Gideon's Bakehouse at Disney Springs temporarily closed

jaklgreen59 minutes ago

Yes, I am not saying that they don't make enough in tips to make over minimum wage. I am saying that it is not standard in this industry to pay people in these positions tipped wages. This is actually the first company that I have heard do this and not just pay at least minimum wage and they get to keep tips. That in itself shows the owner to be unethical. He saves a whole bunch of money by doing this. It is sleazy to not pay even minimum wage regardless of tips.

lazyboy97o1 hour ago

The paycheck someone posted showed the tips being more than 50% of the paycheck. That’s way more than enough to show that the full minimum wage is being met.

jaklgreen1 hour ago

Declaring them is another issue. But I imagine that is the reason why they are going to only accepting tips through the register so that the owner can say "see, they make so much in tips". All of this sounds sketchy on the owners part. I have worked these types of jobs for over 30 years and something doesn't smell right here.

Lilofan5 hours ago

Yea right those tips are ALL declared🤔

Andrew C6 hours ago

ehh...without knowing the entire story, hard to make that determination IMO.

lazyboy97o6 hours ago

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act a tipped employee is simply one that receives more than $30 per month in tips. Tips plus the reduced wage must also be equal to or greater than the non-tipped minimum wage.

jaklgreen7 hours ago

But isn't minimum wage in Florida $12/hour? Just because they put a tip jar out doesn't mean that they are considered a tipped employee. For the same reason why Starbucks employees are not considered a tipped position. So paying them the tipped wage instead of minimum, that alone makes the owner sketchy.

MisterPenguin8 hours ago

It's the kind of thing you find written in a scroll going through a desk in a D&D game.

Andrew C9 hours ago

The police state line made me laugh out loud.

Lilofan12 hours ago

Like in other places ( ie state fairs , taco trucks etc ) look for the longest line and get in line. The assumption is the food must be good ). The long line I stood in at a taco truck in Houston was well worth it among the other taco trucks in the park.

bwr82713 hours ago

The bigger issue: waiting in a really long line for disappointing cookies. Gideon’s cookies look amazing but I wouldn’t even rank them in my top 100 cookies (if I were to make such a silly list). The peanut butter cold brew was tasty, though. And unique. Just not worth waiting an hour to get it.

JAB19 hours ago

For those who haven't done so, I would suggest reading the full letter. Here are just a few "highlights." "There is an odor most foul in the Bakehouse. It is the stench of the fish rotting from the head." "Now, we, the collective, have banded together to deliver this tome- not as a warning of what is to come, but as a final demand to resolve the issues outlined herein. Make no mistake, if the following solutions are not implemented with immediate effect, we will do everything in our power to topple this cookie castle permanently." "How dare you drag the entire workforce to a 9AM meeting, demanding our presence, and then talk directly at us with the most mundane drivel we’ve ever heard. Do not call us in for a mandatory meeting again when the points can be covered in an email..." "Through our vast, and well connected network ... steps have already been implemented... these competent bodies are awaiting our word." "like we’re trapped on an 1800’s plantation- working for the big house." When a letter like this is written with the overwrought, melodramatic pretentiousness of a petulant teenager, where everything is a threatening, non-negotiable "demand" that must be implemented "immediately"... or else, and it includes things like comparing their situation to slaves working in the "big house" on a plantation, it makes it very hard to take them seriously. They even have a paragraph that essentially reads, "our parents are very important people." Many of their demands are also unrealistic or unreasonable. Like someone posted above, it's so poorly and unprofessionally written that it almost reads like a parody.

Brian21 hours ago

The group has responded to this former employee:

Doberge22 hours ago

So an employee has responded. This is to a story. NSFW language in there: https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE4MDI5NTcxNDQ2MDA3MzA4?story_media_id=3367830968503885369_275510123&igsh=MWNkNXYwYWtmMDY3Nw== With an actual paycheck. $1322 in a paycheck isn't bad. Some other stuff: Apparently no one has been fired over sexuality. One person fired over points. Poster felt supported by management with own autism. Ghost writer named the wrong person who said the racial slur. Poster has no knowledge about anyone else consulted, asked about going public, etc. And poster argued that ghost writer went about process improperly. Poster acknowledges some things should be changed and that unionization is supported, but reiterated that it should have been handled internally first because riling up online mobs before attempting negotiating through other means can do damage unnecessarily.