Lewis Bakery Corporate Office — Restaurant in Evansville

Your bakery in Murfreesboro TN hired an employee around a month ago. I have known this gentleman for over a decade. He has always worked hard! The type of employee that goes above and beyond without even being asked. I recently heard the circumstances of his wrongful termination with your company and I was appalled! This man was working from 4am till 2pm daily, off on Fridays. There is a schedule posted on the wall with the daily start times, BUT NO END TIMES. The schedule had his shift coming in late at 5:30am instead of 4am on Thursday the 17th of this month. He came in, worked his shift like he had been. Then around 1:50pm the person that covers people for their breaks told him to break out for his last mandatory break. He did so and when he came back from his 10min break EVERYONE from his shift was no where to be seen in the area he'd been working in all day. There was a whole new group of people from the next shift there. He assumed that since it was already past 2pm and that everyone he was working with had left as well, he thought his shift was finished! Every other day he's worked, he got off at 2pm!! He wasn't told any different and it wasn't on the posted schedule!! He clocked out...went home...he was scheduled off on Friday. When he went back at 4am on Saturday morning he was informed by a supervisor on duty that he couldn't work and that he would need to contact Heather in HR before coming back. He was told that there was a code (R2? Job abandonment) beside his name on the schedule. This particular job was a blessing. The entire family was excited! His wife was diagnosed with Lupus and could no longer work in healthcare like she had the past 20yrs, they also have a child! He would never jeopardize his job! Again there was no stop times posted and he was not informed by anyone that his shift was working till 3:30! On top of that when he got back to his work station all the individuals he'd worked with weren't in that area and a whole new group were there working. Anyone would have thought the same thing and clocked out! If he was told he would have gladly worked till whenever! He's the type of worker that will and has worked 12-16hrs 7 days a week!!! So after he was told this Saturday morning the 19th at 4am, he called Heather in HR around 8am the same day. He explained through voicemail since she didn't answer. He received no call back and did as instructed. He showed up Monday morning the 21st at 8am to speak with HR. When he arrived Heather was also walking into the building. He spoke to her while they both walked towards the building. She first asked him "What are you doing here"?? in a rude manner. When he explained she said "the decision wasn't up to her, it was up to the plant manager and he had decided to terminate". Again this gentleman did nothing knowingly wrong!!! He had no idea that he was clocking out early on Thursday. That was his first full week of employment! You guys terminated an man who's family depends on his sole income and right now they're living paycheck to paycheck! Needless to mention the need for health insurance!! So he turns in his key..badge and helmet. He asks for a notice of separation and days later still hasn't even received that. In the State of Tennessee an employer is supposed to provide that within 24hrs of termination. I find it odd that there's workers that are barely 18, with no work experience that work for you, one worked a couple months and either quit or was fired then miraculously weeks later he got hired back on. So you guys can hire back a kid with no work experience that actually quit or got fired BUT you fire a grown man for something that wasn't his fault...you fire an asset with 30+yrs work experience and would have been a model employee!!! That's absurd!!!!! The employee that you fired basically sneezed and made an honest mistake! If he'd "walked out on the job" why in the world would he be at work Saturday morning at 4am? His termination was wrongful and unjustified! If someone is wrongfully terminated corporate should step in and rectify...

You gotta be kidding me. Showed up for an interview for 11:30a.m. got to the door at 11:25 when the hiring lady came out and she skipped over the ones there at 11:30 and went to interview the ones that showed up for the 1pm interview. I went THREE WEEKS in a row from 50 MILES AWAY for open interview. The first two weeks I was told interview was cancelled and this time I never got interviewed. What a waste of my time and fuel! This is absolutely ridiculous! The two times interviews were cancelled I was never called or emailed to say they were cancelled so my...

Great store, great prices, and a wide selection of stuff. I have been coming into the store for many years whenever I come through town and it is fantastic. I don't know how you continually do it. The bread stays fresh for ever. It's tasty, and always perfect. I have never had a bad loaf. I sure wish you were open on Saturdays. After reading all the reviews, I can't wait to try some of the other brands that other people's are raving about. I just wish that you had a distribution in the south Florida because I can't get the stuff down here. Please remedy...