**Just a quick rant since they hid my review on Google, feel free to share this post, i want it seen so folks stay away from these crooks for employment**
I REALLLLLLLLY wanted to like Wingshack in Laramie. I really really did. I love me some wings. BUT.... my opinion of them has changed since they first opened.
Soon as i seen Wingshack was coming to Laramie, i put in for their emailing list so i could know updates as to when they would be opening. Little did i know, this entered me into a drawing for free wings and beer for a year. I didnt find this out until later when i got a random email and text stating i won, HELL YEAH AWESOME! I am invited to the grand opening, received a shot glass, a hat, some hot sauce and i met the GM, Grant, and the regional manager, Ryan.
While i was there, i inquired about employment for my wife, who had been the GM of Taco Johns in Laramie for the last 3 years who was looking for a change of pace. She was given a job and hired on as team lead and was told to learn as much as she could about the store, that she would be fast tracked to GM as Grant and his wife are Colorado folks and aren't gonna be up here forever! SWEET! Also, my 15yr old son was hired on as a busboy/dishwasher for his first job!
All was great!
Until it wasn't.
Wifey was given 35hrs for the 1st 2 weeks, on the 3rd week, her hours dropped to 20 and then after it just kept dropping. She showed up for every shift, she got along with all her coworkers and was very excited to learn this new business after making tacos for the last few years. She even picked up a couple extra shifts that folks had called out for whatever reason trying to makeup the hours. My son was given 4-8hrs a week, being a 15yr old this makes sense and same thing, showed up for every shift, was never late and i've confirmed with current employees that they never saw an issue with him whatosever, albeit he's a little shy, he was a pleasure to be around! He was excited to have his own cash flow and i was excited not to have to pay for all the "dad can i have...."
The only other week wifey worked over 30hrs was the week of the superbowl. My son had his hours cut to 0, and the last few weeks of employment here, my wife had her hours cut to 4. FOUR. F-O-U-R HOURS. That's not even enough to cover the benefits they had offered her. Had she of worked those 4 hours, her check would of been in the negative. There's straight up no point in working 4hrs. To go from a consistent job in the fast food industry to promises of grandeur and then being met with "everyone is getting their hours cut," is quite frankly BULLSHIT. And it's true, lots of folks that have worked there and currently work there are looking high and low for another job due to these hour cuts. NOT TO MENTION, multiple folks have been promised Senior Team Lead or even the GM position and are in the same exact boat. Broken promises. Lies. Deceit.
I wanted to like Wingshack, they seemed like great folks. But the financial pain they've caused my family at this point, I won't recommend them to a single soul. I used to recommend them to everybody i talked to. The food is good and reasonably priced.
As for me, I'm going back to DoubleDubs for wings. Pay a little extra but support a Laramie small business!
Shame on you Wingshack, shame on you! It's NONE of these folks fault that YOU over hired!
Forgot to mention, they didn't even bother to let my wife or son know that they had been let go. They just removed them from the schedule and system without a peep.
How shady is that?!
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