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Texas like so many other states is an at hired at will state which means a company doesn't need a reason to fire an employee, as a result there are no bits for a lawyer to chomp at.
That doesn't relieve the business of it's disgraceful action. The public will decide what justice is done.
For me I would not shop there..This is not about state laws,it's about the shakedown of $400 bucks or your job...There in lies the lawsuit if the firing came about as reported.
Thats is pretty standard. Thats the way all of these scum bucket chains work. They steal from employees, and if the employees don't give them the money, they fire them.
I have had lots of pizza delivery jobs that would fire drivers, if they don't repay any stollen money. Here is an example. As if getting robbed isn't bad enough, the employees get robbed again by the company.
That doesn't relieve the business of it's disgraceful action. The public will decide what justice is done.
For me I would not shop there..This is not about state laws,it's about the shakedown of $400 bucks or your job...There in lies the lawsuit if the firing came about as reported.
This. Pretty disgraceful, strong-arming an employee over $400, c'mon give me a break.
I read this story earlier. How is she supposed to do a drop in the middle of a rush? And then after a robbery ask for her to pay that money back as if it was her fault they were robbed?
She couldn't. It would be impossible, but the companies don't care that it's impossible for the employees to comply. They just want to place the blame on the employee.
I have had pizza delivery jobs where I had to sign a statement acknowledging that I understood I would be immediately be terminated, if I was ever robbed of more the $20. Rational, I should never leave the store with more then $20. Everything else should go in a drop box.
The problem, if I left the store with one $25 pizza order, and $20 of change, then collected the cash for the pizza, plus maybe a tip, I would be retuning to the store with close to $50. If I got robbed on the way back, I would be in violation of the agreement I signed, and they would fire me. It was impossible for me to do my job and abide by the agreement that I was forced to sign. Thats the way these companies work.
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Originally Posted by jabber_wocky
I would not take the job back and I would see what an attorney has to say. I think Popeyes will be paying her more than just back pay.
Yeah, thats the best solution. Just avoid working for crap places like that, and as customers try to avoid patronizing those type of places. It's really no fun to eat at a place where the employees are being treated like that.
When I was 18 years old I was robbed while working the night shift in a convenience store. Two days later when I went back to work I was given a reprimand to sign because I had too much money in the drawer. I told them to shove it and walked out.
Ah, I am glad to see that Popeye's paid only $400 for the absolutely horrible PR "campaign". But then again, they say any PR is good PR. When else do people talk about Popeye's?
In any retail establishment the registers (current technology) are set to set off a signal that the register has gone over the threshold for cash to be in it. Managers are required to remove that excess within minutes of that signal coming up as it only takes a few minutes to do so. The $400 was most likely past the amount of that threshold and was probably an average of 40 transactions. Anyone who is or was a cashier (at least in the past 30 yrs) knows this. The removal of the excess cash is done for the exact reason listed in the OP.
Like many people, I've put in plenty of time working in retail and I don't have a huge amount of sympathy for her for not doing drops when she was supposed to. There are multiple people working at Popeyes and she could have taken the time she needed. Even if you are alone, you still say "Excuse me, I will be right with you in a moment" and do your drop. It's the same as if you run out of register tape. Even if you have a line of people, you have to change the tape. I've been on the other side of that plenty of times as a customer too.
Now, obviously the manager screwed up and shouldn't have demanded she repay the money. But who thinks she'd still be going to the media and complaining and saying "pregnant woman fired for being robbed" and trying to get sympathy and a gofundme page and all that when she was legitimately fired for breaking one of the biggest rules they teach you when you are a cashier?
Texas like so many other states is an at hired at will state which means a company doesn't need a reason to fire an employee, as a result there are no bits for a lawyer to chomp at.
Except when the employer gives a reason that someone can sue them for. example - You're fired vs you're fired because you stole money.
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