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SunknLiner
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Massachusetts
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Hello Guys,
I sure hope someone can shed some light on this situation.
I was an employee an my local Applebee's restaurant in Seekonk, Massachusetts up until this afternoon when my manager decided it was time to "part ways" and fire me.
It all happened like so:
Four weeks ago I had requested this coming weekend off so that I would have time to go into Boston and visit the law school at Suffolk University where I am planning on filing an application upon graduating college. I did everything I was supposed to do which included notifying a manager at least two weeks in advance and putting my name down in a calendar book for requesting time off. When the new schedule came out I noticed that I was only given this Saturday off instead of the Saturday and Sunday that I requested. When I brought this to the attention of the manager in charge of the schedule, I was told "tough, the schedule is posted and if you have a problem, find someone else to take the shift." In response to this I wrote out a small note explaining my dilemma and offering my shift up for grabs to any other employee that wanted it. Here I was a week later still stuck with the shift so I asked to meet privately with the GM of the store after my shift this morning. I explained my situation, showed her my name in the 'time off' book and told her that it would not be at all feasible for me to come into work this Sunday. She responded by telling me that the 'time off book' was for 'requests' and she was under no obligation to honor 'requests' if she didn't wish to. She also said that if I wanted that Sunday shift off, I could...along with every other shift scheduled for me for the rest of the summer. (I was hired as a seasonal employee with my last day being August 11th) She said that getting rid of me was no problem as she had someone coming in for an interview in a few minutes and she had no qualms about writing his name on the schedule in place of mine. Quote: "I don't feel that I have to appease you. You can finish out this week (tomorrow) - after that, the next time you come into this store better be to drop off you shirts and pins."
Was she justified in firing me?? I did nothing except ask for help with a scheduling conflict that was not of my creation. I was a model employee with no write-ups or other problems. Being a college student, money is understandably tight. Because of this incident today, I'm going to loose almost two weeks worth of tips - a HUGE amount of money (to me at least). Also, it's too late for me to just get another job so Im really screwed here...
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Hello Guys,
I sure hope someone can shed some light on this situation.
I was an employee an my local Applebee's restaurant in Seekonk, Massachusetts up until this afternoon when my manager decided it was time to "part ways" and fire me.
It all happened like so:
Four weeks ago I had requested this coming weekend off so that I would have time to go into Boston and visit the law school at Suffolk University where I am planning on filing an application upon graduating college. I did everything I was supposed to do which included notifying a manager at least two weeks in advance and putting my name down in a calendar book for requesting time off. When the new schedule came out I noticed that I was only given this Saturday off instead of the Saturday and Sunday that I requested. When I brought this to the attention of the manager in charge of the schedule, I was told "tough, the schedule is posted and if you have a problem, find someone else to take the shift." In response to this I wrote out a small note explaining my dilemma and offering my shift up for grabs to any other employee that wanted it. Here I was a week later still stuck with the shift so I asked to meet privately with the GM of the store after my shift this morning. I explained my situation, showed her my name in the 'time off' book and told her that it would not be at all feasible for me to come into work this Sunday. She responded by telling me that the 'time off book' was for 'requests' and she was under no obligation to honor 'requests' if she didn't wish to. She also said that if I wanted that Sunday shift off, I could...along with every other shift scheduled for me for the rest of the summer. (I was hired as a seasonal employee with my last day being August 11th) She said that getting rid of me was no problem as she had someone coming in for an interview in a few minutes and she had no qualms about writing his name on the schedule in place of mine. Quote: "I don't feel that I have to appease you. You can finish out this week (tomorrow) - after that, the next time you come into this store better be to drop off you shirts and pins."
Was she justified in firing me?? I did nothing except ask for help with a scheduling conflict that was not of my creation. I was a model employee with no write-ups or other problems. Being a college student, money is understandably tight. Because of this incident today, I'm going to loose almost two weeks worth of tips - a HUGE amount of money (to me at least). Also, it's too late for me to just get another job so Im really screwed here...
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