Boss cuts productive employee's hours, they quit, boss gets fired due to drop in performance: 'So, I quit'

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    "So, I quit, and he soon realized how [in trouble] he was." ИАДИАТ 3A38 QUMJAT гипов 301 TURIJ MAANZ HERKJAL OLDE ALAMATED MUR MALA fuun-lfamet TALAO JODIJA SAM - AURALL 00:02 00:00 00:0
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    "Dumb boss cut my hours and cost lost his job"

    So, from the age of 16 to 20 I worked at a 24 hour fast food joint. After having worked there for so long, I was VERY good at what I did, to the point I could handle the entire store by myself as long as I needed, with little to no drops in customer satisfaction or speed.
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    When I was 19, my grandfather got sick, which was really hard because I loved him to bits. My boss and I were close, so we worked out a deal where he would schedule me a ton and I would essentially be on call for any time he needed someone to cover a shift. I would also work a straight 24 hour shift on Monday (busiest day). Being alone for 8 hours of it these piled on hours resulted in me getting around 10-15 hours of overtime per week,
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    sometimes more. This actually saved him money, because one guy working for 17 bucks an hour at time and a half was cheaper than paying 3 guys 15 an hour to do the same work, allowing him to make WAY bigger profits. This allowed him more leeway and rep with Corporate, meaning he would get bigger bonuses, and he could give me a raise after around 6 months citing how well I worked. The other part was that I got a week off a month to visit my grandfather and assist him with his care or anything else
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    Our agreement went on for a year before he was promoted to regional manager, which was a big jump. He got the raise cause our store was making like 15% more than the next highest performer while being in a less traveled area. The new manager who took over for him was a . My manager told him of our deal and he scoffed and said it was dumb cause of how much overtime he would be paying me. My boss just shrugged cause, even if the stores performance dropped, he would just look even better. And so my
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    So, I quit, and he soon realized how he was, as I heard from my boss the stores profits dropped to 15% LOWER than the next lowest store in the region rather than district, and the new GM was shortly fired for somehow dropping 125% in profits and the guy tried to blame me for quitting. Nothing fancy I just put in my 2 week notice, but I thought it was funny
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    Zoreb1 8 hr. ago Low level employee quits and profits goes down like the Titanic. Corporate wasn't buying it.
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    ■ SuspiciousTie7625 Why didn't your boss promote you after he got the job as regional manager? Different-Average-37 OP. 7 hr. ago Because I was awful at managing others but great at managing myself, I made shift leader rate but was only an associate because the second I was trying to direct others it actually became slower
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    Azure_Wolf 8 hr. ago Where do you live that a 24 hour shift is legal!? JonTheArchivist · 8 hr. ago . It's legal in California if you sign the right waiver and they're down to pay you all the overtime. Different-Average-37 OP. 7 hr. ago This
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    • Pops_McGhee · 8 hr. ago Most business chains don't hire leaders, they hire with egos. Even the ones that aren't are often still terrible because they aren't trained properly. Being a manager isn't just about knowing how to do the paperwork. It's mostly about to effectively use and work with your subordinates.
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    H1king33k 6 hr. ago Blaming the guy who quits for profits dropping is tantamount to admitting you can't manage for

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