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How can a Director of area operations for Wendys have a relationsip with a District manage and keep his job?
Asked by big
I have worked for this person and he has demoted a GM I knew for the very same thing. now how does he do it and they are upper level management and keep there jobs how does Wendys justify this??
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Why do you care?
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File an annonymous complaint with Human Resources, or let it go, but choose your battles wisely...
Answered by Sarge
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Wendy's doesn't have to justify it. The question is whether the director of area operations' boss knows about it.
Wendy's is in the process of selling itself, and consequently, no management job is safe. He may not be doing it much longer.
Answered by Paul Ding
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there's alot of issues, like burden of proof, and many other things. If its management to management a relationship is often allowed, now if a manager, *GM* and a general employee had a relationship that might violate company policy. Best to be well versed in your policies before going on a quest to make things right. Also, a Director of area operations typically does not have higher management looking in so long as the business unit operates at expectations or above.
good luck with this battle however you look to fight it but becareful as it might cost you your job!
Answered by Ravin
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There are couple of possible situations.
First, you want to know if Wendy's has a no fraternization policy, meaning, employees are not aloud to date outside of work.
Now, even if this policy is in place, sometimes it is aloud, at the discretion of upper management, as long as it does not affect the work place enviornment.
That being said, the relationship between the DM and Area Manager may or may not have been in effect prior to one of them working there, or it may not be interfering with either of their job performance, ie...bring fights to work and stuff.
In the demotion of another manager, it could have been opposite, maybe it was affecting the workplace, maybe and employee complained of favortism.
This is a very sensitive issue in the business world, because today, we spend so much more time at work than we do at home, so meeting people at work rather than at a bar is becoming so much more common, with 10-12 hour work days and stuff like that.
When I have these situations in my work enviornment, I tend to handle them on a case by case basis, and when I find out something is going on, I will pull both employees into the office and ask them, if they admit to it, I will tell them, it is cool, until it affects the workplace, performance, or other employees, this way they know up front to keep it outside, no hugging kissing at work, minimal flirting, keep it professional.
Really if you are concerned about it, try talking to someone in Human Resources about it, as they are usually there to help employees understand these situations a little better.
Answered by Michael C
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Fraternization is prohibited in any branch of military service. There are reasons for this, but in the civilian capacity the rules are based on what the organnization situpulates in their rules and regulations of management or assistant managers.
When I worked for Sears, I had a fling with my Manager and then got a raise. She came under fire when a employee got fired up that I was making more than him and he had been there longer than me.
This caused pressure for her to justify why I was making more money and my service to Sears showed that I was over my quota daily and therefore the raise was justified.
Now comes part two of this story.
She gets pregnant by me and her husband is now faced to either find out his wife's supressor and that she has had an affair as manager of Sears and her job is now threatened and her marriage.
My wife has now found out she is pregnant an my marriage is now at risk.
In the end of this catastrophic soap opera that took place at Sears...Serena was transferred to another location to manage and subsequently divorced her husband.
I on the other hand quit Sears and went back to work in small engines where it all began with Mr. Force.
Serena the manager at Sears approached me one last time to see how my marriage was doing with my wife. I told her I survived the blow, but my marriage is hurt and it will take time to heal from the wounds.
I chose to stay with my wife and we are still together today 23 years.
As for Serena she quit Sears and left out of State is the last I heard and took my baby with her.
Somewhere in Alabama or Georgia I have another child that should be a teenager by now and have no idea where he or she is or what he or she looks like.
The lesson to learn here is that I was wrong and she was wrong.
Fraternizing on the job with a superior can get you into deep trouble not only with the company , but personal as well.
As for Wendy's manager...he or she will have to deal with in perspective and maybe since they are single there is less of a blow there than in my case.
In any matter it causes conflict of interest and should be abolished with any company, but what they do on their time away from Wendy's doesn't matter only what they do on the job.
The names were changed in my story to protect the innocent.
Answered by cristanine
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