I've had the same cook job for 3 years which I really like, but the pay is abysmal. I finally got hired for a new cook job that is $22 an hour full time with benefits. I felt like I hit the jackpot getting this job. I'm 5 weeks in and I realized that this job is insane. Like, is this normal? Please tell me it's not. Please tell me only this place is like this. So, I work in the kitchen by myself everyday. All employees work their own shifts alone. The facility has 45 residents that live there. Everyday by myself I have to make 45 breakfasts, 45 lunches, and 90 snacks. But on top of this, I have to prep all the meals for the following next 2 days while cooking all of the current day's meals. I also have to wash all the dishes which includes anything I used when cooking and all the plates and cups the residents used. That's like 225 plates. I'm not going to bother trying to calculate how many cups that'll be. I also have to sweep, mop, and take trash out twice a day. If sysco orders come in, I have to recieve them and unbox and place things where they belong. I have to do all of this in an 8 hour day all by myself. I don't even take my 10 minute breaks because it slows me down too much. I'm even tempted to clock out and work through my lunch. I might try that next week. I won't get caught because no one else is there. It's just impossible. I've done catering orders for up to 1,000 people at my other job with my team of 3 co-workers and that was way easier than this new job. The new job is asking me to resign because I'm struggling so much. I have rheumatism and I'm in so much pain. I'm eating acetaminophen like candy and I kinda don't care if it fries up my liver at this point. But overall, is this a normal work load for a cook? I feel like my other job was way too easy and made me weak and lazy. I feel so hopeless. It took me years to get a new job and I'm going to lose it after only a few short weeks.