A manager at an Olive Garden in Overland Park, Kansas has been fired after a letter that was sent to restaurant staff. It had to do with the manager’s frustration over the number of times workers had called-out needing time-off.

“Our call offs are occurring at a staggering rate,” reads the letter. “From now on, if you call off, you might as well go out and look for another job. We are no longer tolerating ANY excuse for calling off. If you’re sick, you need to come prove it to us. If your dog died, you need to bring him in and prove it to us. If its a ‘family emergency’ and you can’t say, too bad. Go work somewhere else.”

The manager goes on to answer some employees’ wish that they could work certain shifts: “If you only want morning shifts, too bad go work at a bank.”

A representative with Olive Garden’s parent company in a statement said “we strive to provide a caring and respectful work environment for our team members. This message is not aligned with our company’s values.”

The company confirmed the manager was fired.

Read more, including the full manager’s letter, here.

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