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I'm
deeply
disappointed
to
share
my
recent
experience
with
Heine
Brothers
Schnitzelburg/Germantown
location.
While
I've
always
enjoyed
their
beverages,
I
can
no
longer
support
a
business
that
prioritizes
profits
over
the
well-being
of
its
employees.
It
has
come
to
my
attention,
through
word
of
mouth
of
another
employee
(who
I
will
not
name,
as
I
fear
for
their
employment
being
on
the
line
for
this
also),
that
Heine
Brothers
has
a
troubling
practice
of
wrongfully
terminating
employees
who
seek
proper
coverage
for
their
shifts
due
to
illness,
particularly
during
the
COVID-19
pandemic.
It
is
alarming
to
learn
that
employees
who
responsibly
take
time
off
when
sick,
especially
with
a
contagious
virus
like
COVID-19,
are
met
with
termination
rather
than
support
and
understanding
from
their
employer.
This
sends
a
clear
message
that
Heine
Brothers
values
their
bottom
line
more
than
the
health
and
safety
of
their
staff
and
customers.
No
employee
should
ever
feel
pressured
to
work
while
ill,
especially
in
an
environment
where
they
handle
food
and
beverages.
By
punishing
those
who
prioritize
their
health
and
the
safety
of
others,
Heine
Brothers
is
creating
a
toxic
work
culture
that
puts
everyone
at
risk.
I
cannot
in
good
conscience
support
a
company
that
would
rather
have
its
employees
work
sick
around
food
and
beverages
than
allow
them
to
stay
home
and
rest.
I
have
never
worked
for
a
company
that
has
put
my
well-being
and
livelihood
at
risk,
as
well
as
the
health
of
my
customers
at
risk
by
being
forced
to
work
over
other
people's
sustenance.
I
cannot
describe
this
as
anything
other
than
a
biological
hazard
and
"disturbing"
doesn't
even
come
close
to
describing
this
practice
they
have
set
in
place.
I
have
been
a
loyal
customer
to
several
locations
of
Heine
Brothers
for
years.
However,
until
Heine
Brothers
demonstrates
a
genuine
commitment
to
the
well-being
of
its
employees,
I
will
be
taking
my
business
elsewhere.
I
will
also
be
urging
my
friends,
family
and
colleagues
to
do
the
same
and
I
WILL
BE
cross
posting
this
review
to
multiple
platforms
to
allow
consumers
to
be
fully
knowledgeable
of
the
company
they
are
supporting.
Consumers
should
be
aware
of
what
this
company
does
behind
closed
doors
to
the
very
people
that
keep
customers
smiling
and
returning
time
and
time
again.
This
company
must
not
know
that
you
should
not
bite
the
hand
that
feeds
you.
And
without
your
friendly
and
upbeat
employees,
you
would
have
no
customers.
You
would
be
nothing.
And
if
you
continue
these
disgusting
practices
of
causing
employees
to
fear
that
they
are
one
illness
away
from
unemployment,
you
are
guaranteed
a
fast
track,
one
way
ticket
to
just
that.
You
will
be
NOTHING.
I
will
also
take
the
time
to
echo
the
sentiment
of
the
other
most
recent
review
and
urge
you
to
take
your
patronage
to
another
local,
small
business.
I
would
recommend
Bean
coffee
shop
for
starters
if
you
need
a
personal
suggestion.
As
far
as
I
am
concerned,
they
treat
their
employees
with
dignity,
respect,
and
like
human
beings
serving
the
public.
Not
farm
animals,
serving
a
corporation
and
lining
the
pockets
of
the
greedy
who
don't
believe
in
allowing
the
sick
to
rest
and
recuperate
so
they
may
continue
to
thrive
for
their
business.
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