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I would give zero stars if that was possible. Leigh expects way too much of you when working with him! He had told me that I wasn’t the same person he hired… well that may have been the case since I was practically running the shop, doing food, taking orders from two seperate tills, putting lids on coffees, preparing iced and smoothie drinks, filling up milk jugs for him to steam and that still wasn’t enough for him! Throwing food across the benches when I haven’t done something I was never supposed to do and advising I get my hearing checked was mildly inappropriate. Never really made conversation with me so it was MY fault that I was so quiet. Telling me off practically in front of customers as I’m taking their orders which was embarrassing for me with the experience I have. Definitely the worst cafe I’ve ever worked at however Leigh would tell you that I don’t have the all-rounder experience required for the job! To make matters worse he didn’t pay me on time twice in row and actually underpaid me both times. Thanks.
Our group had a bad time at Urbi Cafe. They brought the wrong food, and it smelled weird and tasted bad. Even the coffee wasn’t good. The owner was not nice to us, and it made our visit not fun.
‼️Attention!!! ‼️Do not go there to work! Worst experience ever! The owner is the one and only horrible person I have ever met. He says he cares about customers but what about employees' wellbeing? And it doesn’t make sense either, he once rudely brushed off Indian customers. Basically, everything is about his mood. He shouts and grumps all day making the working environment so hostile. I did a trial of 12 hours in 2 days and didn’t get paid at all. He said I wasted his time and that I got to learn from him. TBH I didn’t learn anything. All he allowed me was just clean and pour milk. He once said I make mistakes and I was so baffled because I didn’t make any. When asked what he has nothing to say. Damn, it was a scam. I hid and cried at work. Ohh it was miserable time.
He said as long as we are still learning it would be only $15 per hour (I sense he was planning to exploit us) and after that 20smth. Thank God I left this job! I was really convinced that Aussies are tough and rude people to work with. But nah.. my current employers and coworkers are soo damn good.
‼️And the final message to food critics please give honest feedback!! ‼️Because of you guys, we are being sucked into such scams/traps.
He said as long as we are still learning it would be only $15 per hour (I sense he was planning to exploit us) and after that 20smth. Thank God I left this job! I was really convinced that Aussies are tough and rude people to work with. But nah.. my current employers and coworkers are soo damn good.
‼️And the final message to food critics please give honest feedback!! ‼️Because of you guys, we are being sucked into such scams/traps.
Great little shop on quiet street. Lots of food options. My new regular coffee shop.
‼️SCAM WARNING‼️
I am sharing my experience to help others :)
There are several signs and advertisements looking for staff around town and online for this cafe. The fact a cafe in Perth is unable to find staff in this town was a big initial red flag, but I chose to view it in a positive light and give it a chance. Following this, the reviews on here describing the owner make complete sense and were very unsurprising.
From the offset, he was an unpleasant man. I went in for a paid trial shift and was given no introduction or guidance to that specific cafe just “start working”. Fortunately, I have a lot of experience in busy Sydney cafes. I jumped on the tills taking back to back orders from 8-9.20am. Approximately an hour in the old man there starts getting aggressive arguing I’d not worked in a cafe before, because I wasn’t pouring his milk into the jugs for him ahead of time, I calmly responded that I had and explained that all the baristas I’ve worked with previously had poured their own milk. If this was a stipulation he specifically wanted, it takes 5 seconds to explain that instead of going aggressive straight away because I wasn’t a psychic.
1.5 hours into the trial he begins to call me a liar and say I made up all my experience, despite the fact he has physical references in a cv next to him. I said no problem I’ll take my pay and go. He begins to argue he won’t pay me because I “lied”, despite the fact there is references to back everything I’ve said and there was both a verbal agreement and written agreement on instagram messages. He refused to pay for the work I did. Not surprised at all he has found nobody willing to work for him, and the scam had been reported to fair work. Grateful for the bullet dodged!
I am sharing my experience to help others :)
There are several signs and advertisements looking for staff around town and online for this cafe. The fact a cafe in Perth is unable to find staff in this town was a big initial red flag, but I chose to view it in a positive light and give it a chance. Following this, the reviews on here describing the owner make complete sense and were very unsurprising.
From the offset, he was an unpleasant man. I went in for a paid trial shift and was given no introduction or guidance to that specific cafe just “start working”. Fortunately, I have a lot of experience in busy Sydney cafes. I jumped on the tills taking back to back orders from 8-9.20am. Approximately an hour in the old man there starts getting aggressive arguing I’d not worked in a cafe before, because I wasn’t pouring his milk into the jugs for him ahead of time, I calmly responded that I had and explained that all the baristas I’ve worked with previously had poured their own milk. If this was a stipulation he specifically wanted, it takes 5 seconds to explain that instead of going aggressive straight away because I wasn’t a psychic.
1.5 hours into the trial he begins to call me a liar and say I made up all my experience, despite the fact he has physical references in a cv next to him. I said no problem I’ll take my pay and go. He begins to argue he won’t pay me because I “lied”, despite the fact there is references to back everything I’ve said and there was both a verbal agreement and written agreement on instagram messages. He refused to pay for the work I did. Not surprised at all he has found nobody willing to work for him, and the scam had been reported to fair work. Grateful for the bullet dodged!
The owner is a truly horrid person and speaks to his staff with no respect at all. Coffee is very mediocre. I would go elsewhere, there’s some amazing coffee around this location but this coffee shop is by far the worst.
Cool rustic cafe. Friendly staff. Nice coffee for a quick pick-me-up. Service through the front window so I could watch my car, dodged parking fee paid for the coffee!
