Quitting with style

[GreenTeaChloe]

Three US retail employees have walked off the job in dramatic fashion, closing up shop mid-shift and leaving a very public sign to their boss as a letter of resignation.

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"Dear Jamie," the letter signed Niki, Jess and JT reads.

"Since you decided to say 'cancer is not an excuse' and think it's OK to swear at your employees like you do ALL the time WE QUIT."

"THIS is why you can't keep a store manager longer than a year. You abuse your roll and staff."

The resigning trio add that Jamie would be stranded without a store manager, co-manager and key holder in the middle of school holidays.

The store Journeys in Rochester, New York, may face fines for not being open during mall hours.

"We take situations like this seriously and are currently investigating this issue," Journeys' director of corporate relations Claire McCall told the Huffington Post.

"Beyond this, we have no comment."

 

[Urda]

They should have e-mailed. u_u

 

[reizon]

good job BBC news.!!

whats next on the schedule..??

 

[mikeeozua]

This would have been more inspirational if they hadn't spelt role wrong.

 

[Ōkami]

Do you think they had someone play Eye of the Tiger when they were walking away.

 

[Urda]

This would have been more inspirational if they hadn't spelt role wrong.

It was an excuse to leave work early, they had no time to spell check.

 

[abhiken]

owners/ bosses should care about their employee .
this reminds me of a scene from a movie called "the dictator'

 

[YowYan]

haha nice work

 

[Aim64C]

This would have been more inspirational if they hadn't spelt role wrong.

They could have also been making reference to 'roll' as in 'payroll.' Though I think it was a misspell.

Your signature is awesome, by the way.

I've been under a couple of managers like the one described.... and a few that are just retarded.

Employees and employers are a team relationship. Both are there to make money. When you abuse other members of your team - it doesn't work out so well in the end.

Of course - everyone tends to think they do more for the team than they really do; so conflict arises, and too few people know how to manage it, these days.

 

[YowYan]

They could have also been making reference to 'roll' as in 'payroll.' Though I think it was a misspell.

Your signature is awesome, by the way.

I've been under a couple of managers like the one described.... and a few that are just retarded.

Employees and employers are a team relationship. Both are there to make money. When you abuse other members of your team - it doesn't work out so well in the end.

Of course - everyone tends to think they do more for the team than they really do; so conflict arises, and too few people know how to manage it, these days.

I worked at this store where the manager would hang out in his office all day, doing nothing. He'd come down every now and then to have a chat with the employees and then quickly went upstairs again when it would get crowded inside and we'd have to ask for an extra hand.

haha

 

[Aim64C]

I worked at this store where the manager would hang out in his office all day, doing nothing. He'd come down every now and then to have a chat with the employees and then quickly went upstairs again when it would get crowded inside and we'd have to ask for an extra hand.

haha

You know... I've worked with managers where we wished they would do something like that.

This one restaurant I have worked at part-time as a pinch-hit (and occasionally as part of their weekly lineup) for the past 8 years, or so... takes the cake.

The owner/manager, quite bluntly, doesn't know what the hell she's doing. We saved her thousands a month in bounced check fees by having her pay employees out of the register, because she can't balance a check book to save her life (or her business).

Since it's the only place in town that has prime rib every night - we propositioned her on the idea of putting a sign out front at 'road-eye height' that said "Prime Rib every night." (I have talked with very few people that know the building she's in is a restaurant... and have lived in this town all their life and drive by it every day). Her response: "Well... what if we run out?"

So, you see what we're working with.

As if that isn't bad enough - she's also been listening to her book-keeper (around $1k/month to manage the payroll of a business with 10 employees...) who insist that she needs to continue to cut manpower (and employee benefits - such as being able to have meals taken out of our paycheck at 25% discount from the list price).

She's bought into it - and has continued to shrink her business rather than try and expand the customer base. She's to a point now where even if she were to miraculously start getting the customer flow she needs - she doesn't have the people remaining to staff the kitchen, properly.

One of the bartenders is leaving. I'm relocating to another town, soon, for a job that actually pays (there's over $400 in payroll owed to me - and I've not clocked in while working the past week and a half, simply because there's no point in adding to that amount as it may not even be paid out of the auctioning of the place) - and one of the other "east side" kitchen staff is not likely to hang around much longer than I am.

I can handle all of the jobs that kitchen has to offer (though I haven't been turned loose with the steak side of things for customer tickets). As can most of the people who work there. That's how we can get away with two people manning that kitchen. But she can barely manage to pay the employees she has... and when we leave, she's not going to be able to find people (at minimum wage) who are going to be able to walk into manning three different stations.

Of course... she's been renting the place for the past ... 25... 30 years, even? The original business downtown burned, and she started renting this place... and never stopped. She could have owned it 3 times over, now, easily (and the landlord doesn't take care of anything - part of their agreement several years ago was that he would charge reduced rent if she managed the maintenance... of course.... she's still paying about two or even three times more than what she should be for the place).

If it lasts another month, I'd be surprised. Those of us 'old hats' that have been with the place for a while give it two weeks.

 

[Voltron]

Lol
"Roll"

I'm beating my damn bread..... but nothing is happening

 

[YowYan]

You know... I've worked with managers where we wished they would do something like that.

This one restaurant I have worked at part-time as a pinch-hit (and occasionally as part of their weekly lineup) for the past 8 years, or so... takes the cake.

The owner/manager, quite bluntly, doesn't know what the hell she's doing. We saved her thousands a month in bounced check fees by having her pay employees out of the register, because she can't balance a check book to save her life (or her business).

Since it's the only place in town that has prime rib every night - we propositioned her on the idea of putting a sign out front at 'road-eye height' that said "Prime Rib every night." (I have talked with very few people that know the building she's in is a restaurant... and have lived in this town all their life and drive by it every day). Her response: "Well... what if we run out?"

So, you see what we're working with.

As if that isn't bad enough - she's also been listening to her book-keeper (around $1k/month to manage the payroll of a business with 10 employees...) who insist that she needs to continue to cut manpower (and employee benefits - such as being able to have meals taken out of our paycheck at 25% discount from the list price).

She's bought into it - and has continued to shrink her business rather than try and expand the customer base. She's to a point now where even if she were to miraculously start getting the customer flow she needs - she doesn't have the people remaining to staff the kitchen, properly.

One of the bartenders is leaving. I'm relocating to another town, soon, for a job that actually pays (there's over $400 in payroll owed to me - and I've not clocked in while working the past week and a half, simply because there's no point in adding to that amount as it may not even be paid out of the auctioning of the place) - and one of the other "east side" kitchen staff is not likely to hang around much longer than I am.

I can handle all of the jobs that kitchen has to offer (though I haven't been turned loose with the steak side of things for customer tickets). As can most of the people who work there. That's how we can get away with two people manning that kitchen. But she can barely manage to pay the employees she has... and when we leave, she's not going to be able to find people (at minimum wage) who are going to be able to walk into manning three different stations.

Of course... she's been renting the place for the past ... 25... 30 years, even? The original business downtown burned, and she started renting this place... and never stopped. She could have owned it 3 times over, now, easily (and the landlord doesn't take care of anything - part of their agreement several years ago was that he would charge reduced rent if she managed the maintenance... of course.... she's still paying about two or even three times more than what she should be for the place).

If it lasts another month, I'd be surprised. Those of us 'old hats' that have been with the place for a while give it two weeks.

hahahaha I guess she's the type that prefers her standard routine when managing her restaurant. Too bad, she could've made way more by playing it smart, like you said.

 

[Aim64C]

hahahaha I guess she's the type that prefers her standard routine when managing her restaurant. Too bad, she could've made way more by playing it smart, like you said.

She's been given a few offers to become a 'silent partner.' A few of the wealthier people have offered to buy the business and pay her money to stay the hell away from it.

Because she does things like cuss in front of children and, on especially slow days, sit down and talk with the customers through their entire meal.

Though it is always hilarious when she comes in through the back, hollering about something insignificant and stupid. "The plants out front need to be watered!"

"Well... I'll get right on that. Would you like to finish this Crème brûlée for me? Or grab that tub of dishes sitting there on the sink, because we can't afford to staff a designated dishwasher?"

It's nothing but rays of golden sunshine when she comes in to work hours later than the rest of us.

 

[RasenUchihaChaos]

its amazing when people rage or complain over spelling

 

[-Punk-]

Meh , it was alright , it would have been better if the store were left open for people to take shit .

 

[Hypemaster]

I feel better now, I quit my job yesterday.