Red Lobster employee left jobless without warning

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  • Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
  • Hundreds of people are jobless after multiple Red Lobster locations in the Denver area abruptly closed their doors for good earlier this week. FOX31's Nate Belt hears from an employee that it happened without any notice to staff.
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  • @somewhereinspace2166
    @somewhereinspace2166 3 місяці тому +61

    But stores will get all huffy and puffy if you quit on the spot instead of giving 2 weeks notice. This proves you owe your employer nothing, they don't care about you. She needs to file for unemployment ASAP.

    • @FoOtFoOt542
      @FoOtFoOt542 3 місяці тому

      Absolutely.

    • @nancydavis4618
      @nancydavis4618 3 місяці тому

      Server jobs are easy to find

    • @thomastehan9477
      @thomastehan9477 3 місяці тому +2

      That’s been the case for several generations now. Unfortunately “ It’s rough out there” is a wisdom that should be learned early on.

  • @adamwoodworth5758
    @adamwoodworth5758 3 місяці тому +25

    2 hours before shift...
    That's just cold blooded

    • @copyprint-fz2hb
      @copyprint-fz2hb 3 місяці тому

      if you work at red lobster ? your Not a winner to begin with

    • @cliftonmcdowell2691
      @cliftonmcdowell2691 Місяць тому

      Not a winner?? What if it’s some persons part time job while in nursing school , or law enforcement training or something like that. It’s a stepping stone but not a career, but doesn’t make them a loser if they use it as a tool to pay bills while working on something better behind the scenes.

  • @mathew3267
    @mathew3267 3 місяці тому +20

    They're blaming it on the endless shrimp but its a lie. Businesses don't offer a product they lose money on. Red Lobster was simply too expensive for what you got.

    • @Sbharveyz79400
      @Sbharveyz79400 3 місяці тому

      They were gutted. They owned their property and the equity firm sold it off to line their pockets and put the debt on red lobster and then bailed. Red lobster has to lease its own buildings it already paid for and the money they took went to no improvements. Worse the rate is really high so they have no capital to work with on a monthly basis for improvements.
      "They" blaming is the private equity firm that is flooding the media with that bs, and they got you. "They" isn't red lobster. Take the red pill.

  • @user-wi4ut9iq4b
    @user-wi4ut9iq4b 3 місяці тому +12

    I quit going there years ago. The employees were acting as if it were an imposition to do their job well. Half were very sullen and rude. Yet I read where they want $15/hr. On top of tips. Arrogance , unskilled, cannot do simple math, don't check the accuracy of the bills present to the customers. Management was only interested in getting their bonus. Thus the demise of the restaurant and many other restaurants is their own fault. I am glad to see there is an industry "house cleaning". It is more than 25 years overdue

    • @CyesH-we6oo
      @CyesH-we6oo 3 місяці тому

      That's called 'bottom of the barrel' and it's not limited to Red Lobster. The vast majority of good workers already moved to greener pastures as they aged out of some of these industries. Don't expect it to get any better. If you want to know why it won't get better, go look at the US demographic pyramid and you'll understand why.

    • @RegalChucky
      @RegalChucky 3 місяці тому

      $15 an hour? What are you supposed to be able to buy with that? What's the point of them coming in????? You can make more than that while homeless

  • @pgaven9396
    @pgaven9396 3 місяці тому +25

    we are in a recession just havent been informed that its happening.

    • @Me97202
      @Me97202 3 місяці тому

      There’s no data to indicate that “we’re in a recession.” The economy is changing, especially since Covid. Plus bad executive decisions.

    • @g.t.richardson6311
      @g.t.richardson6311 3 місяці тому +3

      This has been coming for red lobster for a few years, surprised it wasn’t 2021

    • @2Bluzin
      @2Bluzin 3 місяці тому +1

      NOPE! It was purchased by a private equity firm for asset stripping. They sold their property, then made them pay rent to the people who bought it. CEO's pocketed all the real estate profits.

  • @FoOtFoOt542
    @FoOtFoOt542 3 місяці тому +11

    All of their boomer clientele are dying off.

  • @Grayald
    @Grayald 3 місяці тому +4

    This kind of stuff is why you never give a two weeks notice when you're going to quit. Your job won't give you notice. And not only will they not give you notice, but they will do everything they can to hide it from you and use you up as much as possible till the last second. Treat them as they will treat you.

    • @catherinemartinez5542
      @catherinemartinez5542 3 місяці тому

      That's exactly what happened at Bed Bath and Beyond. They swore only a few stores were closing...

  • @garyp9906
    @garyp9906 3 місяці тому +14

    Although I disagree with the way they left their employees hanging without notice, there are a couple of reasons businesses especially restaurants, close abruptly without telling their employees. First, they fear theft of their inventory of what they have left. For example, I actually knew an employee of RL several years back. He told me that it was not uncommon for a few not all, employees to help themselves to half a case of frozen lobster, crab, etc. and put it in their vehicles before their shift ended. Now tell 50 RL restaurants that they are closing in a week or two and their freezers would probably be emptied in a day. Sad, but true. The second reason is they fear that a disgruntled employee knowing he is going to be unemployed in a week or two, could possibly sabotage a customer's food because he's pissed. Now they would have a lawsuit on their hands. I know most waiters and waitresses are hard working and honest, but it's the one percent that cause restaurants to close abruptly without giving them notice.

    • @natureboy1313
      @natureboy1313 3 місяці тому +1

      Hey, good points

    • @19andiaz
      @19andiaz 3 місяці тому +1

      I never thought of this. Thanks for explaining it. I guess it definitely makes sense.

    • @garyp9906
      @garyp9906 3 місяці тому

      @@19andiaz Thank you. I actually had a manager that was in charge of a retail sporting goods store I met years ago tell me this. It makes sense to me, too.

    • @mattschehr163
      @mattschehr163 3 місяці тому

      well we have the right to steal their inventory and mess up a customers food when it's going to close

    • @helenpauls1496
      @helenpauls1496 3 місяці тому

      Why not just give the stock to the employees? The stores are closed, not gonna sell it.

  • @shineycarlin5606
    @shineycarlin5606 3 місяці тому +13

    Its been all over the place about red lobsters closing!
    But please tell us how you didn't know!!
    How weird!!

    • @vincentemendez938
      @vincentemendez938 3 місяці тому +1

      I was in the Philippines and even there I saw the news of Red Lobster locations closing in the U.S.

    • @Fashionpreneurondemand
      @Fashionpreneurondemand 2 місяці тому

      I didn’t know !! News flash no one did in our area

  • @hms7121
    @hms7121 3 місяці тому +1

    This happened to me in 1998. We had a meeting that morning, told we were closing the door, given severance pay or we could work at another location, but we wouldn't have the same hours .

  • @cindybogart6062
    @cindybogart6062 3 місяці тому +3

    I’m sorry to hear this. That’s one restaurant I liked ! It’s not personal, it’s something they had to do

  • @NunYa953
    @NunYa953 3 місяці тому +16

    This economy is great, JACK!

    • @gasovensforqcult
      @gasovensforqcult 3 місяці тому

      It is doing great and the stock market hit a record high on Wednesday. Facts magatard

    • @catherinemartinez5542
      @catherinemartinez5542 3 місяці тому

      ​@@gasovensforqcultBS

    • @elaishh3533
      @elaishh3533 3 місяці тому

      😂 “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.’” You already know

  • @MrDuffy81
    @MrDuffy81 3 місяці тому +15

    Hope you got all you can eat in 2023 because in 2024 you can eat no more.

  • @RkyMtnWay1
    @RkyMtnWay1 3 місяці тому +2

    The last time I went to a CO Red Lobster it had been taken over by an entirely new demographic that previously had not patronized these locations. It was a gluttonous/uncivilized/grubby/debris-strewn scene and I never returned.

  • @erich84502b
    @erich84502b 3 місяці тому +9

    Restaurants go broke overnight and sometimes they don't put signs

    • @who2u333
      @who2u333 3 місяці тому +2

      In this case however 'people' (news outlets) were saying that this was very likely imminent for a week or more.

  • @rain3man6
    @rain3man6 3 місяці тому +4

    They need to get over it and just find work elsewhere fast cause another job perhaps might hire them based on this circumstances

  • @edwinpadilla856
    @edwinpadilla856 3 місяці тому +1

    That’s just crazy and can’t blame the new gen for been cautiously in regards of their employer, work ethics, and complaints of treatment when they are ask for 2 weeks notice, but they are not given the same respect when the place of employment loses its doors. Best luck to everyone affected by this.

    • @Sbharveyz79400
      @Sbharveyz79400 3 місяці тому

      It was all over the news for a long time. If the employee at Red Lobster didn't know.... they are brain dead. It would of been talked about a lot between the staff...I would place a huge wager that every employee either talked about or heard that red lobster was shutting down for over a month.

  • @bobbyarmijo3307
    @bobbyarmijo3307 3 місяці тому +6

    I heard about red lobster closing in stores weeks ago.... How did these people not hear about it and they work there? And if you work in the restaurant industry, you should know your job can be cut at any given moment.... So don't act surprised....

    • @unkannyunkanny9232
      @unkannyunkanny9232 3 місяці тому

      How did they not hear about it? That's easy. Could be working two jobs. Or effectively two jobs - work, school. Where I live there aren't a lot of Red Lobsters so closing one is probably a different State or over 100 miles away and not considered local news. For decades Sears has been on life support, the people who work there have not spent every second of every decade fearing this second was the moment they were out of a job. That's bonkers, no one can work like that. People keep their head down, do the task they were hired to do.

  • @conqueringlion420
    @conqueringlion420 3 місяці тому +3

    Oh I’m glad it was just one Employee and not the stores

    • @maxalberts2003
      @maxalberts2003 3 місяці тому

      ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

  • @dillongray8302
    @dillongray8302 10 днів тому

    We just closed the north colorado springs location as of today!

  • @kds365
    @kds365 3 місяці тому +4

    No surprise to me. They shpuld have seen it coming.

  • @dmoney5003
    @dmoney5003 3 місяці тому +3

    That like saying i didn't the weather was going to be bad today

  • @thomastehan9477
    @thomastehan9477 3 місяці тому +10

    Thank’s Joe!

    • @ActionGamerAaron
      @ActionGamerAaron 3 місяці тому +4

      lmao when you blame the president for literally everything

    • @thomastehan9477
      @thomastehan9477 3 місяці тому

      @@ActionGamerAaron Amazing isn’t it. That one man could destroy the lives of so many. And not even care. All Biden voters share some of this responsibility, you knew better!

    • @JarrodLamp
      @JarrodLamp 3 місяці тому

      @@thomastehan9477 Good thing I voted for Trump, NOT this clown Biden.

  • @bigcahuna42366
    @bigcahuna42366 3 місяці тому

    If a company can do that, they shouldn't require their workers to give at least two weeks notice when they quit. And RL aren't the only ones who are passive aggressive. This happened to employees at Friendly's and Ruby Tuesday in my local area years ago when they closed down their locations.

  • @materbnht
    @materbnht 3 місяці тому +4

    Glad I left Red Lobster and joined the Cheesecake factory. The Cheesecake factory will be here forever

    • @the5thdim763
      @the5thdim763 3 місяці тому +13

      Not in this economy 😂

    • @ccun5224
      @ccun5224 3 місяці тому +7

      Not under Biden.

    • @micahcraven6576
      @micahcraven6576 3 місяці тому

      ​@@ccun5224gorl Biden doesn't have nothing to do with this. Not every thing is an opportunity for you to brainwash yourself

  • @elaishh3533
    @elaishh3533 3 місяці тому

    When has there been “notice” of layoffs? Even companies don’t know usually until last min as it harms the stock price.

  • @MsKeng09
    @MsKeng09 3 місяці тому +9

    Bidenomics is working! Keep votes for Joe Biden.

    • @ActionGamerAaron
      @ActionGamerAaron 3 місяці тому

      Would you rather them be bailed out? Let the market decide you conservaclown.

    • @azzure6446
      @azzure6446 3 місяці тому

      The company did this not Biden so stfu.

    • @JarrodLamp
      @JarrodLamp 3 місяці тому

      @@azzure6446 NO Joe Biden killed America, stop with your sweet little lies.

  • @Shane-bx8ws
    @Shane-bx8ws 3 місяці тому +7

    They had been told in advance. They chose to ignore what they were told.

    • @KevinPiland
      @KevinPiland 3 місяці тому

      Not really as not all employees got the memo.

    • @Shane-bx8ws
      @Shane-bx8ws 3 місяці тому

      @@KevinPiland it has been on the news for the past month. Plenty of notice.

  • @Homeless2013nov
    @Homeless2013nov 3 місяці тому +3

    Be more homeless people.every where

    • @g.t.richardson6311
      @g.t.richardson6311 3 місяці тому +1

      There are 29 other restaurants they can work at that are understaffed

    • @catherinemartinez5542
      @catherinemartinez5542 3 місяці тому

      There are plenty of places hiring. They'll be fine.

  • @DustinMikkelsen
    @DustinMikkelsen 3 місяці тому +3

    There are plenty of jobs available, check your local Walmart, their turnover rate is ridiculous.

  • @ChrisPBacon198
    @ChrisPBacon198 3 місяці тому +1

    Sorry Guys America is Going BROKE

  • @user-dn9lw4rh1p
    @user-dn9lw4rh1p 3 місяці тому +5

    That’s Bidenomics

    • @unkannyunkanny9232
      @unkannyunkanny9232 3 місяці тому

      It's capitalism - if you're bad at managing a restaurant, you eventually go bankrupt. Someone more competent will take your place.

  • @DeniseSavestheWorld
    @DeniseSavestheWorld 3 місяці тому

    Where is the $1.9 million in the CARES fund? It belongs to the employees for emergencies.

  • @justincheney5125
    @justincheney5125 3 місяці тому +2

    They can never expect a 2 week notice from someone again lol. Pretty low blow from the higher ups. Pathetic

  • @ANGELCRYPT0
    @ANGELCRYPT0 3 місяці тому +2

    Stack your Sats and XRP folks

  • @gasovensforqcult
    @gasovensforqcult 3 місяці тому +4

    They had warning. The state requires notice be given. It is called the WARN Act. Look it up

    • @SofaaKing2
      @SofaaKing2 3 місяці тому +2

      no the WARN act is completely different LOOK IT UP

  • @Lovely_891
    @Lovely_891 3 місяці тому +5

    When you get back on your feet, invest in Mutual Funds, Land and Gold. Long term stocks in OIL, AI & MEDICINE.

  • @SK-le1gm
    @SK-le1gm 3 місяці тому

    Dude, where’s my job?? 🤔

  • @bankergeorge
    @bankergeorge 3 місяці тому

    How they did not know, and its all over the media platforms

  • @johnniefauvergue6723
    @johnniefauvergue6723 3 місяці тому

    In my State it is a food poisoning palace, imo. Salad bowls are warm. Dressing is warm. Old threadbare excuse place has been busy, when I'm one of the first customers! I was sick for 6 hours. No sympathy here.

  • @micahcraven6576
    @micahcraven6576 3 місяці тому

    Last day of work being mothers day- thats dirty. Mothers day is the absolute worst day to work as a rr employee. Smh

  • @buckiemohawk3643
    @buckiemohawk3643 3 місяці тому +4

    You worked at one of the crappiest restuarants in the world. I knew people who worked at one of the best restuarants in the world and the owner decided to close it down and sell the land

  • @hbuels7125
    @hbuels7125 3 місяці тому

    In a "right to work" State? NO WAY..... Fun Fact. A buisness can make 100 million a year, but if they don't increase sales by 10% quarterly, they begin to liquidate. You can thank Stake/Shareholders. Buisnesses are obligated by law to produce profit for them by any means necessary. If they can't, they shut it down. No such thing as a stable buisness on the public market anymore.

  • @StirFryChicken
    @StirFryChicken 3 місяці тому +2

    How could you not know the business you are a part of is not doing well? That hair-dye must’ve melted her self-awareness

  • @kirkthiets2771
    @kirkthiets2771 3 місяці тому

    I wouldn't eat at Red Lobster if they were giving away free meals.

  • @mopthermopther
    @mopthermopther 3 місяці тому

    There were signs …
    health inspectors would wear
    hazmat suits

    • @maxalberts2003
      @maxalberts2003 3 місяці тому

      And giant lobsters were dressed up and working as servers.

  • @zacquelinebaldwin2555
    @zacquelinebaldwin2555 3 місяці тому

    This happened in NY as well with another chain Senator Schumer spoke about it a few years ago

  • @Justinoid1
    @Justinoid1 3 місяці тому

    Welcome to reality. Have a seat.

  • @Wolfy39565
    @Wolfy39565 3 місяці тому

    there should be a law aginst this sort of thing. there should be a law to worn hard working people

  • @StandingUpForBetter
    @StandingUpForBetter 3 місяці тому

    Voting has consequences. It is insane to vote for the same people over and over again and expect things to magically change. Everyone really needs to remember all this and think long and hard about it when they vote this November!

  • @carmend.1924
    @carmend.1924 3 місяці тому

    Total misinformation! No recession and no “unprecedented” inflation; get your facts straight. The restaurant industry isn’t the most stable. There are plenty other jobs; that young lady will find another position elsewhere.

  • @2Bluzin
    @2Bluzin 3 місяці тому +1

    Oh NO! Where is MAGA going to eat? 🤣

  • @commonsense504
    @commonsense504 3 місяці тому

    1:41 really? Welcome to reality? 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @deborahs.9389
    @deborahs.9389 3 місяці тому

    Who was the shrimp supplier $ Let’s open a new restaurant globally $ I loved the all you can eat/shrimp $ Gulf shrimp 🦐

  • @Fashionpreneurondemand
    @Fashionpreneurondemand 2 місяці тому

    I guess when your over a billion dollars in debt you feel like you don’t need to notify shit to anyone 😂our city had high turnover & bad customer service so it it won’t be missed but I was upset it was nationwide .

  • @PatTube99
    @PatTube99 3 місяці тому +5

    Your telling me the chick with colored hair, body tats and facial piercing's. Was clueless? Its only been all over the news. Whos gonna hire that? Maybe Tokyo Joes or a Tattoo shop will take you.

    • @thomastehan9477
      @thomastehan9477 3 місяці тому +1

      Biden voter for sure! Doubt she’s any wiser, just a little poorer. Last time I checked, ink like that costs a fortune.

    • @commonsense504
      @commonsense504 3 місяці тому

      There's seemingly a large overabundance of people trying to look for and fill vacant circus clown positions in the world lately.

  • @unionash1
    @unionash1 3 місяці тому

    OnlyFans lined up

  • @masterp2207
    @masterp2207 3 місяці тому

    Lmao

  • @user-vo2dm9mw8l
    @user-vo2dm9mw8l 3 місяці тому

    Los Angeles Latinas for Trump!

  • @thomasshaw61
    @thomasshaw61 3 місяці тому

    BLAMEIT ONTHESHRIMP-THEY AREESPENSIVE!

  • @davidhelling9296
    @davidhelling9296 3 місяці тому

    Like our politicians voting a pay raise so we can all go broke.

  • @aarons.50
    @aarons.50 3 місяці тому

    Bidenomics thank you 😊

  • @nancydavis4618
    @nancydavis4618 3 місяці тому

    Not everyone will hire her covered in tattoos, just saying

  • @RonMelancon-eh5fw
    @RonMelancon-eh5fw 3 місяці тому

    Who’s woke now?????

  • @Phongables1
    @Phongables1 3 місяці тому

    Biden voters

  • @swimmingbird9508
    @swimmingbird9508 3 місяці тому +4

    She looks like a Liberal that voted for this.
    😆

    • @Kjack2023
      @Kjack2023 3 місяці тому

      She looks like she got into a fight with a box of crayons. Good luck finding a job looking like that.

  • @TheChowxs
    @TheChowxs 3 місяці тому

    That's how it's always is...