He confirmed that the group resignation occurred because the students were not waiting on tables as planned. He said this was not unusual and that the food-service industry frequently has shifts in employment.
"This is the restaurant business. It happens day-in and day-out. It happens everywhere," Ramos said Wednesday afternoon.
Johnson said he had left his previous job, which paid about $100 more weekly than WOW, because he wanted to interact with students and work on campus. The sophomore said he receives financial aid and relied on salary from the wingery to be at GW.
"It just kind of sucked all the way around. I lost a good six weeks where I could make money," Johnson said. "I pretty much pay my way through GW, and I need a job on campus ... It was impossible for me to work there under the circumstances."
Some of these circumstances, Johnson said, include the lethargic work attitude of the older Sodexho employees who manned the kitchen and the inability of managers to increase productivity.
"(Y)ou need people in the back of the kitchen who are going to be working with a high volume of orders and get that in a timely manner ... and that system never materialized," Johnson said.
Junior George Ho, who left WOW Monday, said he thought students could have done a more efficient job than the older, overworked employees, which would have improved the working conditions at the food venue.
"I wouldn't call them lazier. They are very nice people, which is something you can't see if you don't work there ... They were just as understaffed as we were, and they work like 12 or so hours a day," Ho said.
Tammy Liu, a WOW supervisor, declined to comment Wednesday night on the criticisms from the former student-employee. Other Sodexho officials could not be reached to respond to the students' complaints about the unionized workers, who were not allowed to speak with The Hatchet. GW Media Relations also would not comment on the former employee's negative portrayal of the food venue's operations.
"This is the restaurant business. It happens day-in and day-out. It happens everywhere," Ramos said Wednesday afternoon.
Johnson said he had left his previous job, which paid about $100 more weekly than WOW, because he wanted to interact with students and work on campus. The sophomore said he receives financial aid and relied on salary from the wingery to be at GW.
"It just kind of sucked all the way around. I lost a good six weeks where I could make money," Johnson said. "I pretty much pay my way through GW, and I need a job on campus ... It was impossible for me to work there under the circumstances."
Some of these circumstances, Johnson said, include the lethargic work attitude of the older Sodexho employees who manned the kitchen and the inability of managers to increase productivity.
"(Y)ou need people in the back of the kitchen who are going to be working with a high volume of orders and get that in a timely manner ... and that system never materialized," Johnson said.
Junior George Ho, who left WOW Monday, said he thought students could have done a more efficient job than the older, overworked employees, which would have improved the working conditions at the food venue.
"I wouldn't call them lazier. They are very nice people, which is something you can't see if you don't work there ... They were just as understaffed as we were, and they work like 12 or so hours a day," Ho said.
Tammy Liu, a WOW supervisor, declined to comment Wednesday night on the criticisms from the former student-employee. Other Sodexho officials could not be reached to respond to the students' complaints about the unionized workers, who were not allowed to speak with The Hatchet. GW Media Relations also would not comment on the former employee's negative portrayal of the food venue's operations.
