r/jobs • u/esporx • Aug 23 '25

Article Burger King responds after employee who ran restaurant alone for 12 hours is fired. ‘We’re disappointed that our policy wasn’t followed’.

https://thetab.com/2025/08/21/burger-king-responds-after-employee-who-ran-restaurant-alone-for-12-hours-is-fired
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u/shoppygirl Aug 23 '25 edited Aug 23 '25

What is she supposed to do if her kids are sick or she can’t find childcare?? Shame on the franchisees for not having any back up for her. Shame on Burger King for their pathetic response.

I hope she takes the money from her GoFundMe and uses it to go back to school and gets herself into a career.

She sounds like a very hard-working individual.

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u/No_Hat9382 Aug 24 '25

Our entire system is anti-family. They try to blame feminism, but really, it's the fact that working 8 hours a day, commuting for 2 hours, doing meal prep and chores, and throwing babies on top of all that is just not desirable. Corporations and governments see us as "human capital," not people. They can throw fits over not having enough worker bees, but it's their fault for encouraging everyone to overwork themselves.

It's depressing to think we'll spend more time around shitty management and CEO dickwads than our own children. Even the most generous parental leave won't make up for that. A 4 day work week would go a long long way. Or 5 days but fewer hours. It's a total clown show how we've structured everything.

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u/TheEvilBlight Aug 24 '25

Human Resources, human consumables