{"id":11786,"date":"2013-11-29T17:26:27","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T17:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=11786"},"modified":"2013-11-29T17:26:27","modified_gmt":"2013-11-29T17:26:27","slug":"pizza-hut-franchise-ownerfires-then-hires-restaurant-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/pizza-hut-franchise-ownerfires-then-hires-restaurant-manager","title":{"rendered":"Pizza Hut Franchise Owner Fires Restaurant Manager Who Really Gives A Pluck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/5503_funny_chicken_on_a_chopping_block.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11787\" alt=\"plucking\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/5503_funny_chicken_on_a_chopping_block.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instead of writing a letter of resignation as requested, Tony Rohr, a <a title=\"pizza hut top franchise entrepreneur mag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/entrepreneur-ma\">Pizza Hut<\/a> manager, wrote this instead:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I accept that the refusal to comply with this greedy, immoral request means the end of my tenure with this company. I hope you realize that it is the people at the bottom of the totem pole that make your life possible<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The story&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Pizza Hut Franchise Owner Wanted To Open On Thanksgiving<\/h2>\n<p>First off, why would anyone choose to have pizza instead of turkey on Thanksgiving?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-italy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11788\" alt=\"italian\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-italy-320x240.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-italy-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/flag-italy.jpg 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, marrying into an Italian family like I did <em>has<\/em> changed my usual Thanksgiving menu&#8230;I now get to have pasta as a side dish along with my stuffing, mashed potatoes and so on. But, I couldn&#8217;t see myself dragging my family to my local Pizza Hut to celebrate Thanksgiving. Nothing against Pizza Hut. I wouldn&#8217;t go to any pizza restaurant on Thanksgiving. What was this Indiana Pizza Hut franchisee thinking?<\/p>\n<p>Answer: He (<em>or she<\/em>) wasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>I commend this restaurant manager for taking a stand for his employees-and himself. It&#8217;s bad enough that Wal-Mart and several other retailers opened their greedy doors only hours after everyone&#8217;s traditional Thanksgiving meal.<\/p>\n<p>This <strong>Pizza Hut franchise owner<\/strong> now officially joins <a title=\"denny's franchise owner\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/dennys-franchisee-obamacare-surcharge\">a growing list of franchise owners who have made poor decisions<\/a> that have turned into public relations nightmares.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Pizza Hut Corporate Damage Control<\/h2>\n<p><strong>From CNN.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>We fully respect an employee&#8217;s right to not work on a holiday, which is why the vast majority of Pizza Huts in America are closed on Thanksgiving,&#8221; the corporate office\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pizzahut.com\/newsroom.html?page=Newsroom&amp;story=2013~34~1\" target=\"_blank\">said in a statement<\/a>. &#8220;As a result, we strongly recommended that the local franchisee reinstate the store manager and they have agreed. We look forward to them welcoming Tony back to the team<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"cnn story pizza hut\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/11\/28\/us\/pizza-store-thanksgiving-firing\" target=\"_blank\">Read the entire story<\/a> to find out if Tony&#8217;s going to work for this Pizza Hut franchise owner again.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m curious; what would you do if you were asked to work on a holiday?<\/p>\n<p>Would you stand up for yourself? If you were in management, would you stand up for your staff like Tony did?<\/p>\n<p><strong>You go Tony!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instead of writing a letter of resignation as requested, Tony Rohr, a Pizza Hut manager, wrote this instead: &ldquo;I accept that the refusal to comply with this greedy, immoral request means the end of my tenure with this company. 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