A Burger King outlet in Lincoln, Nebraska, is going viral, but for all the wrong reasons. "I don't think we're at a point where workers have permanently gained the upper hand, but I would be cautious about saying exactly when the power is going to shift back more to employers," he said. Staff at a Burger King outlet resigned via the giant store sign. "Consumer demand is expanding faster than people are able and willing to go back into the labor force," Chris Tilly, a professor at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, told Insider's Áine Cain. These fast-food workers are among a growing group of retail workers who are " rage quitting" their jobs over working conditions and pay during the US labor shortage.Įxperts say a tight labor market in the US is giving workers the chance to hunt for better-paying jobs.
"It was just a slap in the face," she said.Ī Meridian spokesperson did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. The location is one of several franchises owned by Meridian Restaurants in Lincoln, and Flores said that the local area managers resisted her requests to raise wages above $12.50 per hour, even for an employee who had worked for 18 years at the restaurant. Read more: Experts say these 7 retail tech companies are set to boom as the labor shortage forces retailers to automate and innovate their way out of a crisis According to Serious Eats, the sesame seed buns need to be cooked mostly from one side to give 'maximum crust. She added that her team would frequently work six- and seven-day weeks for weeks on end, and that she was once hospitalized for dehydration. Another key to the Whopper is toasting the buns. to 1 a.m., with just an hour off during the day to care for her child. Other photos on social media - confirmed to Insider to be from the same restaurant - show temperatures of 102 degrees.įlores also said the restaurant was understaffed with a team of 13, and that she regularly had to cover unexpected absences, including many back-to-back open-to-close shifts from 5:30 a.m. When the kitchen air-conditioning broke for weeks, Flores said she saw the thermostat reach 97 degrees. "Our franchisee is looking into this situation to ensure this doesn't happen in the future."
"The work experience described at this location is not in line with our brand values," a Burger King corporate spokesperson said in a statement to Insider. "I got a call from my upper management and they told me I needed to take it down," she said.įlores told Insider she had already submitted her two weeks' notice after a grueling six-month stint as GM, but her boss told her to hand over her keys.
On Saturday morning, one of the staff changed the front sign to read, "We all quit - sorry for the inconvenience," and the photo quickly went viral. "I didn't think anybody was going to notice it," she added.
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