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Restaurant Employee Termination

My Buddy just got canned from his crappy Chain Management position 5 days prior to being vested in the company pension plan. Lovely!

Stupid Management rides again, this type of management mentality is what gives corporations the greedy loathing label that some  deserve. (This Cincinnati Ohio Based Franchise Restaurant Chain is one of them)

We wonder why the US citizens loathe the behavior of the Wall Street Banks which “mis-managed” billions of dollars from investors, only to have the government legalize the “plunder” of your hard earned money… The US taxpayer to bail their #%$@%^@*&&( out).

Stupid Restaurant Management Strikes Again!

We get mad at corporations that are in business to make money, which is the reason for going into business… isn’t it? Yet give the politicians a pass for making laws… that force the corporations and banks,  to loan money to people…who cannot repay it… and then they, blame the banks, and call the banks greedy?.. . Sorry got off track. Seems we as Americans have lost our sense of personal responsibility.

Management Vs Leadership

Management is doing things right… Leadership is doing the right things

Ask yourself this question is what is in your management style? Are you a leader? are you a controller? ae you a wimp? Which Manager are you

• Tim (Passive aggressive, brown noser, whiner pants)
• Robert ( draconian, narcissist asshole, get what you want at all costs)
• Andy (two faced, doesn’t do shit then throws you under the bus)
• Michael ( the one manager the staff works for and not against)
• Stu ( that is short for Stu Pedaso Just dumb as a box of rocks)

Whats in Your Closet?

I ran into a former employee the other day with my wife. This young women said one of the nicest things I think I have ever heard. She told my wife that…

“I was the only manager that she wanted to work for and not against”

I was floored I was relieved that she did not tell my wife what a tyrant I was at times.

We worked together in my first corporate chain restaurant turnaround project. One where the “Andy” was running a catering company out of my kitchen and sneaking in and stealing food, the newly appointed GM that replace the old Alcoholic “Robert ” GM was also an Alcoholic.

The question is when the fertilizer hits the oscillating device who are you? look in the mirror. Become a leader not just a restaurant manager .

Bad Restaurant Chains

There are good companies and crappy companies,  this Cincinnati Ohio based  chain is one of the bad ones, “work harder do more is the mantra” not work smarter? not take care of your guests.  At the Semi-annual GM meeting the new VP of stupidity told several hundred GM”S that in six months half of you won’t be here? What he failed to realize as he kept his promise neither was he!

This is a company that encourages you to keep employees longer, reward length of service, give out pins and raises to the hourly employees… then punish the managers for the increases on the P&L in the way of bonuses, yes the cost of vacation pay comes of the store managers bonus?

This Golden Corral Franchise Lacks Leadership

Not raises, not spiffs, not even a pat on the back, but a dollar for dollar penalty against any manager bonus for the costs associated with keeping employees longer.

Red Flags are red flags! Was my expectation anything but for this company?  Hooking this “Michael” remember the real manager, leader. No! My expectation was for them to behave the way they did. Sad yes most of us work for companies and know that we are expendable, that on any given day you are cannon fodder.

Stupid Management is not a a long term restaurant strategy. Work for the company that treats you with the respect and dignity that you deserve. Just be careful about which type of restaurant manager you are!

Caio’

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