Resignation to Burger King, restaurant of Kout Food Group (KFG)

To,                                                                                                                                  17 September 2012

Al-Kout Food Group                                                    

The HR Department

Dione Hamilton

Burger King

Lady Bay Retail Park

Meadow Lane

Nottingham

NG2 3GZ

Subject: Resignation due to intolerable working environment

Dear Sir/Madam:

I am here to state that first with all due respect; there are several reasons for my resignation. I want to take your attention to the most recent ones. This has happened with my fellow colleague that the shift manager Mohammed Salah tried to dictate an order, which was against the company policy and got a reply that you are useless. What kind of response is this?

People doing their job properly, with sincerity and hard work, do they deserve this kind of response? Just because they are doing their job and not only their job, they are doing the job of at least three people just because of the company policy of keeping the labour cost down at the peak hours with trainees in the kitchen.

Yesterday one incident happened with me that as a critical champion I have raised my concerned about the chimney and raising temperature of the broiler. I reported to shift manager Amr Bikhit who was running the shift at that time. That the broiler main electric socket is not in good condition and the old chimney is not compatible with the new broiler, it is leaving all the smoke inside the kitchen instead of exhausting it out resulting rise in temperature in the kitchen and making the environment hot. Please inform about this situation to area manager namely Arron Morley or to the GM namely Yanna Li.

On this the shift manager Amr Bikhit made fun of me and replied, “In your country people work in more horrible conditions than this why you are making a fuss about this?”

I do not understand why I wasted my time in training on Tuesday 11/09/2012 as a critical champion?

The latest incident happened today that I supposed to finish my job at 18:00. The shift manager Amr Bikhit asked me did you have your break? I replied, “No”. On this, the manager replied you could go on break at 17:00. I said, do not send me on break, I am about to finish my job at 18:00; instead of finishing at 18:00 can I go early at 17:30. On this, the manager dictated me; no, you have to go to break. On this, I stayed silent because I do not wanted to argue.

I was at work since 10:00 today and constantly working. Before 17:00 I went to my colleague and stand there for hardly five, ten minutes, on this the shift manager Amr Bikhit got mad and started asking me questions like why there is no meat, why this is not there etc. Just because in the whole day I stand still for few minutes and stand me home at 17:00 as a punishment.

The senior staff, the management talk whenever they want leaving the work for us. They are there to talk and go home with the salary for the work they never do. We do our work and their work and the work of another person who is not there because to keep the labour cost low. Are we slaves?

I do not want to sound racist but I never had any problem except the three Egyptians working there. Unfortunately, they have British passports and they are trying there best to make this restaurant like we use to have in low standard countries.

I want to protest against this discrimination and illiterate people. They are in senior post just because they have British passports but actually, they are illiterate. I refuse to work under illiterate and bad mannered people.

I can write so many reasons for my resignation but I am fade up of all of this. I do not want any more fights in Burger King. It is better to leave. I am in U.K not in Asia.

You can easily be promoted just because you hold British passports, it does not matter that you do not even know how to speak with people. That is what I saw in my restaurant recently. Best of Luck People!

In the end one more thing, if my resources allow me, I will definitely want to take the company to the court and claim constructive dismissal.

Secondly, I want to say that by the Grace of Almighty Allah, the Most Gracious, and the Most Merciful, the one who provides us food, shelter, and protector of all. I will try my level best to write a report about the working conditions in this company and send it to the Ministry of Labour United Kingdom.