He steals. He steals about 50 dollars of meat and other food per night. He steals food I'm making for our clients out of my hands to eat himself and dares me to do something about it. I reported this verbally, then in writing, and then when they did nothing, I quit.
They called me up and said "There's no evidence he stole 50 POUNDS of meat and you're a liar and why would you make a false claim, hmm racist much?"
I said I never claimed he stole 50 POUNDS, there's no meat we even order in that weight- he takes 50 bucks worth.
They pretty much just shut me down and said that's not how they're going to view the situation, despite my written statement to the contrary. They're going to consider it that I said he stole a ludicrous amount, so I'm ludicrously wrong. And of course I have no defense for the claims I never made. They kinda said I could admit to lying, apologize and promise to be a good boy, and get my job back. Lololol screw that! What a way to show their hand- they need me a LOT more than I need them!
They really need this guy to work out because they can't get anyone to be the manager for the pittance they pay. The only reason this guy does it for the low pay is because he enjoys stealing and being a sychophant, and he's been fired already from half the places in town.
All of these issues, all of this drama would be resolved if they just paid everyone like 2 dollars more per hour to make it vaguely competitive with the area, so they could get good people in there. If they can't pay more, than the solution is to make it the cushiest workplace ever- people should get the hours they want, the days off they want, get anything they need to make them show up and be productive. I worked every weekend because I enjoy it, and the other cook got every weekend off because she has partial custody of her grandkids. It was fully covered. One of the first things he does is force the other cook to work weekends despite me saying I'll work them, just because "no one can have it that good." So she quit!
I had a lovely, but super schizophrenic porter. He'll wash dishes and clean and help in the back, but he can't stand serving clients because of his schizophrenia and social anxiety. Most loyal employee in the building. Think Wesley Willis. Don't fuck with my schizo dishwasher. What does my new boss do? "Oh no, you can't refuse to do that. You HAVE to serve. I'm your boss." Total powertrip. So my dishwasher quit. I had talked to my boss about how the dishwasher was 'special' and he told me "He should get over it or he doesn't deserve a job."
Had another porter/server, a black one, who always had slightly inappropriate clothes. Too saggy pants, ripped jeans, etc. We'd given him a few talks about it, he'd get better for a few days, then go right back to saggy pants. One day, he was wearing totally fine, appropriate clothes, but my boss decided it was the day to write him up about the past. Instead of doing it any time during his shift, he pulled him into the office at the end of his shift- but the poor guy was counting on getting a ride, his ride couldn't wait, and he ended up stuck in the building for 4 hours. My boss knew about this, and bragged he made him miss his ride as a "consequence." The best part? My boss wears ripped jeans, saggy pants, even worse than the server, but just says "I'm the boss. Managers don't have dress code." So my server quit.
Other people have done this to be able to hire all their buddies/family members, but... he doesn't seem to have any buddies he's trying to hire. He's just stupid and powertripping and wants anyone who complains about him gone.
