Pizza Hut has offered the man they fired for refusing to work Thanksgiving Day his job back The Chicago Tribune reported Friday.
"This was clearly an unfortunate situation, and we are very upset by what has transpired in Elkhart, Indiana," Pizza Hut said in a statement on its website. "While the choice as to whether a restaurant should be open or closed on a holiday is handled at the local level by our independent franchisees, we feel strongly that this situation could have been avoided. We respect an employee's decision not to work on a holiday if they so choose, which is why the vast majority of Pizza Huts in America are closed on Thanksgiving. The stores that are open to service their local communities are staffed by team members with the willingness to work on this day as determined by their own personal situations. We will monitor and evaluate this situation closely and regret what has occurred."
Rohr needs sometime to think about the opportunity to return work with his former employer.
"That's something I can't decide right away," Rohr told CNN. "I'll start looking into stuff tomorrow."
Rohr claims he was originally let go from his general manager job at for refusing to open his Pizza Hut's location on Jackson Blvd. Thanksgiving Day Elkhart Ind. CBS television station WSBT reported Monday. Rohr proclaimed his argument at the gathering with him, and senior leadership of the franchise restaurant pizza chain.
According to WSBT, the Pizza Hut's location choice to operate on the Thanksgiving Day holiday was a joint one, and not personal one.
Many other businesses throughout the country were open over the holiday, especially for shoppers taking advantage of pre-black Friday events. These included Auntie Anne's Pretzels.
Pizza Hut has 10,000 restaurants in over 90 countries the company's website said.
