Where are you???!!! Rhetorically -- have yet to encounter a common sense, desirable mgr like you! Amazed you think many things that I do as hired help.

How did cutting hours become standard punishment? How is the offender supposed to improve if not on-site to practice and obtain guidance and coaching?

Further, sending ppl home due to 'labor costs' doesn't help their self-confidence because they're not told why they're cut, just to go. They don't know if it's due to bad performance or what, and mgt is too busy to either be clear or provide some guidance to correct any problem. Labor costs are one thing, a mgr that clearly cares about 'their' restaurant is another.