#PRFail: Safeway Suspends Worker on his Last Day of Employment

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While we were out last year getting prepared for tomfoolery and New Years Eve shenanigans, there were a few (former) Dominick’s grocery store employees were sprucing up their resumes. According to the Chicago Sun-Timesthe Safeway-owned grocer came to the conclusion right before New Years that its 72 stores in the greater Chicagoland area were the “lowest-performing of Safeway’s business division.”

So, Safeway fired 6,600 people. Happy @$%&’n New Year, folks. While that’s sad, Safeway and Dominick’s forgot that some employees may get miffed about such a thing.

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