Day In The Life of a ... | London - Goldman Sachs 

Yeah! The kitchen is a stressful, psychological place to work. If you don't have passion for it, you will hate the job, sooner or later. I appreciate your comment. You definitely one of those chefs that KPs love!

When I was a KP, I always appreciated the chefs who started as KPs. They always made me feel appreciated. For example, some of them always apologised when they brought pots and pans which were severely burnt. A simple "sorry", or "thank you" goes a long way.

I work as a KP at the O2. It's hell a busy and non stop moving. Kindest words, thank you💯

I was the same. I used to work for a vehicle leasing and fleet management company. And I would often look out at the guys in the warehouse valeting and think they had the best job in the company. No stress

This is not a job to be embarrassed of. We all need to start somewhere and if this is the way, then, whatever it takes! Porcelain sanitising technician... what job is that, sounds quite difficult already!

We all keep it alive. The important thing is appreciate each other!

Im working on getting my food safety license. But I have been in kitchen work mostly as a dishwasher/in the dish pit. All you have too do is do your thing and do your best and leave for the next day.

Yeah, thanks for being such a great chef! Not many chefs do what you are doing, and is soo nice to have chefs treat their kitchen porter with respect!

As long you do the job at 100%. That's always been my ethic. You have to work anyway, at this point enjoy it! Talent can be found, or can be lost.

Indeed! Thanks for sharing this word here 🙏 I loved eating a lot of food when I was a KP, that was the best thing for me!! What job do you do?!

@@Boccione07 You're very welcome brother! I'm a KP @ a Cafe Restaurant located on Venice Beach in California! I'm pursuing a career in Business Office Administration, however, working as a KP is my secondary profession. I know I can always fall back on it if needed. Im well fed and I get good pay and respect! It truly is a lifestyle 🫡

Well done! Keep your kitchen organized and you will be more efficient.

We have to feed our own monsters as well!

What does this mean

Thank you! I appreciate that...is the only way to buy nice suits.

For me doesn't matter what position you are in. If you are a horrible person you will make a horrible workplace as well! Having people that know what they are doing is half of what the jobs are about. Having people at work that have fun, support each other, and are just great people is far more important then anything else! We all spend so much time with each other and being miserable is just not going to help nobody!!

I am a college student soon will start university. :)

Yeah! I would recommend you to join agency, they pay more and you are more flexible then a part time!

If they don't treat you well, you either leave or tell them! KP is a job you can find anywhere, so there is no need to be miserable inside

Yeaah! I'm of the opinion that, if you take care if the equipment, especially the washing machine; you can give it a long life and definitely, you dont want something to malfunction when is busy!

What profession you do?

I'm a line cook working two jobs!

You have too.

Yeah! Sometimes you find lucky places like this one; and sometimes you gotta wash it by hands.

@@Boccione07 Designed by my company, hope you liked it!

@@samgiles5853 designed very well! What's your company name?

Are you italian?!

Respecting all the people in your team is a great skill to have. It makes everyone jobs easy, and more easy going. Instead of shouting, and screaming nonsense just to prove to yourself that you are better then someone else!

Thanks I appreciate you!! Kitchen are the best places to build your back bone :D

Yeah. That day was kind of empty. It was at the time were covid was still a thing, so many people were working from home. Then I think with experience you understand when to work hard and when to chill. Sometimes places take advantages of your skills and decide to not hire another person cause you are enough for the job... which most of the time is not the case, especially in the hospitality sector, which will end up affecting your mental and physical health. I do you hope all the effort you put in the job is rewarded with a good pay check!

That does seem horrible? What were your duty? How they were treating you?

@@Boccione07 Scrubbing "pots and pans" for about 14 hours. Luckily, I only had KP duty twice during my 6 months of Boot Camp and MOS occupational training. Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Late 80's.

@@springhillgolfer878 I think the worst is when you have chef's that don't know how to cook. They literally burn everything they cook, even salads... and you know how difficult it is to scrub burned pans after 10hrs of shift!

Is he still your friend?

I'm making a video as a barista, soon I will post it! Not many places let me make video, so I cannot have a schedule on them !

Yeah! Never worked as receptionist. I always think that is 50% the people, 50% the place where you work, to make your job stressful! So now you are chilling in the reception?

My man! Never argue at work, always outsmart them and be efficient

It was soo good working in the kitchen! All that food around! Don't tell my twice to have a bit more of it!

From Perth? 🇦🇺

That's awesome! Usually KP don't get service charge in their payslip, that's, mean they value you! What is the job you aiming for?

@@Boccione07 I'm just happy to be a Kitchen Porter. I don't want to be a chef.

@@samanthahardy9903 Yeah, I understand! But in you cannot be a KP forever, what is the job you want to do?

@@Boccione07 I'm classed as Generation X, so I'm not exactly getting any younger (I'm 51). So I am saving up for a computer so I can eventually do a job working remotely from home. I have considered becoming a freelance English tutor to help people to learn or improve their verbal language skills.

@@samanthahardy9903 go for it Samantha!, helping others can be very fulfilling.

We are super busy! We usually are 4 kp and 2 dishwasher, that day we were not as busy as usual so we ended up being only 2kps.

@@Boccione07 having 2 kps to me is great mostly because even with the last company i worked for and the one im currently at i worked either full service for hours even near close and also doing service and a function by my self which was a nightmare but i got through it

​@@FunRageDIEyh same I work at a big hotel and 95 % of the time I will work on my own aswell and it's always busy pretty much. I do occasionally work with another kitchen porter but that's normally when we have several big functions on at the same time.

Hey. Is normal to be nervous, everyone is nervous at their first job. I was to when I came in London and didn't know how to talk English. BIG ADVISE: do the job, be friendly to people, if you don't have nothing to do ask around if anyone needs help. Do this and people will love you! You will do great, is just a job. Keep me updated about the trial. :) If you need anything feel free to ask me!

@@Boccione07 thanks so much! I think it went okay I did make a couple mistakes tho. I'm supposed to be getting a call today about it!

@@tiernyjasmine8678 That's great. If they don't call you back. You call them. They may be busy and forget to call you. So by calling them, you show that you care about the job. You surely did great. And if they don't call you... then next one. There is many other job you can do. Jobs you will enjoy, keep it up!

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A PORTER is a person usually working in a hotel carrying guests' luggage. A DISHWASHER is the machine used to wash dishes. A KITCHEN PORTER is a person that is employed to wash the dishes.

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Lol! You would hear a lot of machine working, some people in the background and sometimes a ghost shouting!

@@Boccione07 a ghost shouting 😂😂😂 You just gained a new subscriber 👍👍👍

Thanks V, I do appreciate it!

Incredibly great words! Is difficult to find managers like minded as you are! Thanks for being a great manager, we appreciate your support.

Honestly I had always the mentality that anyway I have to go to work, at this point let's make it fun and give it a 100%.

Thank you! I much appreciate it.

What I did learn in my 6 years of experience working with managers and people that are in a higher position than you are. They love to tell people what to do, cause most of the time they either getting shit from higher people then them or they just don't have much going on in their life apart the job they have! SO a good tip. Always say "YES", agree with what they tell you to do, and then just keep doing it your way. :)

You are in charge of you own work. SO whatever you think is better and fast do it. Many managers don't like efficient work, they only know one way and that's it. Why? Cause they don't have as many hours as you do doing that job. So always say YES, make them happy... and keep minding your business :D

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Kitchen Porter usually do the basic preparation. Like pealing potatoes, cleaning certain type of sea food or vegetables. Mainly are the easiest and most annoying job that a chef won't do cause of the high quantity of time you have to spend behind those, and literally you get bored after 2 consecutive day of doing it. Look for a kitchen that make's you do something new everytime, I remember how fun it was to just to something different like frying things.

Non piu. Ora lavoro come barista in un pasticceria. Te?

@@bempomaa489 hai provato questa compagnia www.coople.com/uk/ ?

@@bempomaa489 Non ti so dire. So che operano a Londra. Ma devi controllare se fanno anche Birmingham.

Yeah for sure! Most of my job I found them through the agency called www.coople.com/uk/ . There are many like this in London. So the more you have, the more chances you have to get a job. For the kitchen porter role, I would say the best thing you can do is having a 4 hours trial, show them how you work, and socialize with as many people as possible there, show them you are happy to work for them. Interviews for KP are not that difficult at all. Speaking English is already a huge plus. As many KP don't usually talk English, from my experience. I would recommend you to work on yourself meanwhile you have the KP job. You don't want to clean dishes for the rest of your life! Hope I helped you! If you have more question, I'm around :) .

Probably, is time to remember to quit your job!

Thank's, are you one yourself?

@@Boccione07 I used to be one. Not living in the UK in the moment, but I hope returning to there as soon as possible.

Yeah, it is London!

A great place honestly! Kitchen porter area is up to date, and the machine are working perfectly, plus all people there are cool! Only issue is about bycicle storage and much time wasted to get through security.

Appreciate your comment ☺️

Thank you. It means a lot, do we know each other?

You are right! But when you have a good team and the chef are not treating you like a piece of shit, then this job is not that bad!

We can wash dishes and more... Let's be professional!

@@Boccione07 Have a few of the lads at Goldman offered a side "gig"?

@@birgerhovda8773 What you mean?

@@Boccione07 You know... join them at their flat etc.

Nah! But if the opportunity shows up, I will tell you about the experience .

I got hired there from a company so I was receiving 14£/hour (since I was getting paid holiday as well), and usually the shift was about 8 hours with 30 minutes break. The kitchen porters who were working there were getting paid 10.75£/hour. 5 days a week!

@@Boccione07 howcome they where getting paid less than you? Where they not working on holidays?

@@bitchdontplaywitme4798 That's how this agency work. Since you are like self-employed, they pay you the holiday as well. So is like 13p/h + 1p/h of holiday paid.

@@bitchdontplaywitme4798 And if you think that is still more then them; sometimes they charge more cause the shift is asked last minute, so is more difficult to find someone to replace it, if the pay is not good enough!

@@Boccione07 what agency do you work for bro? Or can I directly apply to Goldman Sachs

I'm a climber; so there is a loot of upper body work involved. Mainly is a lot of pull ups, but if you want to increase your muscle mass, which will affect your strength as well (In the good way). Do the 5x5, with 80 to 90% of your MR (Maximum Repetition). Once you are happy with the body mass and the size of your muscle, then you can start to add high repetition and calisthenics, to get shredded. But the main thing is the motivation, the consistency; that is at the end of the day what will bring result in the long term. Work for the health benefit, for the sake of staying mentally healthly. Wait for the body result, be patient, once you will see result you will be hyped up and no one else can stop you once you got those result kicking in! IMPORTANT: choose whatever motivation you want! I started working out to get more attractive on the eye of the girls. Now I do it for myself cause it feels good. What's your workout routine?

@@Boccione07 I'm 5'8, male, 24 years old, weigh 160 pounds, and am an ectomorph. I decided to embrace my frame as I can't eat massive amounts of food each day, it makes me sick. The heaviest weight I lift is 50 lbs dumbbells. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays I do chest and triceps, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I do biceps and back. For chest and triceps, I do dumbbell bench press, dips, and weighted push 5 x 12. For Biceps and back, I do weighted pull-ups, rows, and hammer curls about 5 x 12 as well. I also do shoulders every other day and I throw in weighted squats here and there. What do you think? Also, what size of shirts are you wearing now? I alternate between small and medium because sometimes the small is too tight and the medium is too big.

@@guszuchini2471 I think that you make it difficult for yourself with this schedule. You have to rest a day after a gym session, it should look like Monday, OFF, Wednesday, OFF, Friday, OFF, Light Session. Light Session = Train muscle that you would never train: forearms, obliques, lots of stretch, fingers as well. Keep it simple, 4 main exercises: Bench Press - Deadlift - Pull Ups - Squats Chest + Triceps = Good. Bench Press. Cable Crossovers. Push Ups. Open Elbow Dips. Rope Push Down. Diamond Push Ups. Close elbow dips. Back + Biceps = Good. Deadlift. Barbell Bent Over Row. Pull Ups. Chin Ups. Concentration Curl. Barbell Curl. Incline Stretch Curl. Legs + Shoulder = Good. Squats. DB Reverse Lunge. Leg Press Lying Leg Curl. One calves exercise. Shoulder Press. Lateral Press. Hold Handstand for 10 sec. The shirts I'm using are M, I don't go S or it looks to tight and it just becomes uncomfortable.

Thank you! I appreciate the comment. Do you work in hospitality as well?

Plenty of job over here! Everywhere you go a Chef position is the easiest to obtain!

@@Boccione07 how to get one.?

Thanks Caleb, but compared to the other KP, I'm doing nothing! He is the star of that kitchen.

They removed all the equipment to make our job easier.

it looks like a extremely big kitchen so will tend to be emptyish most the time

Thank you! What is your occupation?

@@Boccione07 I work as a Hausmann.My Wife is a Nurse and i do the Houswork. German Yakuza Hausmann :). But I also worked in restaurant kitchens. As a dishwasher and also as a kitchen helper with his own position.Desserts, Salats etc. etc. And as a Male Nurse. Taking care of older People.

@@trex70 German Yakuza got me! :D Don't mess up with the laundry or you will lose your finger!

@@Boccione07 would be an Irony ^^

@@trex70 lol!

Lots of love!

Yap. From new york cityyyyyyy

We feed the dishwasher with sanitizers and cleaning tablets. :D

This is the company I used to work for to find all this type of jobs: shorturl.at/fituA . They are mainly based around hospitality jobs, and the pay is quite good. Or if you want to work specifically here just check HSBC career website

Thank's, I appreciate that!

"yr"? profession, what you mean?

@@Boccione07 no

Here is good! Or if you need private, message me on Instagram boccionn.

Changing job was the best choice you made. I was in the same position as you, and honestly I made my last days of working there quite difficult for them. Since I was going anyway, I was having fun and messing with them as much as I could. Cause some people need their own medicine to realize how bad they are behaving. Hope the job you are right now is better and you can focus on what you are looking to do in life. Don't take shit by nobody, you don't own nothing to anyone.

@@Boccione07 thanks for the advice mate 👍much appreciated 😊

@@matthewhaslewood468 anytime 😊

Cause you don't have better things to do.

Thanks, as said in some comment, the start of the kitchen the hard worker is the other guy. He is something else!

I'm happy if it does help in somehow.

and putting dishes away wet ? lol

You forgot that I was eating brownies... so they are wet and covered by chocolate!

Yes! And most of the time is good food, like that steak... was unfortunate there was no more left.

yes and no it depends where you work for example the company i work for you do get meals for free as part of a allowance but past that allowance then well

You can find jobs with Coople www.coople.com/uk/ . This is a agency that provides jobs. There are many of those in London. Usually you can go work in places, and if you like the place you can ask the to hire you. Is easy, to get a job especially if you make it look like you know what you doing.

@@Boccione07 🙏 thank you

How you doing my man? Where do you work ?

@@Boccione07 i work at a wagamama

Yeah! It's the Goldman Sachs in 25 Shoe Ln, London EC4A 4AU .

@@Boccione07 cool. so, is there any vacancy bro? i am still looking for a job. i need a job urgently bro. i live in Peckham, Southeast London.

@@moujannatjan3556 I don't work there anymore. How many jobs are you applying a day?!

@@Boccione07 okay. Then where do you work bro?? would you mind telling me where do you work recently?? i applied on 5 to 7 job vacancies in a day those aren’t too much far away than my accommodation area. i can go those workplaces by riding bus. unfortunately i didn’t get their responses yet. they kept me in their pending list. and could you please give me your WhatsApp contact??

@@Boccione07 broooohhhh

I think before we use to clean everything by hand. Now there are more advance machine, that do that for us! So we just take the clean staff in the right place.

main term i hear is kp or KA (kitchen assistant) , or if a chef really likes you he calls you boss or chef

www.coople.com/uk/ this is the agency that provides me, with all this kind of jobs. If you are a chef, we can get 50£ each, as a referral!

@@Boccione07 i am not chef bro i am freshr only

@@paramjeet_spanish Great! Than just apply for the agency. Message me on instagram I can share something with you.

@@Boccione07 give me instagram id or link i am waiting bro

@@paramjeet_spanish instagram.com/boccionn/

I'm from the best kitchen in the world!

I want job in your restaurant please

@@ronnegivlogs0007 So you have to check the company baxterstorey.com/ . This is the one that provides hospitality to Goldman Sachs!

Still a job. Even in the stove!

Jesus! What?

most kitchens allow you to have a break, for example wagamamas if you do a morning shift whats normally 7am to 3pm your break is around 10.30am to 11am where you can get a meal cooked for you or cook your own and the breaks normally if you dont smoke are about 20 to 25 minutes long, however if your a kp it can be difficult squeezing in breaks during a evening shift so best advice is get there just a bit earlier by around 10 to 15 minutes if its not too busy get a chef or yourself to cook a meal then eat it then and have snacks during the shift it self

Hello to you!! How is it going?

YEAH! This job is just a way to survive, before you find something better. So now that you don't do this anymore, what do you do?!

@@Boccione07 lol I know man, just sucked. I develop mini VR games for public experiences. Not a single stack of unscraped plates or a ramakin full of half used sauce in sight.

@@MonsterJuiced ahahahahhah!! Maybe you could make a VR Kitchen Porter game!!

@@Boccione07 hahaha! All the fun of washing the pots without any of the dermatitis or loud Scottish chefs screaming in your ear

@@MonsterJuiced ahahahhaha! You killing me with this comments!! I think that the chef in the background should be included in to the game! 🤣

First time I went to work there, I saw the tall dishwasher... I thought it was some Elon Musk equipment, space X stuff ahahahha.

I'm trying to work as smart as I can. Thanks for the advice :D

Nah... it's actually good for people who want to become chef's.

It's all about priority. You prioritize doing more work for other people, I prioritize doing more work for myself!

My guy. Thanks, I appreciate the comment. Where do you work?