A waitress loses her job because she couldn't afford new shoes...
A waitress gets a job at a restaurant that required her to get new trousers, then new shoes, she gets fired after not being able to get new shoes.
When it comes to work and presentation we completely agree that first impressions last the longest. But what happens when your employee hasn't made an effort to let you know at the start of your job what the full dress requirements are?
Do you speak up for yourself or do you agree with them complacently? We're not sure which path Heidi Henders took exactly but it led to her losing her job after she was told to buy new shoes for her job as a waitress.
"Heidi Henders, 24, had already spent £30 on trousers and a shirt for her new job at Heavenly Desserts, Stratford, when she was told she needed more formal footwear than the black pumps she was wearing." (Metro)
She had been working there for 3 weeks before being told that the shoes she was wearing did not meet their requirements. She went on to say that she was simply told that she would need black shoes for the job.
Heidi explained to her supervisor that she could not afford new shoes and asked if she could speak to the head office about her situation. Later that day she was fired...
It seems that they were not happy with her or her shoes...She told Metro that she believes this had nothing to do with the shoes and more to do with the low pay of the workers and the disrespect towards the workers.
I had already spent about £30 on trousers and a shirt already. They didn’t give us a specific pair of shoes but said they need to be formal.
I got fired from my job at Heavenly Desserts in Stratford over the weekend on the basis that I ‘did not respect the company’s uniform policy’. So here’s what happened. Management told staff in a WhatsApp chat if uniform wasn’t up to scratch it would be deducted from their wages.
— Heidi (@HeidiHenders) June 22, 2021
Heidi has received great support from Twitter users and she is speaking up about her experience saying that this is bigger than just not having the correct shoes. It has more to do with the hospitality industry and the treatment of staff.
We hope that her experience helps others both from the staff and employer sides, and there can be a coming to the table when it comes to communicating.
Hospitality and service industry staff are treated as completely disposable & need to start unionising, and unionising fast. The hospitality industry contributes £59.3billion to the UK economy and workers are consistently exploited and given no chance to fight for their rights.
— Heidi (@HeidiHenders) June 22, 2021
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