So, at my second, part-time job at Pizza Hut we hired a bunch of new people. I do basically everything there(phones, drive, cook, etc) since I've been there off and on for 3 years.
One of the people we hired is a 20 year old single mother. We hired her because she had really flexible hours, basically. We needed someone who could work some odd hours and not just a straight 4-10, or something like that.
Well, she's been here two weeks, been scheduled 10 days, and has left early 6 of those days. The reason? Her 8 month old baby is apparantly sick.
Now, while we all have sympathy for her, we don't like asking/making part-time employees scheduled until 9:00pm stay until 11:30 and close. Especially since they're mostly high-school kids, and we don't need them to quit, or we're really fucked.
I mean, we always ask them...but a lot of people have been there less than a month or two, so they feel obligated when a manager asks them to stay an extra few hours on a Wednesday. But we NEED someone there, or else the managers will be there till literally 4am.
So, today we were discussing firing her. I'm in the minority that wants to fire her. I feel awful for her and her baby, especially considering her age, but we can't have that here. We hired her for flexability, and she isn't that at all. She's unreliable.
Lots of people pointed out that she probably needs the money real bad...but the thing is, she's making fucking $5.15 an hour. She can get that anywhere. I was strongly pushing to fire her, and I was called an insensitive prick.
Am I that wrong?
One of the people we hired is a 20 year old single mother. We hired her because she had really flexible hours, basically. We needed someone who could work some odd hours and not just a straight 4-10, or something like that.
Well, she's been here two weeks, been scheduled 10 days, and has left early 6 of those days. The reason? Her 8 month old baby is apparantly sick.
Now, while we all have sympathy for her, we don't like asking/making part-time employees scheduled until 9:00pm stay until 11:30 and close. Especially since they're mostly high-school kids, and we don't need them to quit, or we're really fucked.
I mean, we always ask them...but a lot of people have been there less than a month or two, so they feel obligated when a manager asks them to stay an extra few hours on a Wednesday. But we NEED someone there, or else the managers will be there till literally 4am.
So, today we were discussing firing her. I'm in the minority that wants to fire her. I feel awful for her and her baby, especially considering her age, but we can't have that here. We hired her for flexability, and she isn't that at all. She's unreliable.
Lots of people pointed out that she probably needs the money real bad...but the thing is, she's making fucking $5.15 an hour. She can get that anywhere. I was strongly pushing to fire her, and I was called an insensitive prick.
Am I that wrong?
