So I am a 20 year old college student. I was working at chuckee cheese for my first 2 years of junior college. I’ve never had any problems there or anything I would always stay out of the drama. I also got promoted and a raise while working there. The general manager that hired me was the reason why the store was stable and running good. When he left the store to transfer in another store in Washington. We got a new general manager and that’s when shit went to hell. The new general manager wasn’t horrible she was good at her job but she was also managing 2 stores bu it’s the senior manager that would take advantage and pick and bully other employees. She has had countless HR reports for not showing up to her shift, having us wait outside for an hour because she didn’t show up to her shift to open the store so we would be waiting outside for her, and she would always do this when the general manager was on vacation she also had a problem coming in drunk, and she would also sleep in the office or be on her phone. This was all reported to HR but she got a slap on the wrist and was really never written up for it nor was demoted since this happened occasionally. Countless employees left because of her and even have walked out and quit because of her because what type of manager she is. When the store fell apart I still continued to stay because I knew I only had a few months there left and I needed to save money and move because I am transferring into a four year university now. I wouldn’t want to quit and start over when I just had 3 months left and plus I loved my co workers, the kids, and how I already knew everything and what to do. I sucked it up and stayed. My last month there I was opening with that manager and it was hell she would always pick on me and make me feel bad and yell at me but I just let it go because chuckee cheese isn’t the career I want forever. She would report me for any little thing. My nose is always congested so when I talk I sound like im upset or giving attitude but im really not. The week I got fired the prior week she cut my hours and I told her “are you serious” and she took that as attitude and I even told her that I’m not upset with her that I’m just upset with labor cutting me on hours and that I know it’s not her fault. But she took that as attitude and reported me. This was clearly something personal because other employees would actually cuss out managers and use vulgar language and she would just laugh and take it as a joke. I never ever cussed out a manager I would never do that. The next week she’s on her phone not doing her job there’s only 3 people working including me. She told me I couldn’t leave my shift until salad bar and cotton candy machine were done and I had no problem doing that. Why? Because that’s my job why would I be mad? I have a problem with a manager who stopped me from doing those things to do her job. And while I was washing the candy cotton machine she yelled at me to go to the front and help the customers and I said “oh my fucking gosh I can’t with this stuff right now” and she took that as a threat even though I said that to myself in the back, I never said that to anyone but myself, basically cussing at myself because we were understaffed and I was stressed because I’m on a strict time schedule after work and I’m thinking if I don’t finish on time this manager won’t let me go home. She reported me to the district manager and blew the whole thing out of proportion that I’m this “violent aggressor” and a “threat” the district manager didn’t even get to hear my side of the story or hear on what happened because the way this manager described it like I was some monster, this manager is a white woman who has used the N word mutiple times in the store but I’m getting fired for saying the word “fuck”. I went on unemployment after because I only had a few weeks till I moved and it would be a struggle to get a job for like 3 weeks before I moved. I applied for unemployment and got it immediately for wrongful termination. Because management said i was fired for insubordination, but HR said I was fired for cussing, so I was really confused why I was fired and insubordination part was wrong because I’ve never had a problem doing my job. I just had a problem with the manager yelling at me, demanding me to do her job, but instead, she’s in the back kitchen on her phone. I’ve never had any problems with any customers, management or other employees. I also got high scores from guest on the surveys while this manager has many HR complaints and a bunch corporate calls from customers. I believe this was all retaliation for me leaving for college and they just wanted to save hours so they cut me. I didn’t think me cussing at myself saying the word “fuck” would get me fired since I mean the whole store would cuss in the back and people would even smoke and do way worse and even with that manager saying the N word but I guess “fuck” crosses the line. I am truly upset because I got a letter saying chuckee cheese is trying to overturn my unemployment checks and I really don’t need that right now, I can barley afford my apartment I share with my boyfriend, I have amazing parents who help me but It’s upsetting because I wanted to be independent and not have to rely on them and this unemployment money is just helping me with the necesites I need for college. So chuckee cheese wanting to overturn my unemployment checks makes me sick because they fired me for retaliation for me leaving to college to save labor and are using the excuse of me “cursing to myself” is the reason u supposedly got fired. Now I have to go to court and explain to them this whole situation. It’s not like I’m not looking for a job I have applied to many on campus and some off campus but are close. Let’s not forget this chuckee cheese store would make employees go to Walmart and buy spaghetti sauce when we ran out of pizza sauce and use it on our pizzas and charge people full price with some stinky ass spaghetti sauce because this manager wouldn’t do her orders properly.
BTW HR DIDNT HELP !!