Ms Atkins said she was shocked by the texts. Source:FacebookThis man has been labelled “Britain’s worst boss” and has been accused of racism.
A cafe manger's brutal texts have gone viral, after he blasted a potential employee who was scheduled to come in for a trial shift earlier this week.
Victoria Atkins, 22, recently applied for a role at Intenso Espresso in Hove, England, however she was forced to reschedule after poor weather and public transport delays and left her “soaked”.
Initially, everything seemed fine, with Mr Preston-Powers wishing her a “safe journey” and assuring her it was “no problem”.
The text were fine at first. Source: facebookHowever, after Ms Atkins contacted him to reschedule the trial, that's when the boss became agitated.
”Sorry you are having a stressful morning. It’s probably better you did not succeed in getting the job because you can never be late or miss work at our business. Ever,” he wrote.
“You cannot ever even call in sick as this is not allowed.
“Literally, you have to be at work as scheduled with us and if you do not, you get a whole day’s wages from your previous shift docked and then are sacked if it happens just once again.”
Things began to take a turn about here. Source: facebookWhile sacking an employee for taking two days of sick leave is shocking enough, Mr Preston-Powers also took a dig at the “work ethics” of British people in general.
“We are British, but generally cannot ever manage to hire British due to poor work ethics,” he concluded.
Ms Atkins called out his rudeness and slammed her potential boss for discrimination, branding him an “awful business owner.”
Source: facebookInstead of just walking away from the now pointless conversation here, Mr Preston-Powers then made a jab at people who ate bacon.
When Ms Atkins pointed out it wasn’t “normal” to never fall ill, Mr Preston-Powers responded, “Yes, it is normal for thin, healthy people who don’t eat bacon.”
Better stay away from bacon... Source: facebook“If he’s looking for the title of Britain’s Worst Boss, it sounds like he’s going about it the right way.”
Ms Atkins later shared the exchange on Facebook and called the cafe boss “very rude, racist and nasty” as well as being “so unprofessional”.
Social media users agreed and slammed the bacon hating boss.
A spokesperson for Britain’s Trades Union Congress told the Telegraph Mr Preston-Powers’ attitude was unacceptable.
“If he’s looking for the title of Britain’s Worst Boss, it sounds like he’s going about it the right way,” the spokesperson told the publication.
“It’s illegal to discriminate against job applicants based on their ethnicity.
“Britain’s workers have a very strong work ethic. They put in some of the longest hours in Europe and billions of pounds worth of unpaid overtime each year.”
The cafe’s Facebook page has since been taken down.
