A Kansas Olive Garden restaurant manager lost her job after telling staff to look for other employment if they needed time off.
If someone calls out, the restaurant management advised staff in writing, “you might as well go out and search for another work,” according to KCTV5, which got a copy of the message.
The manager, who has since been dismissed, remarked, “If you’re sick, you need to come prove it to us; if your dog dies, you need to bring him in and prove it to us.”
The team leader indicated that management had grown tired of how much time off employees took due to a lack of workforce.
A restaurant manager in Overland Park claimed that staff members were absent at a startling rate in an unusually scathing post that quickly went viral online.
The manager’s letter extolled her work ethic, claiming she had worked even when sick and once after her car had been totaled in an accident.
The message concluded by thanking staff members who come to work on time and adding, “I wish there were more like you. I hope you choose to continue working here, and I think we make it as simple as we can on y’all.”
According to a local news station, KCTV, the manager had been fired by the casual Italian restaurant chain by Tuesday. The chain’s motto is “When you’re here, you’re family.”
The manager’s remarks, according to an Olive Garden spokesman, “were not consistent with [the] company’s principles.”
The representative stated, “We work hard to give our team members a caring and respectful work environment. We can confirm that this manager and I have parted ways.”
The fired manager’s letter sparked a furor online. A response to the note that was widely shared was posted on the Twitter account F*k You I Quit, which highlights workplace abuse.
The account stated on Wednesday, “These power-tripping people are unreal. Who would not pause before sending something like this?”
The US labor market showed symptoms of waning tolerance for terrible employers when the Olive Garden manager met his demise.
According to estimates by the McKinsey consulting firm, up to 40% of US employees are prepared to quit their employment, in part because of the coronavirus pandemic’s increased options that have reduced the need for employees to put up with abusive supervisors.
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