A Pizza Hut told Irma-fleeing employees they could be punished for skipping shifts (WP)

[dalton99a]

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A Pizza Hut told Irma-fleeing employees they could be punished for skipping shifts
By Maura Judkis | September 11 at 2:23 PM

A manager of one Pizza Hut in the path of Hurricane Irma threatened to discipline workers who evacuated for the storm outside of a designated time frame — and the brand has come under fire on social media for the “shameful” policy.

A photo began circulating on Twitter of a memo posted for employees in one Jacksonville Pizza Hut location, with an explicit list of instructions for employees.

“To all Team members,” the memo begins, before laying out a policy that dictates that employees cannot evacuate more than 24 hours before the storm and must return within 72 hours. “Failure to show for these shifts, regardless of reason, will be considered a no call/no show and documentation will be issued,” it reads. “After the storm, we need all TM’s available to get the store up and running and serve our communities as needed.”

Evacuating in the last 24 hours before a storm can be a risky move. Supplies and gas may have dwindled by then, and traffic can be a nightmare. “If you do it later, you may be caught in a flood of traffic trying to leave the area,” Miami Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez said Wednesday night. “You may find yourself in a car during a hurricane, which is not the best place to be.”

Link to tweet

[jpak]

1. Their pizza suuuuucccks - they are lucky they are still in business

Hope this bites them in the ass.

[underpants]

2. Of the chains they are easily the best but we tend to order from a local place

The crinkle on the bottom is only missing a sauce stain.

[FakeNoose]

3. OK this was written by some corporate PR shill

No local 2nd shift supervisor ever wrote this, I'll guarantee you.
This came straight from corporate where all the really big assholes are.

Just sayin'

[whistler162]

5. More likely the owner of the

Pizza Hut franchise where that notice appeared.

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. That's that I was thinking too

It's really the franchise owner who loses the most. Pizza Hut has 15000 locations worldwide. Even if 100 closed for a week, it wouldn't affect their bottom line.

I think if this kind of warning were sent out by corporate, they would be looking at lawsuits.

[tammywammy]

21. That's exactly what I was thinking. n/t

[procon]

4. Florida is a right to work state and this franchise owner could have

legally fired all his employees. Welcome to the Republican version of America.

[Initech]

8. This is the kind of heartless thing that the republicans would do.

[AngryAmish]

6. "one Pizza Hut"

Internet witch hunts are very 2015.

This person seems like an a-holes. Many folks are. Waffle House is lionized for similar conduct.

[LakeArenal]

7. That's one Pizza Hut.

Our Pizza Hut has had the same waitress for thirty years. They have the best salad bar by far. Not all Huts are equal. Quality, cleanliness, attitude is different at each one Ours is great.

[bathroommonkey76]

18. Our local Pizza Hut's restaurant rating is around 85%

It's one of the nastiest places in our area.

"That's one Pizza Hut."

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. Feature, not a bug, of late-stage capitalism.

[Sunlei]

10. reads fine to me, seems very clear. the business closes 24 hrs before & opens 72 hrs after.

[JDC]

16. I'm not sure I like Rule of Thumb-Bullet 1

maybe 6 hours is enough, I don't know. The roads sure looked packed the TV.

[Sunlei]

19. pizza hut up the street, Mo.City, TX was hit by small tornado harvy storm,Sat. & open Monday,Pizza!

blew out windows and damaged roof the pizza hut is in a small strip center, 50 close homes had tornado damage.

That pizzahut is about 1/4 mile away, sat in that same "red tornado box" for about 3 hours that Saturday night,10 inches plus of rain over 8 hours, was just 'lucky' not to flood or strong-winds/tornado (so damn close!)

The pizza employees were happy to be back at work, the store was very busy- they even had limited delivery up and running Monday.

[gratuitous]

12. Oh, and we'll need your TPS reports before you go

Be sure you use the new cover sheets.

[George II]

17. Did you see the memo, Peter?

[JDC]

13. Safety First, buuut....

[AZ8theist]

14. FIRST of ALL Pizza Hut

and their products ARE GARBAGE....

Anyone who grew up on New York or Chicago pizza knows this...

What every employee of that franchise should do is QUIT. NOT SHOW UP 72 hours later or 500 and 72 hours later..screw the owner. Let them make their cardboard crap themselves. FUCK PIZZA HUT.

They only pay minimum wages to their workers, so in the aftermath there will be TONS and TONS of minimum wage jobs open for the workers in Florida.

I urge every kid, (or working adult) to say"Screw Pizza Hut"...find something elsewhere.....you should have multiple opportunities from small businesses looking to rebuild...

[Sunlei]

20. be an electrician,a plumber, or a farrier. you'll be a millionaire by age 22- even if you go solo

[George II]

15. I seriously doubt that it's the policy of the chain, probably just one dickhead manager who....

....most likely will be looking for a job next week.

Maybe he can go to work for rightwing asshole Papa John?

[Jim Beard]

22. This story is all over the news and after a good dose of it, .......

I can say I don't see much difference in this pizza forced internment as with the Republican war mongers use the draft to force the lower income people to fight their wars for them with the draft.