chef

catering manager

kitchen porter

duty manager

administrator

Oakham-School

Typical day includes seeing what jobs have come in over email, priortising the work to meet the deadlines then picking up the work left in the tray in the common room to get those jobs done. Boss goes down to morning break so you have to do the rush jobs that come in which want to be picked up after break. About 12ish you get to go down for lunch/have a break to have some lunch, then it starts again. 
Hardest part is managing the workload because teachers are usually not good at getting the work to us in time but expected it to be done!
Enjoyable part is when you've done a lot of work for one teacher and they take photos and send them to us on the email, thanking us for all the help in executing a wonderful display.

Very poor payers - salaries and benefits way below market average.  Very snobby staff who do the interviews - seem to think they are better than everyone else.  interview process was outdated, a panel interview belongs back in the 1980's.  annoyed that they wasted my time conducting the interview - i should have just told them that i wasn't interested when i was there rather than having to endure their 'feedback' afterwards - they need training in how to give feedback - this should be balanced and evidence based and not  based on irrelevant personal judgements of my character ( i think the true reason was that i wasn't posh enough for them).  i wouldn't have accepted the offer anyway as it is clearly a toxic working culture.

Had high hopes working for Oakham school and job was promising, however with the current management being so inadequate and unprofessional it’s impossible to do the job you are paid for. They don’t communicate or know how to speak to the staff, depressing environment and all the good staff are leaving. The working hours are good and free average meals on duty are a bonus. Sort the managers out before you have no staff left, used to be an amazing place to work but it’s being run into the ground. Look after your staff and they will look after you!  Manners cost nothing. 

Unhealthy hostile work environment. Straining tasks which take toll on your physical health especially due to work load and jobs not being shared out equally. It's who you are at this place. The blue shirts in servery will not help with work and are lazy. Hard physical work for very little pay. Managers have a different favourite daily and are users. No extra pay for working overtime. Atmosphere is awful. Alot of gossiping, nasty comments and rudeness. Not a very professional place to work. Meals are good.

Don’t work for the catering department, unless you want to feel like a nobody. You are nothing to them but only a number which can be deleted. No respect given to any staff. Staff are just an object that can be hired and treated like you are worthless. Anything you say to the management, the answer is to fire them.  For them staff has no value and they don’t intend to try and safeguard what they have. They don’t have a care in the world if you go, for them , everyone can be replaced. Staff are helpless, they just have this job and they are treated so badly.

The management have no respect for the staff treat you as a number and don’t care about what is going on in your life as they expect you to come in no matter what is happening outside of work.

The management are rude and have no respect for anyone as they speak in a tone if I’m in charge and don’t care what you think and once you hand in your notice or tell them you are thinking of leaving they will ignore you and never speak too you 

Used to be a good place to work. Is now toxic. Staff are not valued. Management of both teaching and support staff is very poor. Constant changes in working practices. Communication at all levels is terrible. A culture of intimidation and bullying of staff pervades throughout the whole school. The Head is miserable and sucks out all the energy from what should be a fantastic place to work.

A skilfully run music department with great teachers and a supportive encouraging atmosphere. I believe that each student is getting a top notch education, but not only that each individual pupil is cared for by the department and encouraged to challenge themselves and strive for greater things, no matter their aptitude.

When performing my work experience at Oakham school i had a variety of different tasks to complete such as: : Installing operating systems onto the computers, Fault finding and fixing computers and setting up AV equipment. 
I enjoyed working within the I.T Department at Oakham school and i would highly recommend working there again

I would never recommend working here. Staff morale is very low and staff are leaving all the time. Salary is low and not benchmarked against other similar roles. Mangement are useless and unkind. I have never been more unhappy. 

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Chef 4 salaries reported	£25,605 per year
Catering manager 3 salaries reported	£25,024 per year
Kitchen porter 4 salaries reported	£12.38 per hour
Duty manager 1 salary reported	£24,242 per year
Administrator 6 salaries reported	£21,651 per year

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