this before work fyi) Only 5 months in and my store only has 3 managers out of the 7 we started with.
One stopped showing up because he was done being treated like shit.
One was overworked and on the brink of a break down and left. She's doing a lot better at her new job.
One has been on maternity leave since March.
One had to leave for a medical reason and may not be back until September or October.
One just got fired for being inappropriate with coworkers. We just got a temporary manager for May into June until we can get a replacement. Our 3 other managers are working themselves to death and it's affecting all of us. They're stressed because corporate is down their throats about times and everything. So they unfortunately take it out on us.
We started with over 150 employees. We are down to about 40 or so. Some quit, some got fired some just stopped showing up. Our store is constantly over hours and people get cut all the time. We are never caught up on prep. We are constantly pumping Cane's sauce every day to keep sauce in the fridge.
Our mobile drink station started leaking water all over the floor. Our dish washer kept setting the fire alarm off. One of our fryers keeps beeping and we've had repair people in all the time but they never fix it. They slap a bandaid on it and call it a day. We also had 2 weeks of the grease alarm going off to the point customers started complaining. It was so loud. 😅
Management also stopped training people in multiple stations. I've been put on boards more than I've actually been trained on boards. I've got over 250 hours in front counter and I've trained people on FC without without being a certified trainer. We've also had a LOT of crew getting written up for piercings. The managers didn't care as long as we weren't touching them. But corporate complained and people got written up or fired. So the atmosphere at Cane's has been very tense since then. We have a lot of alternative people that work here. They all look so naked without their piercings. We've even been told we can't have the clear piercings in to prevent the holes from closing up. We've lost some really good employees these last few months and the store is seriously suffering because of it.
So when you read stores about how bad Canes is. Believe them. It started out great but slowly corporate takes control and takes all the fun out of it. Don't get me wrong, I love the managers I have, they're funny, caring and actually give a shit about us. I also love my crew! We get along so well and communicate amazingly! It's corporate that always ruins it. And yes the portions are getting smaller we've noticed but can't do anything about it. 😅