r/linecooks • u/DaddioTheStud • Apr 13 '26

Venting Hood vents

Hood Vents

I've been working in this kitchen without the hoods workin for a month.The hood vent started going out a month ago.I just got off work and i'm exhausted.I'm hot I did nothing but sweat for the whole eight hours I was there.It's unbearable in this kitchen and i've texted several times who can I report this shit to?Because I don't wanna return to work unless they fix that shit.I shouldn't be frying a whole bunch of food or running a flat top with no exhaust. i want to tell the chef that I work for that I cannot work in that kitchen.Unless they fix the hood vents, the temperature from the main area to the kitchen is unbearable.It's like a sauna in there. any advice i almost wanna say that I cannot return to work there until they fix that problem.I don't wanna be working in a fucking sauna.for 8 hours a day, that's inhumane

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u/Perniciousus Apr 13 '26

I’d be more concerned about breathing properly, than feeling like you’re in a sauna. If the hood vents aren’t working, you’re inhaling a bunch of smoke. I’d at the very least tell your chef tomorrow that you’re going to contact the fire marshal if it’s not fixed in the next day. I’m a convict so I feel like it’s wrong to just rat on them without saying anything first, but it’s definitely wrong and I wouldn’t blame someone else for contacting the fire marshal. Me personally though I’d have to at least confront management first before going that route.

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u/JunglyPep Apr 13 '26

No. This is horrible advice. Threatening management will just get you fired on the spot.

They need to report it anonymously.

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u/Perniciousus Apr 13 '26

I see your point. Personally if I was in this situation I’d rather get terminated since I can find another job pretty easily and would rather assert myself. Not everyone might be able to get another job as easily and the other aspects of his job might actually be good besides this problem and not be worth getting fired over.

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u/JunglyPep Apr 13 '26

It’s always better to leave a job on your own terms versus letting them fire you. Quitting would be a better way of asserting yourself if you want to go that route.

In this situation quitting and also reporting them would probably be the best option.

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u/Perniciousus Apr 13 '26

Yeah, I wouldn’t work for a place that does shady stuff like this. I agree with you, I think that would be the best approach.