![]() My last day there was March 15th when Covid hit all the bars and restaurants and forced them to shut down. Managers are beyond caring, understanding, and as part of the opening staff, our training was actually quite challenging, which for me was very much a fun experience because I have been in the industry for 12 years now and at the time, I had been in the industry for 9 years and that’s still a good amount of time spent working in all different bar and restaurant environments and this place taught me things in the 2.5-3 months we were open for. This is, to me, the first one job that got away and any chance I get at all working there I would jump on it. I had been contacted about a couple of months before they opened by their director of operations at the time, the absolute sweetest, when I got there for the interview they were still finishing up their final touches on building the whole place. Unfortunately, I would not recommend anyone to work here.īarcelona wine bar is probably the best place that was short-lived for me personally. ![]() But had I not been fired for inquiring about my pay structure, I already had a foot out the door. The learning aspect was one of my favorite parts of working there. The wine and food knowledge I gained from my time at BWB has been incredibly useful in furthering my career in wine after being dismissed. Like I previously stated, the coworkers I had were amazing and I enjoyed coming to work. There was barely any work life balance, despite them preaching "people over profit", which was a direct quote from one of my (former) managers. During my time there, I had (at least) 10 different managers (GM, AGM, and Service Managers).īarcelona is an incredibly high volume restaurant and they will work you into the ground. The manager turnover I saw in 12 months at BWB was unlike anywhere I have worked in my 10 years in the industry. 3 months into my time there, my most competent and best general manager left and the woman they placed into the GM position just could not handle it. I loved coming to work and for the longest time, it felt like a family environment. The coworkers that I had in my year there could not have been better people. No one was able to answer my simple question of "What is the breakdown of my pay? How is this being calculated?" and when I pressed further, and 5 different managers and HR reps couldn't answer me, I was fired. I worked at BWB for a year and was fired because I questioned their tip pool and pay structure.
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