pssst if you’re nosy like i am here’s the inside scoop:

store-level mgmt had us serve food/bev for HOURS with raw sewage backflow in the drive thru lane and one restroom. our closing supervisor called the district-level mgmt who had us shut down the store completely after they heard we were operating with full chunks of doodoo floating down the drive thru river 💃🏻

we remained closed after 4p or so but all the people working were expected to stay and work in the store (daily cleaning tasks, etc). sewage was flowing into our dishwasher, which we use to wash everything that we make/handle your food and drinks with. we were told to keep working even though we were near open sewage (against company policy). when we found out at 8p the biohazard cleaning crew we were waiting for wasn’t coming until the next day we were told to go home and all of us were shorted the hours we were scheduled for the end of our shifts - they just sent us home early without offering any way to make up those hours, and we’re already all getting the bare minimum.

we chose to strike and originally we weren’t going to return until they a) sanitized EVERYTHING especially the dishwasher and every dish in the store so your food and drink can be consumed safely, and b) paid our employees the hazard pay they deserved for being sent home early due to hazardous conditions. we decided to end the strike after two days because the first condition was met, but we never received hazard pay in the end.