I just saw The Menu (very good) and the military regime-esque sycophantic "YES CHEF" chants repulsed me. Gordon Ramsay has made a career out of screaming insults at his workers. How much of this is true to life and what is the leftist view on it?

I worked as a dish-hand and started and quit in the same weekend. Unbelievably high pressure and aggression from your co-workers. Is the answer "if they're well paid and have adequate time off it's fine"? Can a high pressure environment work with politeness and tact? Is the grotesque heirachy inherent in these workplaces?

I haven't read much so I have no clue.

  • fifthedition [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Gordon Ramsay is all an act and actually he cares a great deal about cooking and the people who do it. It’s people like Alec Baldwin you have to look out for. He made a career out of abusing the little people and finally shot and killed one of them.

    • ssjmarx [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Watching Kitchen Nightmares UK you really get a good sense of this. He gives a lot of "Restaurant 101" advice over and over again, pretty much all of which is excised from the US version in order to make room for more yelling.

      • Shoegazer [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I prefer the US edition tbh because you get to see a bunch of entitled small business tyrants being bullied by some guy across the ocean