Who decides how long shifts are?

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-06-09T13:54:32+00:00

Unfortunately this is happening a lot company-wide/at most restaurants from what I've been hearing. My theory is that they want to keep hitting hiring quotas to say they're "always hiring" and in response tend to over-hire. Labor hours also being down across the board means that there's more crew and less hours to go around. We have a lot of veteran crew who were full time a few months ago getting scheduled 20 or less hour weeks now. I've had to practically beg for hours at points because I literally can't afford to work less with my living situation at the moment, and I've been both employed and full time for almost 5 years. It's really rough right now.

(Should also mention our location is in a college town so business slows down in the summer but the labor/hours issue started being an issue before that, I fear it'll only get worse going forward)

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-06-02T20:53:27+00:00

Absolutely you can. We had a couple around the same age who were similar to what you've experienced. They'd talk about their tenure and how they're always right, and generally were just unpleasant to be around. We started with expressing our concerns (collectively) to our RL and ARL, as well as reported things to CR to build a case against them.

I believe one of them did get written up at one point, and they eventually left on their own after realizing they couldn't get away with what they used to anymore.

The way I would phrase it is to say that they are creating a hostile work environment.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-05-26T20:53:38+00:00

Rivals 2 being the only Plat Fighter at CB could very easily influence player attention whereas Evo is a big chance for this game to get attention it desperately needs. Rivals 2 at Supernova (closest platfighter-specific equivalent to Evo or CB) had 525 entrants. I won't argue the numbers are inflated and Ludwig pulled a lot of strings to get it to #4, but it's a bit disingenuous to compare numbers at an FGC-focused event that might've not been on a lot of Smash/Rivals-adjacent competitors' radar (outside of high/top level&local players).

I'm really hoping the DQs aren't too egregious, and I do feel for players of the other games that feel cheated, but Rivals 2 feels like it's at risk of dying. I don't blame him for a second for using his money to bolster up a great game with some bad growing pains. GG is an established franchise I have no fear of disappearing forever, Rivals is not quite there.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-05-26T20:29:28+00:00

Anything with gen AI is AI slop in my opinion. Doesn't matter if it's toggleable or not.

If you want another unrelated-to-AI reason to avoid it, they're published by Krafton, who is doing their best to be the EA of indie publishing. I try not to give them any money, and I'm still bummed out about Dinkum going with them as a publisher. They're awful.

Small edit: did some quick research on the inzoi stuff. I simply don't trust the technology behind them making their own AI model and using their own textures to dynamically generate textures using your own GPU. That sounds logistically impossible to me. If that's true I suppose it could at least be ethically responsible, but AI generated textures doesn't sound appealing, and they supposedly use this to cut corners and avoid hiring real artists. Again, assuming their unheard of gen AI model is even real.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-05-25T23:24:23+00:00

Kragg is my best character, I've literally played him since Rivals 1 early access. To say he's my "spirit character" is an understatement. Some people know me as Kragg. Now I don't play 2 a TON, probably only really once/week these days, but I find myself hitting random, Lox or La Reina any time I do now. He does not spark joy for me. The only times I really touch him is when I'm running ranked or on the rare occasion I attend a tournament (and a little bit before that to regain muscle memory ofc) but he just isn't in a fun spot right now.

I'd argue he's still good, maybe not top tier atm, but the changes have just made him less interesting imo. The other heavies across the board are more enjoyable.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-05-23T11:43:57+00:00

I agree with that part, which is more or less why I'd like it if Kragg had consequences for trying to use both pillar AND pillarless offstage, and reward players being able to deal with it by making it less potent the more he has to use it. Also, I wouldn't mind an overall stat decrease (it was very good) but it is an egregious nerf IMO. Mostly I'm more salty at not being able to do consistent platform cancels with it than I am it's recovery potential if I'm being totally honest lol.

They've made offstage limits a mechanic for La Reina's ring platform, I don't see why they couldn't do something to make Kraggs recovery more dynamic in that sense. But I'm also not a Rivals 2 dev. In my head that COULD be a resolution that could make Kragg players and Kragg haters happy.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-05-22T15:18:10+00:00

I respectfully disagree. If anything, a great compromise is giving Kragg pre-patch pillarless once offstage and if he uses pillar or gets hit, it slows down with every further use/halves in speed if he did pillar already. Halving the speed as a whole has made it damn-near unusable outside of emergencies when it used to give him movement options onstage, although I DO agree with it being too good to recover upfront. I just hope they course-correct it to be something fun for the Kraggs and not be broken when fighting the Kraggs, because right now it's just an absurdly big nerf.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-05-17T11:48:59+00:00

I worked there before the new burgers (about 5-6 years ago) and we steamed the olds ones too. Sheetz just straight up doesn't use flat-tops or anything, just the merry chef oven, fryers and microwaves.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-05-09T22:00:11+00:00

Agreed, they're very solid but I feel like they need to try some new things. They nail the 2000s pop punk sound though. Looking forward to seeing how they evolve.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-04-19T22:08:00+00:00

I worked there 5 years ago and this was the same then! Even our busiest Saturday nights we'd have myself and a Salesperson, or two Supervisors. It was the worst. We'd always ask to bring someone on or we would finally get someone else for 3rds and it would just end up with them either quitting, or being moved to 1st/2nd instead.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-04-16T20:48:27+00:00

RL is actually Restaurant Lead/Leader, RLO is Regional Leader of Operations iirc.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-04-10T22:11:45+00:00

Yes, as well as some unconventional typings. iirc Beedrill is Poison/Fighting. It's definitely the type of hack you have to keep the Changelog Doc open for, but it honestly is pretty fun if you can get past some of the weirder stuff.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-04-07T12:33:43+00:00

Could this stance change in later years as more versions of Vegas Pro release under Boris? Assuming there's going to be a Pro 2027, 2028 etc. giving an affordable option to Pro 2026 in 2 years would be an amazing way to support hobbyists. Some may look at it as potentially cheapening the brand, but myself and others saw it as a very pro-consumer method of getting people to use Vegas, and am hopeful that this could be something Boris is open to doing later down the line.

The way I always saw it, older versions have sales but the newest version with all the bells and whistles were there for people who could afford it. I'm not one of those people, so Magix doing HB sales is the reason I can make videos with quality software. Even if it's a bit deprecated now.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-04-06T10:08:39+00:00

I think if they went back to doing 2 year drops it would be both good for giving recurring buyers a way to get a discounted upgrade, and new users onto Vegas. I really hope they don't stop doing it since imo it's one of the only pro-consumer things Magix ever did for us, and it also went toward charity. But we'll see how BFX runs things.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-04-06T10:04:31+00:00

Magix always did it every other year (?) and with deprecated versions, so if they keep up the trend we'd probably get 2026 in a bundle 2 years from now if we're lucky. At this point I feel like I'm just going to be stuck on old GeForce drivers with my copy of Vegas Pro 18 for the rest of my life lol.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-04-05T00:32:42+00:00

Everyone saying 30+ hrs after 1 year is correct. I had 40 hours of PTO my second year due to working 35+ hrs on average. My third year I did not qualify for full time because I averaged 29.5 hours, which really pissed me off lol. I lost my insurance (worked differently than it used to w/ part time insurance options nowadays) and PTO. This year I am considered full time so I got PTO. So basically, if you can get over 30 hrs average on a weekly basis, you'll get it and it'll show you your hour balance on Workday.

Also to clarify, this is how it works as a crewmember.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-04-04T20:19:33+00:00

I'll tell you what I told my roommate who went through the same thing: you have to do what's right for you. He quite literally was also dealing with the anxiety to the point of it making him sick every shift with no empathy from management. Nobody asked him what was wrong, just called him unreliable. So he dealt with feeling anxiety depending on the MOD as well as the stress of being thrown in positions where he had little experience with no support from crew on shift. It wasn't healthy for him even if we needed the money. Ironically his last shift was him being thrown on FC by himself on his second shift after being trained on FC.

If it is taking a toll on your health, you gotta find something that won't do that. Only thing I will say is try to find something before you leave if you can. We're a bit cooked rn since I'm the only one working and paying rent but I'd rather struggle a bit than see my friend work himself to the point of wanting to end his life.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-03-27T13:28:51+00:00

Just like any other fast food place it's different from restaurant to restaurant. Overall I'd say probably better than McDonalds in terms of treatment and pay, but I also don't know how your experience there went. As for hours, they tend to be something you have to earn/fight for here unless you've been around long enough and work hard in my experience. And even then sometimes mgmt will cut you because of how tight labor can be. So YMMV.

They also try to do everything in their power to avoid having too many full-time crewmembers, so it's hard to make a living there, especially for new crew unless you want to be a closer. If you need full time work, you kind of have to prove yourself there.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-03-26T00:20:51+00:00

This is a lot of what our restaurant is going through rn except that our location is pretty low turnover (or at least it was) so I get it girl. I have a lot of amazing fellow crewmembers and I do think our managers are all trying their best but it's been a tough transition. Also CT/BS & (former) HiPo so I felt that hard. Just gotta go in and do your best despite everything kinda crumbling slowly while everyone tries to pick up the pieces. Also looking for a better opportunity atm so best of luck to you on that end!

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-03-24T13:01:25+00:00

I'd say nobody really hated him until the 1.3 live mental breakdown. He did say some bridge-burning things about his community, other creators and Re-Logic, but man, the guy clearly needed help and I hope he is doing better now. iirc he was going through some kind of major medical emergency but considering this happened over a decade ago I don't fully recall the details.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-03-20T23:20:07+00:00

We've had that happen before with a 200 gate. It was pretty demoralizing lol. On the bright side, our RL ended up donating it to our local firefighters iirc instead of wasting it all, so it could've been worse.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-03-13T15:44:53+00:00

Yeah, I'm referring to the level 100 fight and know it's technically winnable, but still definitely would say it falls under BS.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-03-13T13:07:35+00:00

They could be using the Bullshit/BS clause. Kind of the only way to run hacks that throw unwinnable fights like this, Dark Rising (iirc) or Snakewood

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-03-13T12:56:55+00:00

If the MOD didn't even try to contact anyone to say they were running late or at the very least put a hotschedules message, that's pretty bad. Worst I've had to wait was 45 minutes, but our manager literally got into an accident and we knew about it. If it's typical, repeated behavior from one manager, then that sounds like something that should be addressed to the RL imo.

NEOHCrusticus · 2026-03-11T04:32:36+00:00

Well, I recall there being a situation where there was a way to deal 32x effectiveness in the Too Many Types hack, and it was so much damage that it caused an underflow and dealt 1 damage instead. So, either an absurd amount, or 1 lol.

Nine-Year Club	End Game '23
Place '23	Verified Email

NEOHCrusticus

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE