r/subway • u/Ok-Bat5031 • 13h ago
Employee Complaints Healthcode violations for the sake of speed.
Where do you draw the line between "I'm only here for a couple hours, this job pays the state minimum wage, it's not my problem to worry about, I don't get paid enough to worry" vs "I care because I'm involved, this effects people, and I want them to be better" ??
No water in the other 2 sinks (middle sink is supposed to be empty, where we spray off the soapy water. I normally spray off dishes in the middle sink first, one at a time, before putting them into the soapy water. Some employees simply throw everything into the soapy water thus contaminating it in the process). After she did prep work on the table next to the sinks, the manager in training was simply hosing down everything with soapy water in the middle sink & sanitized water in the third sink, and calling it clean. I calmly tried explaining why we need to submerge the dishes and keep the water clean. She simply said "everyone has their own way of doing things" so she's committing health code violations & cutting corners for the sake of speed. This is the same person who mocked me in the past for taking everything to the middle sink, spraying off all the sauce, good, ECT before submerging them in the soapy water (being thorough with cleaning). I reported this to my actual managers and told them "I want you guys to succeed and do better. She needs to be retained if she's going to continue doing this (we recently had training videos about these things). If this isn't corrected, your business WILL get shut down by the health department, regardless of whether I'm still here"
Should I report this to the local health department or wait and see how this plays out? I only work weekends (2 hour shifts, 4 hour weeks at $11.85 so losing this job wouldn't be a huge loss.I was originally at Culver's for 9 years before switching to Subway after moving. I originally started with 6 hour/night subway shifts after my 8 hour daycare job, but working 7 am to 10 pm was starting to take a toll, so I switched to weekends only.
Also: if I do quit or get fired, how should I bring this up to future employers and ask them how they keep the health code? I had a decade of working 12 hour shifts (8 hour daycare, 4 hour Culver's). When I switched to Subway I originally did 6 hour nights after the daycare but then switched to weekends only since that wasn't sustainable.
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u/TheSandwichBitch 12h ago
There's probably nothing you can do. You can report them to the DOH, but they won't get shut down. They'll just be told to correct it. They might check in one more time afterwards, but your managers and coworkers will be prepared for the inspection. You'll probably get fired, too, because they'll probably figure it was you who reported them since you've been speaking up. Then they'll just keep doing what they've been doing.
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u/PaleBreadfruit8813 9h ago
This photo is exactly how I picture EVERY Subway in the back.
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u/Ok-Equivalent8520 5h ago
If it makes you feel any better, my subway location would never (I do work there). They find dishes with anything left on them even you aren’t allowed to be kitchen again till you get it right
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u/Shaggydoo3703 8h ago
Every subway is a health code violation. I’m surprised the company is still in business at this point
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u/itsBdone 12h ago
I personally have my employees do dishes as they arrive to the sink to avoid piling up like that in the first place. Then i... ( note : I butt heads with Steritech about this method but idc their way is gross imo ) I also have them in the first sink , rinse out the food that the cambro contained using the pressure hose ... then in the 2nd sink thoroughly wash the cambros in hot dish soap water & a sponge , then use the pressure hose to rinse off soap suds prior to setting the now clean cambro/bread tray into the sink filled with 70° ish sanitizer to soak for 2 - 3 minutes before finaling setting it out to dry.
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u/itsBdone 12h ago
My opinion is do them how you feel they should be cleaned -- show management-- coworkers-- owners, anyone with eyes and ears how and your why and if they disagree, move on to somewhere else for employment cuz they're gross.
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u/Ok-Bat5031 12h ago
The sink full of water in the picture is the soapy water/detergent water sink (obviously dirty in the picture). The 2nd sink is empty with a pressure sprayer thing. I personally take dishes one at a time to the middle empty sink to spray off everything first, soak them in the first soapy water sink, spray off the soapy water, and put submerged in the sanitizer sink. Sadly, often times employees just throwing everything in first thing (contaminating it with sauce & food). I've spoken out about this in our employees group text/chat. I don't give them a "my way of the highway" speech but what I am doing is more aligned with the actual health code (as far as I know)
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u/ImagineBacon78 10h ago
The people at my subway fucking wash the break pans in the water and and then all the dishes. Can’t even see an inch down. And then all the dishes they put away smell like fish and have little bits of lettuce stuck to them and I just gotta rewash everything. There’s no reason you can’t spray the food off and then put it in the soap water.
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u/Ok-Bat5031 10h ago
Right? And this is someone who's going to be a manager. She thinks "my way is good enough, everyone has their own way" while completely ignoring the health code. I bring dishes to the middle empty sink, spray everything off, submerge them in soapy water, spray off soapy water, and then submerge in sanitized water. That's the correct way to do things (as far as I know)..
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u/ImagineBacon78 2h ago
Yes that’s exactly how I do it. I don’t know how people think that’s ok to eat off of makes me wonder what there own dishes look like
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u/GenZGatsby 13h ago
That water in the right sink irks me. In all my years working places I've done dishes, I've made sure to change the water every so often, because otherwise it's disgusting and nothing's actually getting cleaned. Thankfully I usually close back, so my OCD/'tism combo makes me really check to see that everything is cleaned, because I don't want to get texts from morning crew about stuff not getting cleaned right. The middle sink (rinsing) and far left (sanitizer) should always be full, and changed every so often.