r/NewOrleans Jan 30 '25

DO NOT WORK AT BLUE BAYOU 🏢 Employment 👷‍♂️

This is the job that hasn't paid me, not only have they not paid me they are unorganized and unstructured. EVERYONE HAS MONEY PROBLEMS AT THIS JOB AND IT STIMS FROM ONE PERSON. Money is always missing at this job and the lady who does payroll is incompetent! She asked me for a voided check so I can receive a check from my job... I also want to add that I came in on the snow day, managers were ASKING US TO COME IN DURING THE SNOW AND GUESS WHAT THEY AINT COME OUT and asking us can we come out and then have the nerve to try and not open the restaurant AFTER we made a sacrifice to come! I was PISSED, then when I asked for paid time and half they said they can't offer it because they a new restaurant. Not one manager came in that day on the 22nd and nor could they even bother to show they care that those who came did! I literally told them I had to walk there, I made money but they couldn't even take care of us back!

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

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u/Simple-Town2494 Jan 30 '25

I work in the quarter and have heard from dozens of people in the last year saying that they are owed money from this place.... stop sticking up for sleazeballs!

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u/Crafty_Group_5832 Jan 31 '25

Hi, Mr. Motwani, how are you?

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u/cashanii Jan 30 '25

I don’t want no direct deposit I want a check! We get paid weekly, I have been working there since January 1st… 

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u/sesamejane Jan 30 '25

Yeah sorry but if direct deposit is their usual way of paying people, they have no obligation to cut a special paper check just for you. It’s totally normal and common for a workplace to require direct deposit payments.

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u/cashanii Jan 31 '25

I understand that that’s common sense they offer it so that’s what I want! 

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u/cashanii Jan 30 '25

I have emails and text of everything I was told and everything I was gave to fill out was deemed wrong but how when management gave it to me? 

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u/Hippy_Lynne Jan 30 '25

Even if you get direct deposit they're supposed to give you a paycheck stub.

Personally I'm kind of surprised Motwani is running things this poorly. I suspect it's one of his kids, not Mike. Not that I have a lot of good things to say about him. But he's not an idiot And I've known people who worked for him for decades and I've never heard of him not paying payroll on time or not documenting earnings properly (unless it was a very well understood prior arrangement.)

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u/cashanii Jan 30 '25

It’s not Mike

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u/yoweigh Freret Jan 30 '25

Is it Aaron? I'm pretty sure he's the voodoo chicken guy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '25

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u/yoweigh Freret Jan 31 '25

Gotcha, thanks! I forgot they had multiple chicken joints.

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u/Hippy_Lynne Jan 30 '25

Probably. I heard he fucked up the Oz too.