All I have to say is people stop being so loyal to these companies. These companies DO NOT care about you. They can close at the drop of a hat and there is nothing you can do about it. I have learned from working on jobs that many of the workplace rumors are true. It pays to pay attention to them especially when the rumors are the company is closing or about to cut back.
In the 90’s I worked at a restaurant owned by Warner brothers and they sent the vp to say the rumors in paper was not true. 2 days after they closed without telling us
Although I don't agree with closing abruptly and leaving the employees blindsided, I can see why. They didn't want theft. I knew an individual that worked at a RL years ago. He said it wasn't uncommon for employees to steal a half case of frozen crab legs and other fish items here and there. He said not all employees did this, but it would happen frequently. Now, tell the employees that they are closing the doors in 2 weeks and you probably would see the freezer emptied in less than a day. It's sad to treat their employees this way, but they are looking out for salvaging what they can.
The company used to be a nice place to work, but that hasn't been true for 20 years or more. I'm not surprised by the un-announced closings. It's the sort of stunt the company likes to pull these days.
Yeah but if you were quitting this job they expect a 2 weeks notice so you dont put them in a bind.. but these companies will shut down with no notice are fire you with no notice not carrying what kind of bind they put you in..
Sad situation, I feel bad for the employees and bad for the restaurant. I have always enjoyed Red Lobster until the one in my area closed down about five years ago. I missed having lunch there with my retired friends and still miss the place.
All the education, all the people at the top and yet they made a bad decision to offer endless shrimp. We see this so often, of these narcissistic ceo’s wreck their companies.🤔🤦🏼🤨
The guy complains that he feels used because he worked on Mother's Day and they closed the following day. But the restaurant was busy on Mother's Day, which means he made more tips.
@@alista4987 It's true that I wasn't there to witness the tipping. However, using reason and logic, I can easily put two and two together and conclude that more customers equals more tips. Or does it not work that way in your world?
And somehow I don't think that would make anyone feel any better about having lost their job. RL knew this closing was coming and rather than give the employees a heads up so that they wouldn't be blindsided with unemployment, RL timed the closing for one last money grab and then dropped the employees. He has the right to complain.
@@Musicball I was addressing his complaint that the restaurant decided to close the day after Mother's Day, accusing them of being greedy for forcing staff to work while he also benefitted from working that day. Would it have been better to close the store the day prior to Mother's Day?
Since last year when their main investor pulled out of the company entirely, it was a matter of time, there’s likely to be a second and third wave of closures in the weeks to come, eventually though I think Red Lobster will fold entirely, their financial situation is dire. The Thai Union Group is desperate to get rid of Red Lobster and exit the restaurant business entirely, they’re done. Unfortunately this all comes at the cost of the employees, who get nothing. But the fact they’re even closing up good performing locations is a blinking red light to just how bad it must be if they’re closing profitable locations.
man I can remember me and my wife going out to red lobster every pay day and it was packed with people no way on earth we could do that nowadays. I am very sure they will be closing down a lot more very soon sad to see what our country has become.
Not Really, Red Lobster has been declining, going down hill for years, their Menu's were terrible, they kept raising prices, and serving people crummy food, it's just now caught up to them.
These companies get people to work for them for decades--- and they just shut them out like this..... then they wonder why they are in the position they are in. The fish rots from the head.
They were the Kings for many years, poor leadership, low IQ types making big decision's cost them their Corporation, This for sure is not the first time some Clown thats paid over a Million a year in Salary has Demolished a Corporation, look at that Idiot Billionaire That bought K- mart and Sears and managed to Destroy Both Corporations when he combined them into one sorry Store, That was some real " Heads Up" Decision Making.
During difficult time the under performing stores are closed first.. So this is the beginning of the end.. Only question is will the closings stop before they all close? Or will a investor come in and turn the business around..
There are way better places to work than Red Lobster, Tyler cant fill all the vacant jobs available, lots and lots of Restaurant Jobs, I knew someone that worked at Red Lobster in Tyler said it was Horrible! They left after 1 month.
When you basically give away generous amounts of food product for free, what you do expect? $25 doesn't cover that millionth plate of shrimp you request!
The corona pandemic is mainly to blame for this. Not too many ppl are dining out nowadays. They are opting for ordering food thru door dash, grub hub, and uber eats. Its only gonna get worse as time goes on
I used to build restaurants and BELIEVE me that the only thing faster to shutdown in a poor economy than a restaurant is the CONSTRUCTION of restaurants!
Save your money at all costs Don’t pay rent if you lost your job Save your money Don’t buy anything new Save your money Own some property it doesn’t matter how small I did that in 2017 It really helped me
Its embarrassing to tell the truth after covid and the a green new deal democrat there's is still more to fail,people are smart they are being thrifty with money,people need to recognize why is this happening all over ...the only people enjoying them self is rich people it doesn't effect them and the restaurant they eat...😢😢😢
RL has already filed for bankruptcy protection under chapter 11. The employees can try to sue RL all they want but they won’t be receiving a penny even if somehow they could win the case.
shrimp farm ran the place into the ground instead of diversifying their sales. and selling all their property when they bought it.... so they started paying RENT instead of property tax.... terrible company. Shitty company dont care about anyone or anything other than money, they made a cash grab on mothersday and were selling the kitchen equipment the next day at auction. all the cash gonna disappear and they gonna claim bankruptcy after the transfers are complete. then sell and try to recoup their faults like a buncha shady business people do regularly. Our government doesnt even know where trillions of dollars went AGAIN..... u expect corporations to manage themselves properly when the government cant even keep receipts??? lol
They did it to them selves, Greed and Stupidity dont go well together, They were on the decline going downhill for the last few years, this All You Can eat Shrimp Excuse, is Lame, this not why they have decided to close down Restaurants, this is all they have to try to Sugar Coat their Mistakes.
Turns out the shrimp did have an end.
Shrimp Lives Matter
😂🤣🛑 it! 🐧💙
@@theotheleo6830lol
😂😂😂
All I have to say is people stop being so loyal to these companies. These companies DO NOT care about you. They can close at the drop of a hat and there is nothing you can do about it. I have learned from working on jobs that many of the workplace rumors are true. It pays to pay attention to them especially when the rumors are the company is closing or about to cut back.
WARNING: If you work at Red Lobster get your resume updated
I'm putting I was a regional manager on mine
@@nomadericsmart because they can't do a reference check for a place that is closed. 😂😂😂
Lol go for it
I'm so so so so sorry.
It is a shame.
In the 90’s I worked at a restaurant owned by Warner brothers and they sent the vp to say the rumors in paper was not true. 2 days after they closed without telling us
Although I don't agree with closing abruptly and leaving the employees blindsided, I can see why. They didn't want theft. I knew an individual that worked at a RL years ago. He said it wasn't uncommon for employees to steal a half case of frozen crab legs and other fish items here and there. He said not all employees did this, but it would happen frequently. Now, tell the employees that they are closing the doors in 2 weeks and you probably would see the freezer emptied in less than a day. It's sad to treat their employees this way, but they are looking out for salvaging what they can.
The employees are far more vulnerable to homelessness.
The company used to be a nice place to work, but that hasn't been true for 20 years or more.
I'm not surprised by the un-announced closings. It's the sort of stunt the company likes to pull these days.
It’s just not these days, it happened to me in the 90’s
They did it to themselves, poorly managed, poorly operated, thats it!
That's business. Happens all the time. Thank Joe.
RIGHT, Biden made the endless shrimp disappear. IDIOT.
not joe, bad food
I worked for Red Lobster four years 1977 to 1981,,,loved it and made good money, too
Yeah but if you were quitting this job they expect a 2 weeks notice so you dont put them in a bind.. but these companies will shut down with no notice are fire you with no notice not carrying what kind of bind they put you in..
They can expect all they want but a 2 week notice is not required.
They could care less about their employee's.
@@brooksbrown580Murica!
If you actually wanted to eat a baby lobster,prepare to part with $50.00
This is so sad for the employees. I hope they can find a job at a better place.
Sad situation, I feel bad for the employees and bad for the restaurant. I have always enjoyed Red Lobster until the one in my area closed down about five years ago. I missed having lunch there with my retired friends and still miss the place.
There are lots of other places tow work, 100% Better than Red Lobster.
I havent been to a red lobster since they banned me for sticking my hand in the lobster tank
All the education, all the people at the top and yet they made a bad decision to offer endless shrimp. We see this so often, of these narcissistic ceo’s wreck their companies.🤔🤦🏼🤨
Exactly, the person who made this decision was a foreigner too. No idea just how much Americans would exploit "all you can eat."
For Real ! Low IQ Types that are Paid Millions in Salary, How did that work out for you Red Lobster, What Idiots!
The guy complains that he feels used because he worked on Mother's Day and they closed the following day. But the restaurant was busy on Mother's Day, which means he made more tips.
You don’t know that. They used them at the end of the day.
@@alista4987 It's true that I wasn't there to witness the tipping. However, using reason and logic, I can easily put two and two together and conclude that more customers equals more tips. Or does it not work that way in your world?
And somehow I don't think that would make anyone feel any better about having lost their job. RL knew this closing was coming and rather than give the employees a heads up so that they wouldn't be blindsided with unemployment, RL timed the closing for one last money grab and then dropped the employees. He has the right to complain.
@@Musicball I was addressing his complaint that the restaurant decided to close the day after Mother's Day, accusing them of being greedy for forcing staff to work while he also benefitted from working that day. Would it have been better to close the store the day prior to Mother's Day?
@@theotheleo6830The employees should have been warned.
Im sure the writing has been on the wall for a while. Should’ve been looking for another job.
Since last year when their main investor pulled out of the company entirely, it was a matter of time, there’s likely to be a second and third wave of closures in the weeks to come, eventually though I think Red Lobster will fold entirely, their financial situation is dire. The Thai Union Group is desperate to get rid of Red Lobster and exit the restaurant business entirely, they’re done.
Unfortunately this all comes at the cost of the employees, who get nothing. But the fact they’re even closing up good performing locations is a blinking red light to just how bad it must be if they’re closing profitable locations.
@10191927 the employees are owed nothing. They chose that job.
Yep, the horrible way things are today it is best to have some kind of Plan B when the shtf.
Yep I agree...
I have been laid off 3 times in my career as a computer programmer. That’s part of life. Go look for a new job
man I can remember me and my wife going out to red lobster every pay day and it was packed with people no way on earth we could do that nowadays. I am very sure they will be closing down a lot more very soon sad to see what our country has become.
What has mostly kept me away from these places were the increasingly sketchy employees and questionable sanitation.
💯
Red Lobster sure had both of those issue's.
Change the R ...
To a D ...
with the cost of stuff you're going to see many more places close.
Not Really, Red Lobster has been declining, going down hill for years, their Menu's were terrible, they kept raising prices, and serving people crummy food, it's just now caught up to them.
Damn, one seafood promotion ended Red Lobster 😅
No this is just an excuse,
Why would you be a waiter all those years instead of getting a better job?
😡🤬 how they did their employees
Red Lobster was a quintessential mark of the middle class.
These companies get people to work for them for decades--- and they just shut them out like this..... then they wonder why they are in the position they are in. The fish rots from the head.
I agree with him, it looks like a planned schedule for Red Lobster
welcome to the world of restaurant employment!
Happened in Denver, Colorado too.
The Entire Corporation will go down, they will close all the Restaurants.
Dead Lobster..
x_x
Red Lobster use to be the place to go back in the 90s over the last 20 years the quality like majority of restaurants has declined!
They were the Kings for many years, poor leadership, low IQ types making big decision's cost them their Corporation, This for sure is not the first time some Clown thats paid over a Million a year in Salary has Demolished a Corporation, look at that Idiot Billionaire That bought K- mart and Sears and managed to Destroy Both Corporations when he combined them into one sorry Store, That was some real " Heads Up" Decision Making.
Good! Selling poop eaters is no longer acceptable 😂😂😂😂
During difficult time the under performing stores are closed first.. So this is the beginning of the end.. Only question is will the closings stop before they all close? Or will a investor come in and turn the business around..
No....They are Done.
Plenty of work in and around Tyler. Better work.
There are way better places to work than Red Lobster, Tyler cant fill all the vacant jobs available, lots and lots of Restaurant Jobs, I knew someone that worked at Red Lobster in Tyler said it was Horrible! They left after 1 month.
And employees love giving 2 week notices….
It’s been common knowledge for several months, Carl.
When you basically give away generous amounts of food product for free, what you do expect? $25 doesn't cover that millionth plate of shrimp you request!
Endless Shrimp has Suddenly Ended🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Went to a Red Lobster in Chattanooga Tenn and waited 20 minutes for someone to seat us and we left. You are bringing this on yourself.
That's not why. The reason is that all restaurants can't make money because of BIDEN
Issue is NO ONE wants to Work and now the Public is Resisting the Necessary Price Increases in the Food Industry.
They have gone Down Hill So Bad in the last 4-5 Years its was just sad,
Business isn't about feelings it's all about the bottom line. Take your feelings swallow them because it's just business as usual.
That what happened when minimum wage up $20 an hour in California the restaurants have to close down.
Come on everybody knew this months ago
Yes indeed.
Most of us can afford to go out to dinner with the current economy!. FJB
Too bad.
Out back is next
Ask GOD for help and he will provide.
The corona pandemic is mainly to blame for this. Not too many ppl are dining out nowadays. They are opting for ordering food thru door dash, grub hub, and uber eats. Its only gonna get worse as time goes on
So what! This whole country is in a downfall morally and economically.. Red lobster is the least of the worries in the United States..
Shame on red lobster
Stupidity is never Pretty no matter how good it taste's
I used to build restaurants and BELIEVE me that the only thing faster to shutdown in a poor economy than a restaurant is the CONSTRUCTION of restaurants!
Blame the hedge fund companies 😅
Day ate all da skrimps
Sick
Use u what the hell he talking bout they outta funds bro
Thank sleepy Joe
Save your money at all costs
Don’t pay rent if you lost your job
Save your money
Don’t buy anything new
Save your money
Own some property it doesn’t matter how small
I did that in 2017
It really helped me
Its embarrassing to tell the truth after covid and the a green new deal democrat there's is still more to fail,people are smart they are being thrifty with money,people need to recognize why is this happening all over ...the only people enjoying them self is rich people it doesn't effect them and the restaurant they eat...😢😢😢
Thanks bunches, BIDEN.
Help me comprehend this. 🤔
Good riddance to bad rubbish. Red Lobster was a dump.
Yep it was getting Really Really Bad, They did it to themselves.
So many lost jobs. :(
There are lots of other Jobs better than Red Lobster.
That’s the BIDEN policy
Bidenomics is working
How did this even make the news. Who cares? It's probably a mundane job anyway. It is time for a universal basic income for everyone who lost jobs.
Bidenomics😂😅😂
Well I'm glad they don't have to pay for the employees healthcare anymore.
Or rehab
@@drakecarter1780 Or circumcisions
@@drakecarter1780 I'll bet anything that when you were an infant, they cut you. 🐧💙
Can they sue the company for this? I sure as hell would try.
They can claim unemployment compensation while they are looking for new jobs.
It's called "at will" employment. All states except Montana allow it. Without a contract or union they can end your employment at any time.
RL has already filed for bankruptcy protection under chapter 11. The employees can try to sue RL all they want but they won’t be receiving a penny even if somehow they could win the case.
Isn't Bidenomics great 😂😂😂.
wronful terminations lawsuits in order.
Nope.
Employees at will.
Here is nc they don't need a reason to fire you. Idk where this was
shrimp farm ran the place into the ground instead of diversifying their sales. and selling all their property when they bought it.... so they started paying RENT instead of property tax.... terrible company. Shitty company dont care about anyone or anything other than money, they made a cash grab on mothersday and were selling the kitchen equipment the next day at auction. all the cash gonna disappear and they gonna claim bankruptcy after the transfers are complete. then sell and try to recoup their faults like a buncha shady business people do regularly. Our government doesnt even know where trillions of dollars went AGAIN..... u expect corporations to manage themselves properly when the government cant even keep receipts??? lol
They did it to them selves, Greed and Stupidity dont go well together, They were on the decline going downhill for the last few years, this All You Can eat Shrimp Excuse, is Lame, this not why they have decided to close down Restaurants, this is all they have to try to Sugar Coat their Mistakes.
who cares?
You care. Otherwise, you wouldn't have commented 😅
Clown
Trump 2024
FJB
Remember to thank a Democrat at the poles hows that bidonmic s working out ?