I used to deliver for a pretty popular pizza chain , let’s see if you can guess which one, that starts with D and ends with o’s. I would come in at 2 pm or 3 pm depending on my shift for the day and I would close, every night. During the week we would close at 2 am and on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday we would close at 3 am.
When I was hired there were cleaners that would come in after we did our dishes and cashed out with our manager. After a month or so the cleaners quit and the final 3 drivers now had to clean the store. I’m not sure if you know but D-o’s pays most of their drivers minimum wage compared to a cleaner making $20-$30 per hour. So they were saving a pretty penny.
We were all told they were hiring new cleaners and it would only last a little while longer. Three months later and fully in my groove of closing the store, I almost even forgot cleaners were even discussed.
Then one day this new manager asked my girlfriend to get her alcohol while on the road, I’m serious. My girlfriend also worked as a delivery driver and declined but offered to help her after work off the clock or the next day. The manager accepted and while cashing out that night the manager let us both onto some information…
Not only did our kitchen manager & district manager NOT plan on ever getting cleaners back… Our manager had been signing us out EARLY everyday… when the restaurant CLOSED! Not when I finished my tasks and cashed out, 2-3 hours later.
I would leave with the sun out and the birds chirping.
So not only did they save a pretty penny on some cleaners… they shorted about $1,300+ from my paychecks over the course of several months. And this is also including my girlfriend and any other closing employees.
D-o’s this is to you,
PS – wage theft is the #1 form of theft in Scamerica, I mean America
Always track your hours…