Yeah, what happened to the article that was the reason those folks couldn’t explain themselves? Was the issue not worth publishing?
And I didn’t know they had completely shut down. Did all the employees quit? And again why? It’d be nice to hear more than just the vague “unsafe and unsanitary conditions.” Can those Redditors who were a part of the walkout speak or are they still waiting on this article to be published?
In the previous Clocked post, u/fire_and_lice claimed to be one of the workers who walked out and said:
>a paper contacted us shortly after it happened! im reluctant to answer questions until they post their story. if they leave out important details someone will probably post on here.
And then later….
>we shouldnt talk about it until the article is published [..] if the article doesnt cover it all, we will release more details but we are trying to be professional about this.
The rest of the post has more comments referring to an impending news article.
Is this just bullshit?
At the time of the last post, the group had not given on-the-record interviews to anyone, but some of us had been contacted by several outlets about the possibility of running a story.
Since then, our situation has changed, and we've decided to wait on the interviews for the time being.
We want to put our story out there, and will do so as soon as we can.
Could there be a possibility our goals are shifted and blasting things over the internet is not in our best interests currently? It’s been a week. We are talking about people’s lively hoods, please remember that instead of treating it as gossip of the moment.
If you were a former employee, you have been replaced and Clocked is still operating in the same capacity it was before the walkout. Whatever reasoning you all have for the walkout has essentially become moot and at this point and the only way to change the way Clocked operates is by coming forward with whatever grievances you all had. As other posters have stated, you and your coworkers have evaporated the good will of the public by being either cryptic or silent on the matter. Make a throwaway and explain the details or stop implying that the eating at Clocked is unsafe. This kind of childishness detracts from real issues like the unionization at Creature Comforts.
Employees of Creature Comforts organized in a private and legally protected fashion to retain their jobs, employees at Clocked were replaced almost immediately with no explanation for the walkout. Either your fellow employees screwed you by jumping the gun with rumors of a unsanitary/unsafe workplace or the complaints weren’t severe enough for action from the owner or coverage by Flagpole and TheRed&Black. At this point, while I am adamant that worker’s rights are important, this situation reeks of bullshit, entitlement, or a misinformed workforce.
So what were all the comments on the first post from multiple people who claimed to be the employees who walked out saying that media was immediately on the scene & they didn’t want to say more until the article came out?
I think the lack of meaningful explanation in a timely fashion loses you public good will pretty quickly. A push for better pay and working conditions in service jobs is getting a lot of good press at the moment (and some bad), but a mass walkout with little explanation except a couple random redditors dropping weird clues doesn't do anyone any favors IMO. The whole thing is weird. Unless there's police investigations ongoing for garnishing wages or sexual harassment or something, which I suppose would warrant some patience until an investigation can complete.
I second this. The longer you wait, the less likely any news outlets will see it as newsworthy. Were they just not that interested after hearing what happened?
Then please detail the unsanitary conditions. If its a health hazard for the public, being cryptic and indirect like this helps nobody and is a tacit acceptance that people may be getting served contaminated food
Well hang on you freaks. My God, I read it on the other REDDIT Clocked page. Why is everyone freaking out? I did read a staff member said they walked out due to unsanitary conditions and the boss reaching his hand into the tip jar and saying he has to pay himself first.
Reading comments on reddit without verification and then disseminating those comments as truth is irresponsible especially when you claim to knowledge about the situation.
Edit: Removed sentence about user being employed at Clocked, misread their statement. Rest of the post still stands though
from the previous thread which everyone decided not to follow up on? i want to know the specifics. to be clear i do not doubt them and i am on their side. but i also want to know the specific reasoning behind all this. like why did it explode like a huge deal and now nothing. no REAL explanation or follow up. if it’s important, we should know. if it’s not important, we’ll then we’ll all forget about it and the new staff will figure it out in a year or two.
I want to be clear that none of us were actively trying to explode this into a huge thing. People reposted it all over Instagram and then Reddit. We had a bunch of people asking questions before we eve be realized half the town knew we walked out.
just want to confirm that there was this giant thing a couple days ago. and now complete silence. while clocked seemingly goes about business as usual with an all new staff to a packed house. this all seems very odd. i'd love an official explanation and not a "from what i've gathered" kinda thing. unless all the walkout staff are just moving on to other jobs. if something needs to be said, say it.
From what I can tell, the restaurant lost a little over half the staff. The restaurant also started closing earlier, but they are still open. This is not the first time Dave has had serious issues with employees who are just trying to do a good job. He hides towels, under stocks gloves and cleaning supplies, and micromanages like crazy. This restaurant has run this way for 20 years, only getting good when the owner looses interest for a few months at a time. It will continue to run this way unless enough people are willing to stay and organize or it goes out of business.
I can't even. So many Athens restaurant owners allow terrible work environments and/or break the law (wage theft mostly, but also harassment/hostile work environment sometimes). I think Marti's at Midday is nice and I know someone who likes working there.
yeah, it really seems like Athens restaurant owners decided collectively to exploit whats with that? Ahh, I'll never be out and about at midday but i've heard its amazing
Sad to hear. I worked in DT Athens while attending UGA and would frequently trade shift meals with folks at Clocked. Good people, though I’m sure the people I interacted with are no longer there
The ownership changed very unexpectedly right before the new year, two weeks elapsed and the whole management team got their first paycheck and everyone had been moved from salaried to hourly retroactive to the acquisition date, without being informed. This effectively fired a woman who had worked there for more than 15 years, and chefs with similar experience (15+ years at the restaurant) walked out. That was effectively the entire kitchen and management team. Some front of house and prep guys stayed on to see how things developed, but things went poorly. New chef had an altercation with dishwasher on the first day they were supposed to reopen, a gun was threatened/ implied by him, and the following staff meeting about it was chaos with most remaining staff leaving.
New owner hired as many people as they could as fast as possible and are back at it. It’s a bummer because it’s always has low turnover and very skilled employees. When I started there years ago almost every person was a career server and 30+, bar experience, etc. Happy to provide more details if you’d like.
Ho. Lee. Shit. What you said is accurate and yet still an understatement. I know the story too, Creature might be taking full drama points right now but you can’t make up the Porterhouse drama. PS last I heard they’ve tried to be back at it but haven’t quite made it to opening due to the shitshow of bad hiring decisions.
That’s been one of the most consistent restaurants in dt athens for food and service for many years. Who did Andy Uriel sell out to and did the Chef leave as well?
Andy and Keith sold it to Anil Sodadasi. Anil is a computer programmer for Kaiser and owns a liquor store and hookah bar is Hoschton. He plans to franchise porterhouse. And yes, Mikel (head chef) as well as the entire kitchen staff (sous, sauté, most prep workers) are no longer there. As of Tuesday this week there was a new listing hiring for a head chef who “has five years experience cooking fine dining steaks” per the listing. So I don’t believe they have a fully staffed kitchen as of yet. For now my understanding was they have one person there regularly and are “rotating through” (wasn’t clear on what that meant) other kitchen help until it’s fully staffed again.
Mikel is at Slater’s steakhouse in five points last I heard.
Definitely.
Jerry and Krista have done a great job with the Ex-Pat, The Lark and now Slaters. I know they have a couple of new places around Chase they are developing and looking forward to checking them out.
I’m curious (nosy lol) too. I’m definitely also on their side, because you don’t end up with that much staff walking out if something isn’t seriously wrong, but I’m worried that if they don’t talk to the paper or explain their reasoning elsewhere soon nothing will come of it and it will be business as usual for Clocked:/
Can you be more specific because at this point it seems like either people are lying on reddit for Karma or the striking workers are being disingenuous with their reasoning for walking off. Explain the situation, if you’re being truthful there is no reason to expect repercussions.
If these workers are actually alleging that the restaurant is contaminated with things like rat shit, not saying anything and being cryptic about it is passive participation in serving possibly contaminated food.
Idk, I tend to side with employees over an employer 99.99% of the time. I've worked at places that are super cliquey and never has an employee being fired led to a walk out. Idk what happened, but it seems like the owner isn't doing a great job...
Bunch of kids who don’t actually need jobs didn’t want to work under “uncomfortable” conditions bc it made them feel like they didn’t have 100% control over the situation.
It’s a deep fryer and flat top grill restaurant. I want my cooks doing cocaine in the walk and smoking cigs on the line.
The service has always sucked and the food has always been average. The milkshakes will make you shit yourself and the sauces are questionable.
A bunch of freshmen got tired of having to be somewhere for someone they didn’t respect and likely didn’t respect them bc they hadn’t earned it.
Fuck working at clocked but this walk out reeks of virtue signaling and soft hands.
Edit: Walk-In*
Motivation and management are what make or break the service experience. I promise you that if Dave made an environment where employees loved to come to work, you'd notice that in the quality of service. When people don't enjoy their work it's 100% a management issue. On a rare exception, it's a fault in the individual hire, but even then, that's management's fault for not replacing them.
> I’m also just nosy same, same.
was there ever a full explanation on the walkout or the news article that was supposed to come out?
Yeah, what happened to the article that was the reason those folks couldn’t explain themselves? Was the issue not worth publishing? And I didn’t know they had completely shut down. Did all the employees quit? And again why? It’d be nice to hear more than just the vague “unsafe and unsanitary conditions.” Can those Redditors who were a part of the walkout speak or are they still waiting on this article to be published?
We still haven’t talked to any of the papers.
In the previous Clocked post, u/fire_and_lice claimed to be one of the workers who walked out and said: >a paper contacted us shortly after it happened! im reluctant to answer questions until they post their story. if they leave out important details someone will probably post on here. And then later…. >we shouldnt talk about it until the article is published [..] if the article doesnt cover it all, we will release more details but we are trying to be professional about this. The rest of the post has more comments referring to an impending news article. Is this just bullshit?
At the time of the last post, the group had not given on-the-record interviews to anyone, but some of us had been contacted by several outlets about the possibility of running a story. Since then, our situation has changed, and we've decided to wait on the interviews for the time being. We want to put our story out there, and will do so as soon as we can.
Unless people from the other post were bullshitting, this is not true
Could there be a possibility our goals are shifted and blasting things over the internet is not in our best interests currently? It’s been a week. We are talking about people’s lively hoods, please remember that instead of treating it as gossip of the moment.
If you were a former employee, you have been replaced and Clocked is still operating in the same capacity it was before the walkout. Whatever reasoning you all have for the walkout has essentially become moot and at this point and the only way to change the way Clocked operates is by coming forward with whatever grievances you all had. As other posters have stated, you and your coworkers have evaporated the good will of the public by being either cryptic or silent on the matter. Make a throwaway and explain the details or stop implying that the eating at Clocked is unsafe. This kind of childishness detracts from real issues like the unionization at Creature Comforts.
how long did creature take to organize before going public? can you afford us the same timeframe and read tmz in the meantime?
Employees of Creature Comforts organized in a private and legally protected fashion to retain their jobs, employees at Clocked were replaced almost immediately with no explanation for the walkout. Either your fellow employees screwed you by jumping the gun with rumors of a unsanitary/unsafe workplace or the complaints weren’t severe enough for action from the owner or coverage by Flagpole and TheRed&Black. At this point, while I am adamant that worker’s rights are important, this situation reeks of bullshit, entitlement, or a misinformed workforce.
So what were all the comments on the first post from multiple people who claimed to be the employees who walked out saying that media was immediately on the scene & they didn’t want to say more until the article came out?
I think the lack of meaningful explanation in a timely fashion loses you public good will pretty quickly. A push for better pay and working conditions in service jobs is getting a lot of good press at the moment (and some bad), but a mass walkout with little explanation except a couple random redditors dropping weird clues doesn't do anyone any favors IMO. The whole thing is weird. Unless there's police investigations ongoing for garnishing wages or sexual harassment or something, which I suppose would warrant some patience until an investigation can complete.
I second this. The longer you wait, the less likely any news outlets will see it as newsworthy. Were they just not that interested after hearing what happened?
hater
I read it was due to unsanitary conditions.
i am assuming you read someone posting a random assumption. i do not doubt that assumption. but nobody has "officially" said anything
Incorrect. It was a staff member.
Then please detail the unsanitary conditions. If its a health hazard for the public, being cryptic and indirect like this helps nobody and is a tacit acceptance that people may be getting served contaminated food
Well hang on you freaks. My God, I read it on the other REDDIT Clocked page. Why is everyone freaking out? I did read a staff member said they walked out due to unsanitary conditions and the boss reaching his hand into the tip jar and saying he has to pay himself first.
Reading comments on reddit without verification and then disseminating those comments as truth is irresponsible especially when you claim to knowledge about the situation. Edit: Removed sentence about user being employed at Clocked, misread their statement. Rest of the post still stands though
I did not!!!
I apologize, I was incorrect. Which current/former staff member specifically gave you that information though?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Athens/comments/10jr1eq/clocked/j5m987m/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3
from the previous thread which everyone decided not to follow up on? i want to know the specifics. to be clear i do not doubt them and i am on their side. but i also want to know the specific reasoning behind all this. like why did it explode like a huge deal and now nothing. no REAL explanation or follow up. if it’s important, we should know. if it’s not important, we’ll then we’ll all forget about it and the new staff will figure it out in a year or two.
I want to be clear that none of us were actively trying to explode this into a huge thing. People reposted it all over Instagram and then Reddit. We had a bunch of people asking questions before we eve be realized half the town knew we walked out.
So you didn’t read it? You’re just lying then.
Incorrect. It was a staff member.
Which staff member, and what are the specific unsanitary conditions at Clocked that have been corroborated by other staff members
It was a joke. I was parroting the stupid, unhelpful comment above.
in this clocked thread we have gotten more info on porterhouse but zero updated info on clocked.
just want to confirm that there was this giant thing a couple days ago. and now complete silence. while clocked seemingly goes about business as usual with an all new staff to a packed house. this all seems very odd. i'd love an official explanation and not a "from what i've gathered" kinda thing. unless all the walkout staff are just moving on to other jobs. if something needs to be said, say it.
Walked by about an hour ago and the place was PACKED.
Fuck... That sucks
From what I can tell, the restaurant lost a little over half the staff. The restaurant also started closing earlier, but they are still open. This is not the first time Dave has had serious issues with employees who are just trying to do a good job. He hides towels, under stocks gloves and cleaning supplies, and micromanages like crazy. This restaurant has run this way for 20 years, only getting good when the owner looses interest for a few months at a time. It will continue to run this way unless enough people are willing to stay and organize or it goes out of business.
God fuck that, nothing worse than working when you’re not even given the proper supplies to do your job
What are some non creepy restaurants for American food to try out instead?
I can't even. So many Athens restaurant owners allow terrible work environments and/or break the law (wage theft mostly, but also harassment/hostile work environment sometimes). I think Marti's at Midday is nice and I know someone who likes working there.
yeah, it really seems like Athens restaurant owners decided collectively to exploit whats with that? Ahh, I'll never be out and about at midday but i've heard its amazing
Yeah, it's open. Training a bunch of new staff😮💨
Sad to hear. I worked in DT Athens while attending UGA and would frequently trade shift meals with folks at Clocked. Good people, though I’m sure the people I interacted with are no longer there
I walked by there the night after everyone walked out and they were still open. Crazy
I went and ate today and it was the best and fastest service we’ve ever gotten there
What about porthouse grill! I heard they had a similar walkout
The ownership changed very unexpectedly right before the new year, two weeks elapsed and the whole management team got their first paycheck and everyone had been moved from salaried to hourly retroactive to the acquisition date, without being informed. This effectively fired a woman who had worked there for more than 15 years, and chefs with similar experience (15+ years at the restaurant) walked out. That was effectively the entire kitchen and management team. Some front of house and prep guys stayed on to see how things developed, but things went poorly. New chef had an altercation with dishwasher on the first day they were supposed to reopen, a gun was threatened/ implied by him, and the following staff meeting about it was chaos with most remaining staff leaving. New owner hired as many people as they could as fast as possible and are back at it. It’s a bummer because it’s always has low turnover and very skilled employees. When I started there years ago almost every person was a career server and 30+, bar experience, etc. Happy to provide more details if you’d like.
Ho. Lee. Shit. What you said is accurate and yet still an understatement. I know the story too, Creature might be taking full drama points right now but you can’t make up the Porterhouse drama. PS last I heard they’ve tried to be back at it but haven’t quite made it to opening due to the shitshow of bad hiring decisions.
For real! Where was this story in Flagpole?
IDK but I guess we know who we should be tipping off tomorrow…
Flagpole doesn’t hold its restaurant buddies and advertisers’ feet to the fire, only politicians’ and UGA
Wow. Considering the state of the service industry now you would think the new owners would do anything they could to keep the talent they had there.
Holy shit. Hate to hear that. Worked next door to so much of that crew for so many years.
That’s been one of the most consistent restaurants in dt athens for food and service for many years. Who did Andy Uriel sell out to and did the Chef leave as well?
Andy and Keith sold it to Anil Sodadasi. Anil is a computer programmer for Kaiser and owns a liquor store and hookah bar is Hoschton. He plans to franchise porterhouse. And yes, Mikel (head chef) as well as the entire kitchen staff (sous, sauté, most prep workers) are no longer there. As of Tuesday this week there was a new listing hiring for a head chef who “has five years experience cooking fine dining steaks” per the listing. So I don’t believe they have a fully staffed kitchen as of yet. For now my understanding was they have one person there regularly and are “rotating through” (wasn’t clear on what that meant) other kitchen help until it’s fully staffed again. Mikel is at Slater’s steakhouse in five points last I heard.
Thanks for the update. I’m glad Mikel ended up at Slaters it has potential.
The executive chef at Slaters is a friend of mine, definitely recommend supporting them in the meantime
Definitely. Jerry and Krista have done a great job with the Ex-Pat, The Lark and now Slaters. I know they have a couple of new places around Chase they are developing and looking forward to checking them out.
Expat is one word
So is asshat.
Just providing useful info, no need for insults
I’m curious (nosy lol) too. I’m definitely also on their side, because you don’t end up with that much staff walking out if something isn’t seriously wrong, but I’m worried that if they don’t talk to the paper or explain their reasoning elsewhere soon nothing will come of it and it will be business as usual for Clocked:/
They need to clean the rat shit first.
Can you be more specific because at this point it seems like either people are lying on reddit for Karma or the striking workers are being disingenuous with their reasoning for walking off. Explain the situation, if you’re being truthful there is no reason to expect repercussions.
Why do you think you’re owed an explanation?
If these workers are actually alleging that the restaurant is contaminated with things like rat shit, not saying anything and being cryptic about it is passive participation in serving possibly contaminated food.
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Idk, I tend to side with employees over an employer 99.99% of the time. I've worked at places that are super cliquey and never has an employee being fired led to a walk out. Idk what happened, but it seems like the owner isn't doing a great job...
ahhhh a scab in the wild!!
Bunch of kids who don’t actually need jobs didn’t want to work under “uncomfortable” conditions bc it made them feel like they didn’t have 100% control over the situation. It’s a deep fryer and flat top grill restaurant. I want my cooks doing cocaine in the walk and smoking cigs on the line. The service has always sucked and the food has always been average. The milkshakes will make you shit yourself and the sauces are questionable. A bunch of freshmen got tired of having to be somewhere for someone they didn’t respect and likely didn’t respect them bc they hadn’t earned it. Fuck working at clocked but this walk out reeks of virtue signaling and soft hands. Edit: Walk-In*
I’m not down or up voting this comment but just wanted to say: this is the hottest of takes! 😭
And for you *1 upvote*
screw this place! i hope all the employees find a good gig. idk how they did it at this shitshow
Really bad service they should just hire all new people.
I promise you that this is the owner’s fault.
The owners fault the servers are slow and unfriendly? Nah. Might be a terrible owner, but they are also bad employees
Motivation and management are what make or break the service experience. I promise you that if Dave made an environment where employees loved to come to work, you'd notice that in the quality of service. When people don't enjoy their work it's 100% a management issue. On a rare exception, it's a fault in the individual hire, but even then, that's management's fault for not replacing them.
No one is forcing them to work there. Find a new job if it’s that bad
They did
100%. Every time I went service was shit
Maybe it’s y’all. I’ve eaten there dozens of times and never had bad service.
Yeah maybe. If you don't have tatts and don't wear doc martens, you don't deserve to be treated respectfully I guess
Definitely you cause I don’t have tatts or Doc martins.
hell you talking about. hate lol
Sounds more like it's a you problem. I eat there all the time, nothing but great service
Have heard many others say the service is bad. But that’s a sound argument you have there.
Lmao sure you have
I don't even know what that is.
this post prob wasn’t aimed at you then, huh?
You think?