what then should be done?

What do you do when your principles are compromised? what do you do when someone you care about is mistreated? What then should be done when a person is unjustly punished for a simple mistake in judgement? what then should be done?

I can't really get into details here or anywhere else, because this is a matter of strict confidentiality between my friend, myself and the company that we no longer work for. Starbucks.

My manager made a mistake in judgement and allowed policy to be broken once - never thinking that it would make any sort of problems. aparently one partner at the store didn't like what my manager was doing even though it had no effect whatsoever on anyone in the store or out of it - and so this partner called Reigional Head Office and reported our manager.

The manager - let's call her X... anyways X was fired today. She has worked at the company for six years. SIX YEARS of hard work, devotion, passion and serious knowledge and precious time. She was terminated today, effective immediately.. I know that this is difficult for some of you to understand, mostly because I can't explain what she did ! ! But know this : what she did really and truely had no effect on anyone in the store.. it was nothing that could ever hurt anyone.. yet it's one of those starbucks policies that just cannot be broken.. So she was fired, no questions asked. and I left the company with her, as well as another partner who feels X was treated unjustly. One of us has had luck so far in finding a job.. now it's just up to X and I to find something better to do with our time..

I am glad that I no longer work for a company that treats thier faithful employees this way. I am glad that I no longer have to work with the person who snitched.. cause I would find it pretty difficult to go to work with her and not slap the taste out of her mouth.. (thanks for that line, mike) Either way. My time with starbucks is over.. I feel a range of emotions right now. Relief that I don't have to compromise who I am for this company, by pretending that the way they treated X was ok.. Panic because now I no longer have a job.. Excitement because this might be my opportunity to do something new and exciting with myself! Dread because Im wondering if I know how to do something like this..

Who knows!????

but I'll find out soon...

Keep me in your thoughts and prayers

xoxo
ashley