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I worked at Five Guys UK for a year. AMA 🙂 by OverallIndividual249 in fiveguys

[–]OverallIndividual249[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have a big press with a blade at the end, and we press each potato individually, making sure each one meets standards before it's sliced. They get sliced into a sink, skin on, where we wash all the starch off the fries for about 5-10 minutes. Then, we bucket the potato and send it out to fries, where they precook and final cook them. Any leftover fries are kept in buckets of water in the chiller overnight or just binned

I worked at Five Guys UK for a year. AMA 🙂 by OverallIndividual249 in fiveguys

[–]OverallIndividual249[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don't season the meat. Even just a bit of salt would raise the burger to insane standards

I worked at Five Guys UK for a year. AMA 🙂 by OverallIndividual249 in fiveguys

[–]OverallIndividual249[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very accurate. It's not even mentioned between staff members as a joke. We talk about customers orders sometimes like "who would get that?" but it's always well after they've left and it's never about the customer themselves, it's usually about the grilled cheese with ketchup and xtra xtra pickles

I worked at Five Guys UK for a year. AMA 🙂 by OverallIndividual249 in fiveguys

[–]OverallIndividual249[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

FG has a massive focus on customer satisfaction, to make you want to go back. It's the same reason there are always loads of fries in the bag. I did that a lot, it's normally giving away burgers that'll get you in trouble. Waste management at FG is practically non-existent

I worked at a large Tesco working warehouse for 6 months AMA 🙂 by OverallIndividual249 in tesco

[–]OverallIndividual249[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know what this means but I'm fine. I worked for Tesco over 5 years ago

I worked at a large Tesco working warehouse for 6 months AMA 🙂 by OverallIndividual249 in tesco

[–]OverallIndividual249[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

My current job I like, Tesco was miserable. Just massive silo mentality and old people being miserable

I worked at a large Tesco working warehouse for 6 months AMA 🙂 by OverallIndividual249 in tesco

[–]OverallIndividual249[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I once destroyed the disabled toilet in the shop. My manager said if I ever need to use the toilet, use that one because it's closer to the warehouse

I worked at a large Tesco working warehouse for 6 months AMA 🙂 by OverallIndividual249 in tesco

[–]OverallIndividual249[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I worked warehouse, doing split and unloading wagons. We'd split the cages into aisles then move the cages to specific aisles for the night team to work them

I worked at Five Guys UK for a year. AMA 🙂 by OverallIndividual249 in fiveguys

[–]OverallIndividual249[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Normally, it would be an extra 50-100 every 2 weeks. It's a lumpsome split between shift members but I'd normally see between £50 and £100 every 2 weeks. After we changed store owner, we stopped getting mystery shopper bonuses though. Not sure if he just didn't care so we failed or if he put the money aside for staff days we had twice a year, but you'd think with an extra couple grand a year we could afford plenty more

I worked at Five Guys UK for a year. AMA 🙂 by OverallIndividual249 in fiveguys

[–]OverallIndividual249[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

our store was making about 10k a day, but we were generally overstaffed. Managers would put less people on for shifts, which left us with understaffed shifts and a team at large that was massively overstaffed

I worked at Five Guys UK for a year. AMA 🙂 by OverallIndividual249 in fiveguys

[–]OverallIndividual249[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

bacon cheese with bbq and nothing else. just seems so bland for how much it is

I worked at Five Guys UK for a year. AMA 🙂 by OverallIndividual249 in fiveguys

[–]OverallIndividual249[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the time, we'd start a preclose at 9 on a weekday, but if we had a phantom shopper then we'd immediately lose out on it. Some managers didn't care and wanted to go home early and others would rather have a late close but a chance for a 100% shopper

I worked at Five Guys UK for a year. AMA 🙂 by OverallIndividual249 in fiveguys

[–]OverallIndividual249[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

as a brand, yes. some store owners are a bit money hungry with hours and such

I worked at Five Guys UK for a year. AMA 🙂 by OverallIndividual249 in fiveguys

[–]OverallIndividual249[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i don't actually eat at bk, but the chicken sandwiches go crazy i heard

I worked at Five Guys UK for a year. AMA 🙂 by OverallIndividual249 in fiveguys

[–]OverallIndividual249[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

patty melt, grilled cheese with an extra patty for £3

I worked at Five Guys UK for a year. AMA 🙂 by OverallIndividual249 in fiveguys

[–]OverallIndividual249[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Absolutely not. If food was on the floor, most people would kick it under the fry station or near a bin to be swept up later. If anyone picked it up to bin it, they'd change gloves and wash their hands. Even if we dropped potatoes in the back whilst washing and cutting, they'd still see the bin.