06-04-2002, 06:06 PM
When I worked at Friday's, we had something called "Star of the Shift". It wasn't about who sold the most, who got a guest compliment, or anything like that. It was mainly about who kissed the most ass.
It got to the point where I wrote on the "Star of the Shift" poster, "I refuse to give blowjobs for recognition". 3 days later, the Star of the Shift program was discontinued and I was suspiciously written up for being 5 mins late.
We finally changed it to giving cold hard cash to who sold the most stuff, wheter it was highest check averages, most products that were being promoted, etc. I walked away with a few hundred bucks. Not shabby.
Employment recognition is hard because a lot of it centers on kissing ass rather than the cold hard truth of getting the job done. Granted, some people who were recognized did get the job done, but some didn't. And that was a pisser.
It got to the point where I wrote on the "Star of the Shift" poster, "I refuse to give blowjobs for recognition". 3 days later, the Star of the Shift program was discontinued and I was suspiciously written up for being 5 mins late.
We finally changed it to giving cold hard cash to who sold the most stuff, wheter it was highest check averages, most products that were being promoted, etc. I walked away with a few hundred bucks. Not shabby.
Employment recognition is hard because a lot of it centers on kissing ass rather than the cold hard truth of getting the job done. Granted, some people who were recognized did get the job done, but some didn't. And that was a pisser.