Sonic Drive In
Elkins Sonic Manager Overscheduled Staff and Blamed Me for Labor

I worked at the Sonic in Elkins, Arkansas for a year. When I was hired management was good but it was only temporary. The store manager when I had started had taken over after a previous one had passed away. The manager when I started was going to attend college the next semester and would be transferring to another location. That is why Bryan Davis was brought in from the Sonic on College to be the new store manager for elkins.

In the beginning I can understand why Bryan would have trouble. He had never done most of the tasks he was suppose to do as manager. So I helped him out as much as I could and tried to make the other employees understand that he would get better as time progressed.

As time went on Bryan still could not do his managerial duties correctly. I was the only assistant that ran my own shift on most days (with no other Assistants on duty) And not having proper amounts of products ordered nearly every week drove customers away. I of course would take some of the heat for that.

For anyone who has ever worked for the fast food industry then you will understand this. Labor stayed at about 27% daily even on the weekends. Elkins is a small town so not a whole lot of business to begin with. But the previous manager had been able to keep labor Around 22% or lower. Around 16 or 17% on weekends.

Bryan Davis would schedule way too many people for my shifts and tell me not to send anyone home early. And when labor went up I would take ALL of the blame for it.

The reason I left The Sonic after taking all of that crap is simple. He blamed me for him getting in trouble from The General Manager for our Sonic. So when I told him that I had to move from my apartment a couple days later he said NO bcuz he isn't going to cover for me because of The GM getting on to him.

I either had to work and have all my stuff confiscated by my previous landlord or Quit and keep all of my stuff.

What would anybody have done?

Company: Sonic Drive In
Country: USA
State: Arkansas
City: Elkins
Phone: 4796432015

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