Burger King Staff Quits and Uses Marquee to Announce It

A group of employees at a Lincoln, Nebraska Burger King made a statement that went viral.

“We all quit. Sorry for the inconvenience,” read the message posted on the sign outside the restaurant after general manager Rachel Flores and at least six other employees decided to put in their two weeks’ notice.

Flores said she experienced months of issues, including short staffing, managerial turnover and “hectic” work conditions.

“We had just got really tired of upper management and them not coming to help and not caring about the employees,” Flores told “TODAY.” “As I became general manager, it got more crazy. I had multiple different bosses.”

Flores alleges that they were short-staffed and there were many days when work conditions were unsafe. Some co-workers were left to work in dangerously hot temperatures without air conditioning.

She added that temperatures would reach over 90 degrees and the AC would be broken.

“It was causing a lot of issues with employees, they were getting dehydrated. … That took three or four weeks to get fixed. One of the days I was extremely delirious, I was very dehydrated.”

Flores said she left work at the urging of other employees, which led to her missing a managers meeting.

“When I was two minutes late, my boss called me and when I told him what was going on, he told me I was being a baby and I was making excuses and that I needed to do my job,” she said. “I ended up going to the hospital that night for dehydration. I had to get IV fluids and everything. I had called my boss’ boss and I told him how I was treated, how my boss hung up on me and everything he said to me, and he said I was lying, that he never said that.”

Flores also shared that the marquee was to bring awareness to the situation and to offer an apology to their loyal customers.

A spokesperson for Burger King told TODAY that they were aware of the situation.

“The work experience described at this location is not in line with our brand values,” said the spokesperson. “Our franchisee is looking into this situation to ensure this doesn’t happen in the future.”