These are tense days at Olive Garden

December 09, 2022, 11:47 AM

ZSMICHAEL

Ok I can agree the manager did not handle the situation appropriately. It speaks to laziness and ineptitude on the part of the workers and the lack of training for a manager. I friend of mine was a Regional Manager of over 50 restaurants. There was a mild coating of ice on the roads and people were calling in. He fired them all per company policy. If our military handles absenteeism the same way we are totally fucked.

December 09, 2022, 12:21 PM

SigJacket

quote:
Originally posted by ScreamingCockatoo:
People actually eat there?
Here in Georgia, Frankie’s I’d the best kept secret of Italian kitchens.

Well, it was.

December 09, 2022, 01:06 PM

chellim1

quote:
"If you’re sick, you need to come prove it to us. If your dog died, you need to bring him in and prove it to us," the now-fired manager said.

The team leader claimed that staffing shortages had left the management fed up with the amount of personal time that workers were taking off.

"I came in sick. I got in a wreck literally on my way to work on time, airbags went off and my car was totaled, but you know what, I made it to work, ON TIME!" the heated note read. "There are no more excuses. If you’re here to work and want to work, then work."

If this guy has the work ethic he claims he won't have any trouble getting another job.

"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible."
-- Justice Janice Rogers Brown

"The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth."
-rduckwor

December 09, 2022, 01:16 PM

downtownv

Heeeeey!
At Olive Garden we treat you like Family!

December 09, 2022, 01:17 PM

flashguy

quote:
Originally posted by wrightd:
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
Well, you never know- given the way American workers have become lazier and more apathetic over the past two and a half years, he may have been dealing with some genuine goldbricks. Also, note that his remarks came after "totalling" his car. The guy wasn't at his best and was under a lot of stress.

I know I wouldn't want to be dealing with the new American worker- lazy and entitled.

I have noticed that some businesses hire very well, young people that is. I know some of that depends on region/location, but I believe there are good workers to be found almost anywhere, even in shitholes. Not many maybe, but they exist. But the businesses that hire well are often exceptions and not the rule. Some businesses excel at hiring the worst possible quality people, something I don't understand. I don't know what the recipe is for those that hire well, but it's like majik.

Chick-Fil-A seems to do it well.

flashguy

December 09, 2022, 03:26 PM

berto

You’re the manager. You hired these people. You trained them. Manage it.

December 09, 2022, 03:48 PM

Mars_Attacks

quote:
Originally posted by SigJacket:
quote:
Originally posted by ScreamingCockatoo:
People actually eat there?
Here in Georgia, Frankie’s I’d the best kept secret of Italian kitchens.

Well, it was.

No, they kept the staff and recipes.

They are still the same. We went there last weekend. The same waiter we've had for the last 20 years still served us and the chef was still cooking up awesomeness.