This is mostly just a rant, but if anyone has advice I will gladly hear it.
I work the closing shift in a slow fast food restaurant. Typically, we just have 2 people on shift except for the lunch and (sometimes) dinner rushes. Because we need at least 2 people at all times to man the store (a cook and a cashier), we are unable to take uninterrupted breaks. Up until now, I have been compensating for this by sitting down and being on my phone whenever I want (within reason).
But upper management has cracked down, probably because they got sued. They said we cannot take lunch breaks and leave only one person on the clock. I agree with this much. They will not, however, give us enough labor to pay for the extra person. I know what percentage goes to food/supplies and labor, and they take about 50% off the top for themselves. They easily have the money to pay another person, they are just greedy.
Instead, their solution is to give us all 6 six-hour shifts per week instead of 5 eight-hour shifts. (Apparently they don't care about the 10 minute break.)
My coworkers and I are pretty upset about this, and we were already unhappy with the break situation. We all plan on quitting if this change goes into effect. I don't know how much good a mass quitting will do since they can call over people from other locations. But so far that is the plan.
I just want to clarify that I love my store manager. She is the absolute best and works off the clock a lot to help us. It's not her fault, upper management put her in an impossible situation. Fuck upper management.