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  • Note to Tardy Boss Gets Employee Fired

    Note to Tardy Boss Gets Employee Fired

    “Hey boss, learn to be on time!” said one smart man who definitely has the balls to stand up to lousy management.  

    One employee’s note to his manager has just cost him his job.

    Joe Blumm of Michigan was fired Thursday after posting a rather pissed-off note to the front door of his job.

    Blumm-who has worked for the local BP gas station the past three years-told CNN that he was forced to work night shift even after putting in a request to be off.

    When his manager failed to show up to relieve him, Blumm decided it was the last straw.

    “I had enough of that unprofessional atmosphere, having to deal with that tardiness and have it come down on me,” Blumm told CNN.

    The note reads as follows:

    “Hey boss, learn to be on time or at least communicate when you are going to be late. One hour with no phone call is unacceptable. As you can see, the doors are locked. I went home. Fire me if you must, but realize I walked due to your negligence.” 

    The third shift worker said it was a message only intended for his boss, but once it hit Reddit.com, he became a little bit nervous at first.

    Now, it seems Blumm is pretty pleased that his message has reached so many people.

    He may have just become the voice for “low-paid employees who get the short end of the stick” and don’t have enough courage to stick up for themselves when being treated unfairly.

    Blumm’s manager admitted being tardy, but stresses that her employee failed to contact her before locking up the store.

    She claims that she fired Blumm for other reasons and not because of the angry note.

    At this point, Blumm is just hoping to land a new job with better pay and more respect.

    “I would love to have a different job,” Blumm said. “Something a little bit higher paying I would hope.”

    Image via YouTube 

  • Pizza Hut Manager Gets Rehired After Closing Store On Thanksgiving Day

    Pizza Hut has offered to rehire a manager who was fired for refusing to open the restaurant on Thanksgiving Day. Tony Rohr, 28, had refused to open the store located in Elkhart, Indiana on Thanksgiving Day and was consequently told to write a letter of resignation. Instead, he chose to write a letter explaining why he thought the store should remain closed on Thanksgiving Day.

    “Why can’t we be the company that stands up and says we care about our employees and they can have the day off?” said Rohr. He continued by saying, “Thanksgiving and Christmas are the only two days that they’re closed in the whole year. And they’re the only two days that those people are guaranteed to have off to spend with their families.”

    Rohr says he was fired shortly after he wrote the letter in which he criticized the company’s policy.

    “I accept that the refusal to comply with this greedy, immoral request means the end of my tenure with this company,” he wrote. “I hope you realize that it is the people at the bottom of the totem pole that make your life possible.”

    However, the local franchise disputed Rohr’s claim that he was fired. Instead, they said he quit. Pizza Hut’s corporate office later issued a statement on its website saying that the franchise “made a serious error in judgment, one which we hope to help remedy.” The corporate office went on to state that Rohr should be reinstated because Pizza hut “fully respect an employee’s right to not work on a holiday.”

    “As a result, we strongly recommended that the local franchisee reinstate the store manager and they have agreed. We look forward to them welcoming Tony back to the team.” concluded the statement.

    But Rohr, who had worked there for 10 years and manages about 15 employees, said Thursday that he is not sure whether he wanted his job back at this time. “That’s something I can’t decide right away,” he told CNN.

    (main image via Wikipedia)