Let's call boss's boss BB.
I work for a fast-casual chain restaurant. Prep work and detailed cleaning is required on top of making orders as fast as possible. Prep work and detailing has slipped because we're spread thin during the day, and understaffed at night. Normal closings have 4 people, but we're running at 3 a night half of the week leaving us all with extra work night of and the next day.
The payroll for our week totaled 500 hours, the sum of how many hours every employee worked. It was 50 less last week, and it was horrible. Detailing and prep was lacking, and BB knows it.
But BB comes in, and says almost 500 is too high. So he makes my boss cut it to ~395. I cannot wait for the trouble this week will bring.
BB demands the same work from less staff, and pays the same rate. Cheapskate.