Bartender set up and unjustly fired by insecure manager, half the staff quits to retaliate

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    Guing
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    set me up then fire me? fine ill take half of the staff with me
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    This happened in one of the biggest pub chains in the UK, right after the lockdown when everyone was heading to bars and restaurants to socialize
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    and have a drink. As a result, the pub was understaffed and struggling to meet the demand. A friend of mine was hired and invited five others to work together, doubling the number of staff working at the pub.
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    The pub had recently renovated and opened a second floor, doubling its capacity.
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    However, one of the managers was not pleased with all of them working together and knowing each other, likely fearing they might gang
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    up on him and cost him his job. On one fateful closing shift, the manager left a drink in the back for unknown reasons (keep in mind the pub was already closed at this
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    point, and all customers were gone). One of the newly hired friends decided not to waste it and drank it before clocking out, as it had been a long shift.
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    About an hour after leaving the pub, he received a call informing him that he was being put on suspension due to rumors that he had been drinking on the job. After
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    a long "investigation," he was fired. Of course, the news of his firing spread like wildfire among the employees, as he was a friendly person and got
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    along with everyone who worked there. This led to chaos in the pub, with people not doing their shifts and multiple employees taking sick leave at the same time.
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    After being unable to appeal his firing, eight of the fourteen staff members submitted their resignations, citing "toxic work conditions," among other reasons.
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    After everyone left, the management tried to negotiate with the former employees to bring them
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    back, but no one was really interested in returning due to the abusive, power-hungry managers. The last I heard, a CCTV video was shared in group chats
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    showing the manager placing the drink there, and that manager was transferred to another location in the same city.
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    Nice_Ebb... 5h ago Power in numbers... think if everyone at all jobs banded together and struck fear in owners and managers.
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    Snipeye01 5h ago If that manager got fired, would have been pro. Petty revenge for now, though I can see this being posted in antiwork too.
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    Nice solidarity on the staff's part. Too bad management was too ignorant to realize who the toxic member was at the site.
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