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Thread ID: 115909 2011-02-08 23:20:00 BK for lunch anyone? lordnoddy (3645) PC World Chat
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1176429 2011-02-08 23:20:00 www.nzherald.co.nz

Good on her I say - Freedom of speech to the max. Would be totally different if it was the Public Sector and they had a Code of Conduct etc.
I worked at BK 15 - 17yrs old - starting on $6.20 p/hr and by the time I left was on $9.20, the large rise in two years for the simple fact I turned 16 and they Legally had to pay me $8.50 or what ever the 'Youth Rate' was back then which now doesn't apply due to Minimum Wage being paid to anyone over the age of 16. Yes that's right haters I worked at BK just like Chester from Linkin Park :punk

Just reading the article makes me want BK for lunch :thumbs:
lordnoddy (3645)
1176430 2011-02-08 23:41:00 my opinion is the opposite. she sounds like a model employee ,....not!. Sack her arse Gobe1 (6290)
1176431 2011-02-08 23:57:00 . . . a second final warning . . .

How many do you get???

Someone send BK management a dictionary:

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johcar (6283)
1176432 2011-02-09 00:35:00 The way I understand it you get three warnings before you are dismissed.

There is a need for people to be careful what they post on public forums about their employers. I do doubt that the comment made on her Facebook page would do any great harm to BK. BK would have been better to discuss the matter with her and simply ask her to remove the comment. Why the comment was posted in the first place shows a flaw in BK's handling of staff.

Any follow up action by the Union will do more harm to BK than the original comment on Facebook ever did. A mountain is being made of a molehill.
Bobh (5192)
1176433 2011-02-09 00:43:00 And when you read her history she perhaps earned her warnings, after all many companies pay that & and should be able to live on that when starting out. If she is any good she would work her way up the chain, but maybe she has now lost that chance with BK Arnie (6624)
1176434 2011-02-09 00:45:00 The way I understand it you get three warnings before you are dismissed.

There is a need for people to be careful what they post on public forums about their employers. I do doubt that the comment made on her Facebook page would do any great harm to BK. BK would have been better to discuss the matter with her and simply ask her to remove the comment. Why the comment was posted in the first place shows a flaw in BK's handling of staff.

Any follow up action by the Union will do more harm to BK than the original comment on Facebook ever did. A mountain is being made of a molehill.

This depends on the severity of the incident. If she had only 1 warning and was on a final, then she hasnt just dropped 5 dozen eggs
Gobe1 (6290)
1176435 2011-02-09 01:02:00 Yeah it depends whats written into your contract, company policy on things like defamation, what counts as gross misconduct etc.

Instant dismissal isn't that unheard of for that kind of thing, it's more than just "freedom of speech". You can say it and won't get into trouble with the law, but you can still lose your job.

Some homes disallow swearing. It's still legal, you can do it from the rooftops or the roadside, but if you're a child and your parents disallow that, you might find you don't have dinner waiting for you when you come home from school...
Chilling_Silence (9)
1176436 2011-02-09 01:16:00 The comments about the employer is one thing but:

Ms Tyler was already on her final warning after receiving two previous complaints, including one for telling an abusive customer, "Like you need it".


Customers?? Not.
pctek (84)
1176437 2011-02-09 01:36:00 A lot of newspaper articles fail to give the full picture of events. The way a reporter writes an article can slant peoples opinion one way or the other. This article certainly will not stop me buying BK burgers. We do not know all that has happened behind the scenes. Bobh (5192)
1176438 2011-02-09 02:36:00 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm char-grilled burgers FTW!!!
Your making me hungry but there is no BK for miles :(
DeSade (984)
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