On 2017-03-27 9:35 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 3/26/2017 6:30 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

> Then there was the time I worked as a hostess at O'Charleys. I also
> assisted with the back of the house accounting, entering inventory,
> accounts payable/receivables and sending payroll information to the
> corporate office (via modem). When they opened a new location the store
> manager went to the new store. The assistant manager was promoted.
> First thing he did was change the password on the accounting system
> computer so I couldn't log in. The regional manager visited often. I
> expressed my concern to him; he dismissed it. Okay, don't say you
> weren't warned! There's something hinky going on.
>
> Sure enough, about 6 months later the guy was arrested. He'd created
> fake payroll accounts and had corporate issuing checks to his relatives!
> I ran into the regional manager several months after I'd left that job
> and he said "I should have listened to you." Gee, ya think?


It was not just the staff my son had to watch. When he ran the micro
brewery restaurant he was already looking for other work. He was working
for a French based franchise whose Canadian branch was run by a Greek
family. He wasn't in the family and was not even Greek, so that glass
ceiling was just over his head. The company planning on opening some
new locations in the city and sent a guy down who was going to be
overseeing it and he was to be trained my son, who had transferred down
to oversee the opening if his operation and to manage it. They guy did
a lot of suspicious things so my son was keeping an eye on him and knew
he had taken a deposit for a function and pocketed it, that he had taken
cash from the safe. He contacted trusted colleague at the head office to
get some guidance. The family member was called back to Montreal but a
short time after that my son was laid off.

That was not a problem. He hated restaurant management. He hated dealing
with thieving staff and drunken customers. He hated working so many
hours for so little pay. His layoff was a kick in the right direction.
He took time to pursue a more interesting career. He ended up back in
restaurant management for a short time before he got the opportunity to
go on a training program for the federal government. He base pay now is
about double what be was earning as a manager and he gets a whack of
overtime.... and he loves the job.