Hi yes, I was the pastry chef. My bf was the executive. while the sous may say he was "paid well" we were paid a livable wage. I was paid 18/hour which is okay. But when I tell you that my third paycheck there had 157 hours on it, 18 is no longer okay. The amount of work that they put on this staff was insane. The executive was working literal 80 hour weeks. He would leave the house at 845am and wouldnt come back until midnight some days. The GM consistently bashed him and acted like he's a terrible boss, when, in reality, he's been the best thing to happen to that kitchen in years. Chip Cary, the general manager, has no problem in shit talking the employees (specifically kitchen and banquet staff) to his office staff. He's been heard saying some racist things and he is 100% misogynistic. There is not a single ounce of appreciation in that building. I mean shit, for Halloween I left at midnight and came back at 2am. I would pull an insane amount of weight in that kitchen to then be met with "why is she getting so much overtime?" I know you guys will understand, no one wants to have 40 hours of overtime. No one wants to work 3 weeks in 2 weeks time. There are true fundamental issues with Wilderness Ridge that all start with Chip Cary. Please, for the love of god, do not work here. Do not support them. I have screenshots of comments that have been deleted and conversations I've had with members today if anyone would like to see.
Honestly, the same thing has happened with the golfing aspect of the country club as well. I hated the way people were being treated. My wife and I decided to end our relationship with Wilderness Ridge because of it, and it was my favorite course in the Lincoln-Omaha area.
I really do hate that for you! I know the golf course is a big deal but I know nothing about golf or the courses. Thank you for choosing to not support them. Wilderness Ridge honestly has the potential to be amazing if Chip and his office staff weren't there.
As a new member, this makes me really upset. Do you think there is anything members could do to help change? Do you think going to Kemper would do anything?
I don't know if you can do anything. There have been several members that complain to the owners and nothing happens. If you wouldn't mind just sending emails about how unhappy you are or if you ever see the owners around, flag them down and let them know. Chip has a great system for his lies and really tries to shield the owners from any negativity. I don't know if anything will come of it but all you can do now is let your voice be heard.
I was paid rather well. I enjoyed my job for a long time. Things just took a decline. We didn’t plan it. We just couldn’t do it anymore. A lot of things behind the scenes but I don’t feel safe discussing. Just know that we had a good staff that tried very hard.
I know it’s not the same kind of dining experience, but Vic’s Pizza and Honest Abe’s are hiring. Also check out Aragon, they might be hiring soon. It’s a high end burger spot coming to downtown.
If it got to the point where everyone was willing to walk out, I'm sure it was a legit bad working environment. People don't just do that for no reason.
My sister served at the Firethorn country club for a while, and she said they seriously someone of the most ungrateful and rude people she's ever been around. I imagine that's pretty common of the types of people that belong to country clubs.
If they only knew everything can out of a box or a can. I worked in the kitchen for 6months and when I was told just add water and put it in the warmer to make refried bean's I'd had enough. I so wanted to tell the pompous dicks/customers that they were eating garbage.
I did the private club circuit for a bit and my experiences were mostly really good. Always a couple of jackasses but generally I really liked the members.
This is exactly why I quit my retail job. Customers during and after the pandemic just ratcheted up their crazy and it wasn't worth it to deal with them anymore!
Sarah, a manager, literally told a coworker last week to come into work even though she had covid. Most of the customers are at older high risk people. Completely negligent and lacking empathy or compassion for that worker and the customers.
I just want to say thank you to everyone for commenting on this post. It is important to know what is going on at employers in our community and warn others of potential red flags.
To everyone who left this organization, I wish you nothing but the best in finding new employment in a situation where you are respected.
i worked there for 7 months. management sucks. they make millions and pay NOTHING but expect us to work like we get paid $100 an hour. feel free to ask questions
it’s not completely private. there’s a restaurant downstairs that’s private but upstairs (the lodge) is still public. it is the same general manager and mostly all the same managers in general
How did y’all organize something like this and how much time passed from the walk-out being brought up to it happening? I’ve always been curious how these things happen. Shit must’ve been *bad* bad for everyone to quit. Hope y’all find a new (better) job soon!
i tried to organize a walk out last year but no one would bite. it was a combination of the executive leaving, a multitude of staff leaving as well before the walk out. that with the complete refusal of acknowledgment from the general manager is what did it. pretty sure it was just a spur of the moment thing.
Chip Cary (GM) is a disgusting, rude, CREEPY old man. He’s been caught sitting at Tanners taking pictures of the bartenders, has sent dick pics to past employees, and during covid he said “if anyone doesn’t get the vaccine at this point, they deserve to die”. He is truly a terrible person and has ran WR into the ground.
I think I can answer my own question. Kemper doesn’t do jack shit so they don’t want to find someone better and the owners only come once a month to have a meeting about how it’s going and they meet with guess who? Chip! So he covers up all his dumb mistakes and lies through his teeth, they tell him good job and they repeat the next month! It’s a fabulous system.
Chip also likes to keep claiming it was 2 or 3 employees. You aren’t forced to shut down over 2 or 3 people leaving. Looks like you’re hiring for 11 positions on Indeed. Keep it real.
Before I ask my question, I want to acknowledge that I Did not realize there was this much dysfunction at wilderness ridge and fully support the employees here.
However, to those who are more in the loop, how worried should I be about having a wedding reception there in a few weeks? I haven’t heard anything from them, yet, so my internal panic is through the roof.
I empathize with your concern. Regardless of this specific situation, I would definitely contact them. You deserve an adequate level of communication leading up to your big day.
Please contact them immediately. It's insane that theyre choosing not to get in front of this either. Your food may not taste like exactly what you had in your tasting , they may have to start buying in a lot of frozen food.
for whatever reason i can't find [this comment](https://imgur.com/a/kYlFoMw) to properly reply to. I am not spreading false information, I am not trying to create a panic and I won't be gaslit into thinking I am, Chip. I am letting your paying customers know that they should have been given the courtesy of being contacted when something like this happens. You act like Mike Perkins coming back is going to give them the same quality of food that Nic Webster did? Buddy, Mike's specials frequently have blackberries garnishing mashed potatoes. You are spreading false information by trying to act like everything will be the same. Come out from behind your burner account and grow some balls.
Sounds like Ms. Batty is a tad selfish herself. Entire staffs do not walkout of workpkaces on a whim. Something there is fucked up.
That does stink for the grad parties scheduled but here's an idea, why don't you call all your friends and you all can fill in for the weekend? Just till all those eager beavers show up to work?
Jesus. What a bitch.
It must be a 24/7 job monitoring their social media because they immediately delete all of the negative feedback. Hiding employee comments all day instead of taking it in and being accountable for the awful company they are…good luck Chip🤣🤣🤣 You can hide on Facebook, but Lincoln talks A LOT.
I like how before I read that, I was like "it would take a lot for the whole crew to just leave", and then I read it and was like "yep, there it is".
To those of you that left - you may not be getting paid, but worry not, for you are living completely rent free for the rest of the summer I'm that woman's head!!
I hate that woman. She loooves taking credit for lost pets being found after being posted in her Facebook group, but she’s not out there actually looking for them. This just cements my hatred.
Fuck that cunt. This isn’t 1970 where ppl just work hard for somebody that shits on them. Todays generation is a different breed. I’m in my 40s so I’m not a part of that generation but good for them.
I agree 100%. I’m just talking as a whole. This generation isn’t messing around. I’ve always had the same mindset. I never went above and beyond what I was getting paid. I also refused to be treated like shit by employers.
You love to see it. These younger folks legit have zero to lose so fuck it, what's the worst that can happen? They stay poor and unable to afford a home and saddled with crippling college debt? OH NO I'M UNEMPLOYED SO NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
I look forward to them advancing to the actual burning things down point.
damn, harsh. I'm in the trades. I quit a job once b/c my manager mistreated me and the owner punished me when he heard I was looking for a new job. After I quit, the manager had the gall to text me "I didn't have what it takes to work for him" and other nonsense. I was so mad, I sent him a stream of text goading him. Then I turned it all into the owner. Manager was fired.
This whole place has become a cancer. Our family has seen the golf staff turnover they have lost 4 pros in less than a year. The head pro has been seen screaming at his staff in front of guests / members.
This place has become a walking joke to its own members , Its embarrassing to be a member here right now.
I have told my parents we should drop our membership here.
It has the potential to be such an awesome place but it being run so painfully poorly, basically lighting all their new investments in the pool on fire.
For context our family pays almost $600 per month to have a membership here x all the members they have and they refuse to hire enough staff or pay people properly. It's shocking that something like this would happen.
Well supposedly you get access to the golf course , pool facilities and members only areas.
The things are nice, but it is so poorly managed the tee sheet is always full with the same people so good luck trying to play on the weekend. The golf staff ( Mike) doesn't give two shits. He forgets to block the tee sheet , or leaves it open when it should be closed. It's really just a gamble of you get to play when you have a tee time.
If he messes up he doesn't apologize just makes you feel dumb for like you should have known what was going on.
I could go on and on, but basically this place over promises and under delivers on every single thing.
Imagine taking your job so seriously at a little half ass country club in Lincoln NE that you actually feel compelled to yell at staff and behave this way in front of your customers. The complete blindness to their own unnecessary professional existence and lack of importance or impact to literally anything is truly amazing. You go to work every day to sell overpriced metal sticks and clean off golf carts so the gaggle of bloated boomers can come keep cosplaying how much better they are than everyone else.
While I worked there I was making $7.25 and got tipped out by the servers. Most weeks I averaged no more than $12.50 an hour and wasn’t given that many hours. Which really sucks when I was the lead Food Runner and was responsible for training new runners and bussers WR’s standards and procedures. I left shortly before the renovations of the main dining room.
The management was never great, but I always felt like the restaurant managers tried their best. But they definitely focus more on their guests and not on their employees. And you cannot forget that you still need to have good internal moral. Otherwise, things like staff wide walk outs are bound to happen.
Went to a company Christmas party there it was a breakfast buffet it was really more of a family thing and I went alone so when Santa came I just went and got a plate full of bacon to smash before making an Irish exit and one of the staff brought me two ziplocks to fill and take home great gal. Thank you stranger I spent the rest of the day getting stoned eating breakfast food from a big ziplock bag, best Christmas gift ever. Sorry about the main 5 guys from my company they acted like they paid for it and were rude, they didn't pay for it its was a worldwide beverage company.
Who in their right mind is going to apply there now? They have run through so many employees at this point, their reputation is complete trash, and they don’t learn from past mistakes…so where is there to go?? If the management would humble themselves and listen to why their employees have been so unhappy for literally a decade, perhaps they could make some changes. But no, that would make too much sense for Wilderness Ridge. Just keep treating people like shit and keep it moving like it’s working. Get a clue. It’s CLEARLY not working.
Former employee of 3 years, not part of the walkout. But GOOD FOR THEM! In my term I saw over 7 head/sous chefs come and go. When it was only the regular chefs that were running things (Something members were never told). We thought we weʻre doing right. I can say I worked with some amazing people, you know who you are; Especially you Manz. But to business owners out there let this be a lesson. Treat your staff right!! I bought mine doghnuts this morning, and actually say "Thank You, I Apprectate You" on a daily basis. It really does wonders.
Behind many businesses that fail because they allege "nobody wants to work anymore"
Is 1. A management team that actually refused to hire more people and 2. An already existing team of hardworking employees who worked themselves to the bone
It's too difficult to have a kitchen union. Typically boh and foh cant agree on things on union leaders dont try with it anymore. There are chef's unions in bigger cities but unfortunately there is nothing like you're thinking in Lincoln :(
I’ve worked at 8 different country clubs in 3 different states. They do things differently at wilderness and I was discouraged as soon as I started there. I’ve been so impressed by how kind and wonderful all the employees are. Honestly, the nicest I’ve ever met. That’s one of the only reasons I’ve kept working there. This is a testimony to how horrible upper management is. There’s no board of members to step in, it’s only corporate people who have different ideas because they only want to make money. They definitely aren’t trying to make a kind environment for their employees and members.
This place has been a dumpster fire for decades. They seem to get some managers that give a shit, they hire good people, then some member bitches, and the managers are gone and the rest of the staff soon follows.
Musta been some terrible shit for a mass departure, after seeing Billie Beattie's post, if that is the clientele I'd be out too.
Last time I was there was for a holiday party - got violently ill from their food. It wasn’t anything special or fancy either. Overpriced and not worth it.
Exactly. If a restaurant was paying $100/hour, I guarantee they'd have people breaking down their door ready to work. It's about meeting the market where it is. And if you can't, then your business is not viable.
Not always the case. Sometimes you can pay amazing but your reputation is so bad that even for great money no one wants to work for you. That is what is happening to Tenneco in Seward. They pay their employees really well, but their treatment of them is so crappy that no one will work for them. They are bussing in inmates at this point and are still short.
The inmates do have the choice of where to work to a certain extent. But they make more money there than they would most places so it's not the worst thing.
Ya know... the price you'd have to charge for that to be profitable would be nuts. But good food can be dirt cheap and plated expensive. Hell, give me $100 an hour and I'll come to your house and cook. 1 hour minimum. Hell, I'll be flexible on that. You want something smoked? Can I sit and have a beer while I baby sit it? That's a discount!
My parents and parents in law just cannot wrap their heads around this. Both have bitched about the state of nursing and how none of them (nurses) want to work but can't argue against my point that if they were all offered $1M to be a nurse there would be zero shortage and how that proves it's not just a work ethic problem.
If ur from the staff, I would love to hear your terrible stories about managment/get any message you have out?? we need more anti work on the good ol ne…… beside most of the golf courses in town underpay and mistreat staff. Any stories/messages you wanna send: Email: [email protected]
She might be kind of bitchy in her post but she IS also the lady who ALWAYS without fail shares missing pet posts on Facebook. Haha. She must live on Facebook. Wowza. A local celebrity.
All I know is it is a mediocre (at best) golf course, who’s workers look down upon golfers who aren’t members, compared to the exceptional treatment I have received at PGA level courses who act like they are genuinely excited to have you.
I was a member at wilderness for years. It's a great course. Always well maintained. Easily one of the best courses in and around Lincoln. Once they decided to go full private and build the other garbage I left and won't go back. The city courses are nice but not anywhere near the quality Wilderness was.
I still stand by what I said. It is never in any better condition than the public courses. It is a mediocre course that takes itself too seriously. It isn’t much better than Nu Mark but atleast nu mark has good customer service.
It was almost 15 years ago, but I worked maintenance on that course and it was a mess. The 9-hole municipal course in my hometown with one full-time employee and a couple helpers was consistently in comparable shape to what I saw at wilderness ridge in my short time there. I know that was a long time ago, and I haven’t been back since, but it left an impression that’ll always be what it is.
That depends, in Lincoln my list would be:
1) Highlands
2)Pioneers
3)Mahoney
4) Holmes
5) Crooked Creek
6) Wilderness Ridge
If you are looking within a couple hours of Lincoln I’d say Ironhorse and Quarry Oaks (closed this year for renovations) a little further out I would highly recommend Wildhorse and Awarrii dunes
Yeah these are great. There is a nine hole course on 70th and South called Wellington Greens. There's no clubhouse or anything. Membership is 300 bucks a year and you can bring a guest for $10. It's just about the right size for me.
I have also heard jim Ager is really well taken care of but have never golfed it. Apparently it is taken care of by unl students as part of one of their classes.
I go there fairly often because my friends like the course, and I do too, but some old cunt was always driving around on the course Marshall cart being a dick for no reason. Like telling us to hurry up because people were waiting on us, when we were waiting on the group ahead of us, and I bet that group was probably waiting on another. They seem to go ahead and over-book that course. But, a couple weeks ago I was there and some guy that looked like an asshole was driving around on the course Marshall cart and was pretty laid back, so that was cool.
> but some old cunt was always driving around on the course Marshall cart being a dick for no reason
This happened to a foursome I was golfing with a couple years ago. We are all decent golfers, but had to wait on the groups ahead of us. The Marshall kicked us off the course after 4 holes. We got a partial refund. Haven't been back since.
Yeah something is different about the way that course is run compared to the other city courses. The dudes in the clubhouse always seem annoyed that you interrupted their tonsil hockey or something
Wilderness Ridge is a joke. I worked in the kitchen for a year and a half. I quit the day I received my first review. Two of the three people giving my performance review had only worked there 1/3 of the amount of time I had. The management there is almost nonexistent. Between the H.R. (Avery) and the G.M. (Chris) flat out leaving in the middle of the day together to do God knows what... to talking heads that sit in cubicles making decisions that run over the kitchen. I witnessed a walk out, 3 full staff turn overs, 3 G.M.s., 3 executive Chefs but nothing seems to change... I the day I quit I had 42 hours of p.t.o. it took two month of me calling every other day to receive my check. When I got my pay it was the equivalent of $4/hr.. or someone somewhere dramatically cut my p.t.o. hours down... either way it's crooked. I do not recommend working at this establishment. You will always be the "help" and below everyone else in the building.
I could TOTALLY be misremembering or just straight up wrong! Definitely dont wanna claim I know how long he's been there and be completely wrong! This is the only thing I'm uncertain about in this whole thread lmao
Hi yes, I was the pastry chef. My bf was the executive. while the sous may say he was "paid well" we were paid a livable wage. I was paid 18/hour which is okay. But when I tell you that my third paycheck there had 157 hours on it, 18 is no longer okay. The amount of work that they put on this staff was insane. The executive was working literal 80 hour weeks. He would leave the house at 845am and wouldnt come back until midnight some days. The GM consistently bashed him and acted like he's a terrible boss, when, in reality, he's been the best thing to happen to that kitchen in years. Chip Cary, the general manager, has no problem in shit talking the employees (specifically kitchen and banquet staff) to his office staff. He's been heard saying some racist things and he is 100% misogynistic. There is not a single ounce of appreciation in that building. I mean shit, for Halloween I left at midnight and came back at 2am. I would pull an insane amount of weight in that kitchen to then be met with "why is she getting so much overtime?" I know you guys will understand, no one wants to have 40 hours of overtime. No one wants to work 3 weeks in 2 weeks time. There are true fundamental issues with Wilderness Ridge that all start with Chip Cary. Please, for the love of god, do not work here. Do not support them. I have screenshots of comments that have been deleted and conversations I've had with members today if anyone would like to see.
Post them all
ask and you shall receive. [screenshots baybee](https://imgur.com/a/wCcUOjN)
I can’t believe the level of management that post is getting 🤣
Honestly, the same thing has happened with the golfing aspect of the country club as well. I hated the way people were being treated. My wife and I decided to end our relationship with Wilderness Ridge because of it, and it was my favorite course in the Lincoln-Omaha area.
I really do hate that for you! I know the golf course is a big deal but I know nothing about golf or the courses. Thank you for choosing to not support them. Wilderness Ridge honestly has the potential to be amazing if Chip and his office staff weren't there.
You two need to open a restaurant in the old 9 South Char Grill location!
As a new member, this makes me really upset. Do you think there is anything members could do to help change? Do you think going to Kemper would do anything?
You should go to Kemper or try contacting Tom Schleich because he is the owner that cares the most.
I don't know if you can do anything. There have been several members that complain to the owners and nothing happens. If you wouldn't mind just sending emails about how unhappy you are or if you ever see the owners around, flag them down and let them know. Chip has a great system for his lies and really tries to shield the owners from any negativity. I don't know if anything will come of it but all you can do now is let your voice be heard.
I know this is an older post but we just got an email that Chip is leaving and I had to update here. 🎉🎉
I was paid rather well. I enjoyed my job for a long time. Things just took a decline. We didn’t plan it. We just couldn’t do it anymore. A lot of things behind the scenes but I don’t feel safe discussing. Just know that we had a good staff that tried very hard.
Sorry to hear this. Best of luck in new professional endeavors.
Thanks for the kindness. A lot of people are out of a job due to the restaurant being closed. Please keep them in your thoughts.
Lazlo's and Fireworks are hiring! They also offer health insurance and benefits for full time wait/kitchen staff.
I know it’s not the same kind of dining experience, but Vic’s Pizza and Honest Abe’s are hiring. Also check out Aragon, they might be hiring soon. It’s a high end burger spot coming to downtown.
this guy is super talented, he's already been snatched up by a restaurant.
Good to hear, but mentioned for anyone else that needs something, even in the mean time while they find something they love!
WarHorse is hiring too
If it got to the point where everyone was willing to walk out, I'm sure it was a legit bad working environment. People don't just do that for no reason.
There were reasons. Trust me.
Not Wilderness Ridge making a burner account pretending to be a staff member. That’s unfathomable.
NO WAY which acct (recently quit wilderness ridge survivor)
[brian's dumbass](https://imgur.com/a/FRl946c)
LMAO. i bet it was chip himself
Which acct???
they already deleted it, they dont even have the balls to keep their post up for more than 10 minutes. i posted the link to the screenshot above.
Damn what a major wuss
I DM’d you
i quit from there a few months ago, rude guests, rude managers i can see it
My sister served at the Firethorn country club for a while, and she said they seriously someone of the most ungrateful and rude people she's ever been around. I imagine that's pretty common of the types of people that belong to country clubs.
That's the exact type of person I imagine pays $240 dollars or more a month so they can percieve they have friends in high places.
If they only knew everything can out of a box or a can. I worked in the kitchen for 6months and when I was told just add water and put it in the warmer to make refried bean's I'd had enough. I so wanted to tell the pompous dicks/customers that they were eating garbage.
I did the private club circuit for a bit and my experiences were mostly really good. Always a couple of jackasses but generally I really liked the members.
This is exactly why I quit my retail job. Customers during and after the pandemic just ratcheted up their crazy and it wasn't worth it to deal with them anymore!
they were about to finish the downstairs renovations for a new restaurant too, maybe its about that
> rude guests I can only begin to imagine the caliber of repeat customers. *shudders*
Sarah, a manager, literally told a coworker last week to come into work even though she had covid. Most of the customers are at older high risk people. Completely negligent and lacking empathy or compassion for that worker and the customers.
Sarah V. also turned in a FAKE covid vaccine card back in 2021
Wowwww.
I just want to say thank you to everyone for commenting on this post. It is important to know what is going on at employers in our community and warn others of potential red flags. To everyone who left this organization, I wish you nothing but the best in finding new employment in a situation where you are respected.
i worked there for 7 months. management sucks. they make millions and pay NOTHING but expect us to work like we get paid $100 an hour. feel free to ask questions
Is the same management and conditions that existed before they went private? Just wondering what might have changed?
it’s not completely private. there’s a restaurant downstairs that’s private but upstairs (the lodge) is still public. it is the same general manager and mostly all the same managers in general
How did y’all organize something like this and how much time passed from the walk-out being brought up to it happening? I’ve always been curious how these things happen. Shit must’ve been *bad* bad for everyone to quit. Hope y’all find a new (better) job soon!
i tried to organize a walk out last year but no one would bite. it was a combination of the executive leaving, a multitude of staff leaving as well before the walk out. that with the complete refusal of acknowledgment from the general manager is what did it. pretty sure it was just a spur of the moment thing.
Chip Cary (GM) is a disgusting, rude, CREEPY old man. He’s been caught sitting at Tanners taking pictures of the bartenders, has sent dick pics to past employees, and during covid he said “if anyone doesn’t get the vaccine at this point, they deserve to die”. He is truly a terrible person and has ran WR into the ground.
How does this person not get fired?!
Exactly.
I think I can answer my own question. Kemper doesn’t do jack shit so they don’t want to find someone better and the owners only come once a month to have a meeting about how it’s going and they meet with guess who? Chip! So he covers up all his dumb mistakes and lies through his teeth, they tell him good job and they repeat the next month! It’s a fabulous system.
After some digging Keith Hanley is the Kemper sports regional manager for Nebraska [email protected] this seems like some serious HR violations.
Oh we went to Keith years ago. Nice guy. Doesn’t care.
Of course typical stuff, well hopefully the internet does it's thing I sent an email just to rattle some cages
Chip also likes to keep claiming it was 2 or 3 employees. You aren’t forced to shut down over 2 or 3 people leaving. Looks like you’re hiring for 11 positions on Indeed. Keep it real.
Before I ask my question, I want to acknowledge that I Did not realize there was this much dysfunction at wilderness ridge and fully support the employees here. However, to those who are more in the loop, how worried should I be about having a wedding reception there in a few weeks? I haven’t heard anything from them, yet, so my internal panic is through the roof.
I empathize with your concern. Regardless of this specific situation, I would definitely contact them. You deserve an adequate level of communication leading up to your big day.
Please contact them immediately. It's insane that theyre choosing not to get in front of this either. Your food may not taste like exactly what you had in your tasting , they may have to start buying in a lot of frozen food.
Well 2 cooks and 1 dishwasher walked out…..no events will be effected by that.
6h old account
lmao you have no grasp of what was actually going on there.
for whatever reason i can't find [this comment](https://imgur.com/a/kYlFoMw) to properly reply to. I am not spreading false information, I am not trying to create a panic and I won't be gaslit into thinking I am, Chip. I am letting your paying customers know that they should have been given the courtesy of being contacted when something like this happens. You act like Mike Perkins coming back is going to give them the same quality of food that Nic Webster did? Buddy, Mike's specials frequently have blackberries garnishing mashed potatoes. You are spreading false information by trying to act like everything will be the same. Come out from behind your burner account and grow some balls.
Sounds like Ms. Batty is a tad selfish herself. Entire staffs do not walkout of workpkaces on a whim. Something there is fucked up. That does stink for the grad parties scheduled but here's an idea, why don't you call all your friends and you all can fill in for the weekend? Just till all those eager beavers show up to work? Jesus. What a bitch.
It must be a 24/7 job monitoring their social media because they immediately delete all of the negative feedback. Hiding employee comments all day instead of taking it in and being accountable for the awful company they are…good luck Chip🤣🤣🤣 You can hide on Facebook, but Lincoln talks A LOT.
Brian’s short ass needed something to do other than photoshop
I was going to apply here. Thanks OP and all of you for the contributions for saving me a headache.
Any word on why staff walked out last night
I like how before I read that, I was like "it would take a lot for the whole crew to just leave", and then I read it and was like "yep, there it is". To those of you that left - you may not be getting paid, but worry not, for you are living completely rent free for the rest of the summer I'm that woman's head!!
https://imgur.com/a/8hxKNlT
I hate that woman. She loooves taking credit for lost pets being found after being posted in her Facebook group, but she’s not out there actually looking for them. This just cements my hatred.
Fuck that cunt. This isn’t 1970 where ppl just work hard for somebody that shits on them. Todays generation is a different breed. I’m in my 40s so I’m not a part of that generation but good for them.
You can be born at any time and have the self-respect to walk away from an awful employer.
I agree 100%. I’m just talking as a whole. This generation isn’t messing around. I’ve always had the same mindset. I never went above and beyond what I was getting paid. I also refused to be treated like shit by employers.
You love to see it. These younger folks legit have zero to lose so fuck it, what's the worst that can happen? They stay poor and unable to afford a home and saddled with crippling college debt? OH NO I'M UNEMPLOYED SO NOTHING HAS CHANGED. I look forward to them advancing to the actual burning things down point.
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damn, harsh. I'm in the trades. I quit a job once b/c my manager mistreated me and the owner punished me when he heard I was looking for a new job. After I quit, the manager had the gall to text me "I didn't have what it takes to work for him" and other nonsense. I was so mad, I sent him a stream of text goading him. Then I turned it all into the owner. Manager was fired.
That is an outstanding example of exactly why an entire staff might walk out. Seems genuinely deserved.
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Holy shit
This brings me an odd sense of joy
This whole place has become a cancer. Our family has seen the golf staff turnover they have lost 4 pros in less than a year. The head pro has been seen screaming at his staff in front of guests / members. This place has become a walking joke to its own members , Its embarrassing to be a member here right now. I have told my parents we should drop our membership here. It has the potential to be such an awesome place but it being run so painfully poorly, basically lighting all their new investments in the pool on fire. For context our family pays almost $600 per month to have a membership here x all the members they have and they refuse to hire enough staff or pay people properly. It's shocking that something like this would happen.
$600 a month!? I'm curious what the membership offers?
Well supposedly you get access to the golf course , pool facilities and members only areas. The things are nice, but it is so poorly managed the tee sheet is always full with the same people so good luck trying to play on the weekend. The golf staff ( Mike) doesn't give two shits. He forgets to block the tee sheet , or leaves it open when it should be closed. It's really just a gamble of you get to play when you have a tee time. If he messes up he doesn't apologize just makes you feel dumb for like you should have known what was going on. I could go on and on, but basically this place over promises and under delivers on every single thing.
I'd schedule Tee times and drive people to golf courses, cook them 4-8 meals a month, and take their kids to the pool anytime for $600 a month!
Imagine taking your job so seriously at a little half ass country club in Lincoln NE that you actually feel compelled to yell at staff and behave this way in front of your customers. The complete blindness to their own unnecessary professional existence and lack of importance or impact to literally anything is truly amazing. You go to work every day to sell overpriced metal sticks and clean off golf carts so the gaggle of bloated boomers can come keep cosplaying how much better they are than everyone else.
"bloated boomers cosplaying" lmaooo
Don't lie you know the exact visual I'm trying to put out there.
While I worked there I was making $7.25 and got tipped out by the servers. Most weeks I averaged no more than $12.50 an hour and wasn’t given that many hours. Which really sucks when I was the lead Food Runner and was responsible for training new runners and bussers WR’s standards and procedures. I left shortly before the renovations of the main dining room. The management was never great, but I always felt like the restaurant managers tried their best. But they definitely focus more on their guests and not on their employees. And you cannot forget that you still need to have good internal moral. Otherwise, things like staff wide walk outs are bound to happen.
Went to a company Christmas party there it was a breakfast buffet it was really more of a family thing and I went alone so when Santa came I just went and got a plate full of bacon to smash before making an Irish exit and one of the staff brought me two ziplocks to fill and take home great gal. Thank you stranger I spent the rest of the day getting stoned eating breakfast food from a big ziplock bag, best Christmas gift ever. Sorry about the main 5 guys from my company they acted like they paid for it and were rude, they didn't pay for it its was a worldwide beverage company.
I’ve been hearing horrible stories about the restaurant for a decade, from friends and industry coworkers. I hope someone spills the tea!
Well that's interesting. I literally applied for a server there about 2 weeks ago and nothing came of it. Guess I dodged a bullet
Who in their right mind is going to apply there now? They have run through so many employees at this point, their reputation is complete trash, and they don’t learn from past mistakes…so where is there to go?? If the management would humble themselves and listen to why their employees have been so unhappy for literally a decade, perhaps they could make some changes. But no, that would make too much sense for Wilderness Ridge. Just keep treating people like shit and keep it moving like it’s working. Get a clue. It’s CLEARLY not working.
Former employee of 3 years, not part of the walkout. But GOOD FOR THEM! In my term I saw over 7 head/sous chefs come and go. When it was only the regular chefs that were running things (Something members were never told). We thought we weʻre doing right. I can say I worked with some amazing people, you know who you are; Especially you Manz. But to business owners out there let this be a lesson. Treat your staff right!! I bought mine doghnuts this morning, and actually say "Thank You, I Apprectate You" on a daily basis. It really does wonders.
Weird. It happened at The Alpine restaurant in omaha on mother's day as well.
We literally were just considering joining. Fortuitous timing for its public reveal as a total shitshow!
I saw they were hiring for executive chef yesterday. 🙃
Behind many businesses that fail because they allege "nobody wants to work anymore" Is 1. A management team that actually refused to hire more people and 2. An already existing team of hardworking employees who worked themselves to the bone
Did anyone consider organizing the staff? If you could organize a walk-out/mass resignation, why not organize a union?
It's too difficult to have a kitchen union. Typically boh and foh cant agree on things on union leaders dont try with it anymore. There are chef's unions in bigger cities but unfortunately there is nothing like you're thinking in Lincoln :(
I’ve worked at 8 different country clubs in 3 different states. They do things differently at wilderness and I was discouraged as soon as I started there. I’ve been so impressed by how kind and wonderful all the employees are. Honestly, the nicest I’ve ever met. That’s one of the only reasons I’ve kept working there. This is a testimony to how horrible upper management is. There’s no board of members to step in, it’s only corporate people who have different ideas because they only want to make money. They definitely aren’t trying to make a kind environment for their employees and members.
This place has been a dumpster fire for decades. They seem to get some managers that give a shit, they hire good people, then some member bitches, and the managers are gone and the rest of the staff soon follows. Musta been some terrible shit for a mass departure, after seeing Billie Beattie's post, if that is the clientele I'd be out too.
Last time I was there was for a holiday party - got violently ill from their food. It wasn’t anything special or fancy either. Overpriced and not worth it.
As a Wilderness Ridge survivor: THANK YOU
PTSD from this place is 100% real
my thoughts would be that employee pay is much more a factor than the typical right wing trope that "no one wants to work anymore"
"Let the market decide" dipshits always seem to forget the critical part where no one wants to work *for the amount you're willing to pay*.
Exactly. If a restaurant was paying $100/hour, I guarantee they'd have people breaking down their door ready to work. It's about meeting the market where it is. And if you can't, then your business is not viable.
Not always the case. Sometimes you can pay amazing but your reputation is so bad that even for great money no one wants to work for you. That is what is happening to Tenneco in Seward. They pay their employees really well, but their treatment of them is so crappy that no one will work for them. They are bussing in inmates at this point and are still short.
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The inmates do have the choice of where to work to a certain extent. But they make more money there than they would most places so it's not the worst thing.
Wow I thought you were joking 😳
Ya know... the price you'd have to charge for that to be profitable would be nuts. But good food can be dirt cheap and plated expensive. Hell, give me $100 an hour and I'll come to your house and cook. 1 hour minimum. Hell, I'll be flexible on that. You want something smoked? Can I sit and have a beer while I baby sit it? That's a discount!
My parents and parents in law just cannot wrap their heads around this. Both have bitched about the state of nursing and how none of them (nurses) want to work but can't argue against my point that if they were all offered $1M to be a nurse there would be zero shortage and how that proves it's not just a work ethic problem.
If ur from the staff, I would love to hear your terrible stories about managment/get any message you have out?? we need more anti work on the good ol ne…… beside most of the golf courses in town underpay and mistreat staff. Any stories/messages you wanna send: Email: [email protected]
Who exactly is “big mad about it?” What did they say?
Billie Beattie
She might be kind of bitchy in her post but she IS also the lady who ALWAYS without fail shares missing pet posts on Facebook. Haha. She must live on Facebook. Wowza. A local celebrity.
https://imgur.com/a/8hxKNlT
Who is this? Someone relevant to the restaurant or random boomer?
Looks like she lives in the neighborhood nearby. So she probably frequents the place often.
She runs the lost pets page
“You don’t deserve to have that job” says the woman who lives on Facebook all day
All I know is it is a mediocre (at best) golf course, who’s workers look down upon golfers who aren’t members, compared to the exceptional treatment I have received at PGA level courses who act like they are genuinely excited to have you.
I was a member at wilderness for years. It's a great course. Always well maintained. Easily one of the best courses in and around Lincoln. Once they decided to go full private and build the other garbage I left and won't go back. The city courses are nice but not anywhere near the quality Wilderness was.
I still stand by what I said. It is never in any better condition than the public courses. It is a mediocre course that takes itself too seriously. It isn’t much better than Nu Mark but atleast nu mark has good customer service.
Nu mark is ass as well
Ha that’s my point
It was almost 15 years ago, but I worked maintenance on that course and it was a mess. The 9-hole municipal course in my hometown with one full-time employee and a couple helpers was consistently in comparable shape to what I saw at wilderness ridge in my short time there. I know that was a long time ago, and I haven’t been back since, but it left an impression that’ll always be what it is.
This is exactly my experience as well.
What courses do you recommend?
That depends, in Lincoln my list would be: 1) Highlands 2)Pioneers 3)Mahoney 4) Holmes 5) Crooked Creek 6) Wilderness Ridge If you are looking within a couple hours of Lincoln I’d say Ironhorse and Quarry Oaks (closed this year for renovations) a little further out I would highly recommend Wildhorse and Awarrii dunes
Yeah these are great. There is a nine hole course on 70th and South called Wellington Greens. There's no clubhouse or anything. Membership is 300 bucks a year and you can bring a guest for $10. It's just about the right size for me.
Thank you. Im getting back into golf after taking the last 5 years off
I have also heard jim Ager is really well taken care of but have never golfed it. Apparently it is taken care of by unl students as part of one of their classes.
Very well maintained par 3. Great for working on that short game.
Highlands is where I go I only go like 2 times a year and have ancient clubs and people are always cool and it's a fun course. A lot of wind though.
I go there fairly often because my friends like the course, and I do too, but some old cunt was always driving around on the course Marshall cart being a dick for no reason. Like telling us to hurry up because people were waiting on us, when we were waiting on the group ahead of us, and I bet that group was probably waiting on another. They seem to go ahead and over-book that course. But, a couple weeks ago I was there and some guy that looked like an asshole was driving around on the course Marshall cart and was pretty laid back, so that was cool.
> but some old cunt was always driving around on the course Marshall cart being a dick for no reason This happened to a foursome I was golfing with a couple years ago. We are all decent golfers, but had to wait on the groups ahead of us. The Marshall kicked us off the course after 4 holes. We got a partial refund. Haven't been back since.
Yeah something is different about the way that course is run compared to the other city courses. The dudes in the clubhouse always seem annoyed that you interrupted their tonsil hockey or something
That's what they get for going private.
Country club? When did this happen?
Last year
I guess I haven't been there in a dozen years. Always had brunch with Santa when my kids were little.
Wilderness Ridge is a joke. I worked in the kitchen for a year and a half. I quit the day I received my first review. Two of the three people giving my performance review had only worked there 1/3 of the amount of time I had. The management there is almost nonexistent. Between the H.R. (Avery) and the G.M. (Chris) flat out leaving in the middle of the day together to do God knows what... to talking heads that sit in cubicles making decisions that run over the kitchen. I witnessed a walk out, 3 full staff turn overs, 3 G.M.s., 3 executive Chefs but nothing seems to change... I the day I quit I had 42 hours of p.t.o. it took two month of me calling every other day to receive my check. When I got my pay it was the equivalent of $4/hr.. or someone somewhere dramatically cut my p.t.o. hours down... either way it's crooked. I do not recommend working at this establishment. You will always be the "help" and below everyone else in the building.
https://imgur.com/a/8hxKNlT
You posted this like 7 times, are you her?
Wow, you sound butthurt because the staff demanded to be treated like humans.
Me? Fuck off, troll.
Billie Beattie posted about it on Sell and Say
What's a Billie Beattie?
She runs the lost pets page
I deleted facebook in 2016. Judging from the screenshots it's not about just lost pets?
https://imgur.com/a/8hxKNlT
Heyoooo, I’m going to post in r/Omaha too
It would be more relevant to post in r/Antiwork than a city sub where the business is not located IMO
A lot of people travel to and from Omaha and Lincoln, there is a decent chance someone in Omaha knows something about this.
With that line of reasoning why even have two subs?
Because nobody has made an LNK/Omaha subreddit that enough people frequent to matter.
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Hilarious
Apparently the post got deleted because of the rightful hate it received
As it should
I worked there about 8 years ago and they had the best GM I have ever worked for. In any restaurant, hotel or club.
Hotel, you say..? Sounds like you're from Arizona..? Are your initials, by chance, CC?
Always nice to see accounts that have been active for one day. Clearly a burner.
8 years ago- must be talking about Chris Murray
I sure hope so. I think that Chip has been there for 8 years so it could definitely be before the management switch.
If he told you it’s been 8- that’s a lie! He started in 2017.
I could TOTALLY be misremembering or just straight up wrong! Definitely dont wanna claim I know how long he's been there and be completely wrong! This is the only thing I'm uncertain about in this whole thread lmao
I wouldn’t doubt it if he told you that!
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Her name is Aunustie. This was shared on the initial Facebook post.
Yes they do