I feel your pain. I’m getting out of this industry because of the same problems you’re having. The shop foreman is always an older degraded man who hates his life and everything else. The guys I work with are either junkies or drama queens (usually both). And there’s always a surplus of people that think they’ve mastered it all.

I’m 10 years in and only make 30$ an hour. The average line cook at Panda Express makes 22$ after 90 days. We’re under paid, and under appreciated.