Before I start, I do want to clarify that I have NOTHING against most Sonics. It's just the one in Neosho, MO that needs an ethics check, that I'm aware of anyways. Anyhow, here's my story.
I worked for them a couple of summers ago for maybe 2 weeks. The manager hired more than enough people, and would schedule more than enough people to work timed shifts. He would send us home one-by-one. Starting with the lazy ones. I can understand that, you have to run a business. But breaks were not timed into the shifts. If you asked for a break after being on your feet for five hours, they would just send you home. The only people priveleged enough to have breaks were the ones that had been there for at least a year.
After the first couple of days, I started to car-hop. It was GREAT for the first two days. Then the third day, when I counted out, my money was short by $20. I know my math. I have been through college Calc 2, but I figured I might have miscounted or maybe a bill blew away in the end, so I gave the manager the $20 out of my tip money.
That night I went to walmart and bought money clips and a calculator. The next day, I carried them in my apron, seperated the bills by denomination and kept them from the tips. Guess what. $20 short AGAIN (this was the first managers sister (also a manager) Who knows maybe pigs can fly eh? So I went back the next day SHORT AGAIN!
I payed them the money out of my pocket and walked out. I never really thought much of it until I talked to some other people that had worked there with the same thing happening to them. We concluded that the managers must be pocketing the money that we were "short". I think I ended up pretty much PAYING them to work there! They pay you less than minimum wage (because you get tips) and then take all of your tips and more.
Terrible TERRIBLE people.
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