Employee Review
- 1.024 Feb 2023
Manipulative CEO, and I did not get paid
Content CreatorFormer Employee, less than 1 yearPros
Friendly coworkers, suffering together makes you feel a little closer to each other
Cons
The CEO was manipulative and made it sound like you did not do the work she wanted you to do it. She never paid my salary, and asked me to write letters to fire other candidates in her name. She also would complain about her employees to me, which made me believe she would do the exact same to others about me. During one on one's, she was very manipulative and made me feel like the work I was doing was so bad that it was not worth being paid for. Later I heard that she did the exact same to many others, as a way to not pay their salaries. I am looking into taking her to court with the labor association in California, since this is possible without any lawyer costs. I recommend everybody else who has not received their salary to do the same.
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Cons
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- 1.010 Jan 2023EditorFormer Employee, less than 1 yearLos Angeles, CA
Pros
Opportunity to grow my resume A LOT in a short amount of time. I have better emotional regulation, management of self, expectations, etc. for having worked here. You definitely develop a backbone if you stay a while. Self-starters will learn a range of new things here (at the cost of their sanity).
Cons
Layla has unrealistic standards that I played into prior to the age of quiet quitting simply because I was a fresh grad in the age of COVID and I didn't know any better. Quiet quitting wouldn't have worked here, though. Every day was something new, which was only exciting until I started getting squeezed; I've never worked harder than I have here. Layla's timesheets are incredibly counterproductive—you'll find yourself logging every five minutes of your day, ultimately pulling from your productivity—as you navigate a web of unique and novel tasks. I cried daily from the stresses and pressures I faced at Chef Koochooloo—and to my knowledge, I lasted one of the longest at 6+ months. I never faced troubles getting paid, but I watched plenty of coworkers fight for their checks. Eventually, I'd read one too many emails from sweetheart coworkers (or unpaid interns 🥺) fed up and leaving, I decided I had enough too.
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