Florida Pizza Hut threatened to punish employees evacuating for Hurricane Irma
A Florida Pizza Hut memo about Hurricane Irma has gone viral.
According to the New York Daily News, a Jacksonville Pizza Hut manager, sent out a memo that read: "#1 priority is the safety and security of our team."
Pizza Hut is willing to kill people FOR PIZZA!!!!! pic.twitter.com/6ei6viaDmz
— Jared Oban (@jaredoban) September 10, 2017
The post went on to list strict rules about evacuations and returning to work.
“If evacuating, you will have a 24-hour period before storm 'grace period' to not be scheduled," the letter stated. “You cannot evacuate Friday for a Tuesday storm event!”
The memo went on to read that employees, “MUST return within 72 hours” and “failure to show for these shifts, regardless of reason, will be considered a no call/no show and documentation will be issued.”
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That’s the part that really irked social media users.
@pizzahut you need to let your employees in Florida evacuate. Your storm policies are cruel and dangerous.
— The bittiest bat (@shovelwielder) September 10, 2017
This manager needs a reality check. Life is a lot more important than money. You can't replace life like you can replace your business.
— Tim Wilkerson (@photoartist1979) September 12, 2017
Wow @pizzahut this is pretty coldblooded considering they were all facing a life threatening disaster. #HurrcaneIrma You should be ashamed! pic.twitter.com/UzlIyFcGJf
— Deborah Gaughran (@MyNextLifeDebi) September 11, 2017
Pizza Hut released the following statement: "We absolutely do not have a policy that dictates when team members can leave or return from a disaster, and the manager who posted this letter did not follow company guidelines. We can also confirm that the local franchise operator has addressed this situation with the manager involved."
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Read more at the New York Daily News.
