To: EEOC
SUPPORT ZAXBY'S WORKERS
We have to come together to stop discrimination and unjust firings because of skin color. What happened to me and others could happen to you! So please help to stop discrimination in the workplace! Everyone should have the right to complain about unfair practices without fear of losing your job! You can also show your support by not buying there! Show your support by joining the boycott and not buying there!
Why is this important?
I was terminated from Zaxby's Restaurant on Allen Rd. after working there for 7.5 years. I was hired there in 2005 as an assistant manager, and after 1 year became a general manager, which I remained for the remaining 6.5 years. I was terminated on August 25, 2012.
I was told by one of the owners that I was fired because I wasn't working the required 50 hr. work week (which I've always done). I worked more than 50 hrs. every week, and sometimes I didn't take a full 7 days vacation. My job was my first priority, next to church. I would never do anything to jeopardize that. I've always worked hard at everything I do. I was known as the strict manager; following rules and going by the book.
I witnessed unfair treatment of crew and managers because of the color of their skin, so after complaining to one of the owners back in April 2012 my job was threatened. After pleading my case I received an apology and I was told everything was ok and I still had my job. But even though he apologized and acted as though he understood, he held on to this and terminated me on aug. 25, 2012, which was four months later. He probably wouldn't have kept me that long, but he had just fired another black manager. So all the general managers employed now are white. They are very disrepectful to crew, curse at them, date them, use racial slurs and target black individuals by drug testing them to get rid of them, even if there are white individuals coming to work "high" and known drug users. They basically do whatever they want and nothing happens to them. This has been going on for years and it has to stop now!
I was told by one of the owners that I was fired because I wasn't working the required 50 hr. work week (which I've always done). I worked more than 50 hrs. every week, and sometimes I didn't take a full 7 days vacation. My job was my first priority, next to church. I would never do anything to jeopardize that. I've always worked hard at everything I do. I was known as the strict manager; following rules and going by the book.
I witnessed unfair treatment of crew and managers because of the color of their skin, so after complaining to one of the owners back in April 2012 my job was threatened. After pleading my case I received an apology and I was told everything was ok and I still had my job. But even though he apologized and acted as though he understood, he held on to this and terminated me on aug. 25, 2012, which was four months later. He probably wouldn't have kept me that long, but he had just fired another black manager. So all the general managers employed now are white. They are very disrepectful to crew, curse at them, date them, use racial slurs and target black individuals by drug testing them to get rid of them, even if there are white individuals coming to work "high" and known drug users. They basically do whatever they want and nothing happens to them. This has been going on for years and it has to stop now!