Manager overstaffs restaurant during the slow season so he can hire his ex-coworkers, forcing servers to 'alternate shifts' and lose out on hours: ‘I can't simply get another part-time job’

Working in the restaurant industry could prove to be very lucrative, but not during the slow summer seasons. If the restaurant you work in is not in a destination town, the summer months can be pretty barren in terms of cash. That's why it's important to staff accordingly; Overstaffing in the restaurant industry is basically stealing money out of dedicated employees' pockets, especially if, as a manager, you are hiring people because you have personal connections to them. That's what's happening in this next story, and the server who posted it explains that she is sick of it.

A lot of us have fallen on tough times in the last couple of years, financially and otherwise. The service industry is tolling enough as it is, so when the employees at this restaurant realize they need to start "alternating" shifts because there are too many people on the schedule, things get messy. Scroll to read.

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