Vinod Kumar

Dear Chefs and mentors

I am in UK from last 15 years. But recently from 3 years work culture has become a nightmare for me and few senior team members who are working from last 5 to 15 years. After brexit and post pandamic company got chefs from India including HOD.. on low pay scale and getting them to work more them 40 hours contracts. Chefs who are on work permit they are flexible with any shifts and working more hours for free and available all time for HOD as they have no choice. Now the real problem is local chefs who are working from long and have worked through out the pandamic are cornered and criticised all the time for working as British style. Balancing of family and work life. 

Its becoming really hard for British chefs to work with these toxic  conditions. Some time an open comment passed to teams by HOD.. Leave if you cannot work.. Moto is very clear with micromangement that local people should leave as they are on local payroll which is higher then the chefs on work permit. My exe chef is very good in making issues and documenting them convincing HR team. As a second in a command I feel guilty as part of this and can't do much about it to protect the team and myself.  We have left with no choice to accept the working environment. Screening, shouting and targeting individuals, no apriciation for hard work, promotions without advertisements and knowing by any team members given only to favourites who are close to HOD, 

I want to escalate it in a manner where I can protect myself and local team members. I believe this is the situation all around the UK. 

Any guidance and support will be helpful how to deal with it. If I need to document something...? 

Where and how to escalate as HOD is very close to top bossed and taking full advantage of it. 

Happy to discuss if possible.

Looking forward for support and guidance. 

Best regards