Many of us hourly employees have been not been paid proper wages for numbers of hours worked. About a month ago so many of us complained that they "checked on it" and all of a sudden some (not myself included) were given more hours on the next paycheck. My last paycheck was missing around 20 hours. Of course I made the mistake of not keeping my clock in/out sheets because for some reason I trusted this large corporation which is stupid I admit. I worked 6 days a week (8 or more hour shifts), which is not what I agreed to when I was hired being a full time student, and was paid for around 3 days/week. Other employees have been cheated out of as many as 25 hours. Of course I keep my time sheets and hope to nail them next time.

This chain is blatantly discriminatory. My manager put me in the dining room one day b/c the owner of the company, Sam Cavelli, was in the store and "likes to see a lot of girls behind the counter and in the dining room." It's not surprising that the majority of the employees are high school aged girls (I am in my twenties but look very young). Despite being 5 miles from a large city with many minorities, we have not one African-American employee. We also have only one Hispanic and one Asian employee. A neighboring Panera has only one African-American employee. This seems to be the standard for this company. Many others in the company have reported that Mr. Cavelli does not like to have minorities out in the open.

I need this job but hate working for a company that mistreats employees and discriminates against various groups. I hope they straighten up their act, or that I can find another job.