Submitted by Azr431 t3_1270kmk in newhampshire
Good to see crooked business owners guilty of wage theft being held accountable.
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bullnozer t1_jec2x1y wrote
What a greedy pos
AlexTheTolerable t1_jec6k8g wrote
Sad, El Rodeo was my wife and I’s favorite Mexican restaurant, but we can’t support them after this
gordonfactor t1_jec725r wrote
That's terrible. I've been a semi-regular at the location in Salem, Mass especially for taco Tuesday specials.
Racer_Bait t1_jec79ix wrote
Actual accountability would mean that they go to jail. Had a worker stolen 100th of that amount from the restaurant, they be in jail.
donkeyduplex t1_jeccdxh wrote
Employers that consciously do this kind of thing should face far stiffer penalties than individuals because of the power differential inherent to the relationship.
That owner should spend at least a decade in prison.
DietCokeMachine t1_jecg5x5 wrote
I heard the El Rodeo in Concord stinks. Like literally smells foul inside. Can anyone confirm if that is true?
thamurse t1_jecgd9f wrote
casamigos next to market basket has the same exact salsa(and better prices/same quality), as do all of the La Caretta locations in the state.
Racer_Bait t1_jeck2zs wrote
Two of those La Caretta locations did the same thing: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20220425
thamurse t1_jeck77w wrote
I always wondered if they were owned by the same people, the food is almost identical. Apparently the fraud is too!
Racer_Bait t1_jeckjby wrote
itsMalarky t1_jecnkzb wrote
It's never smelled foul when I went there. Food was good. margaritas were good. Apparently the owner is POS
rudyattitudedee t1_jecoxnp wrote
Yet Eddie did the same thing to his employees lol and half of them are family members.
adam5isalive t1_jecusog wrote
I didn't have that experience with the salsa, I didn't think it was nearly as good.
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thamurse t1_jecwdg4 wrote
Haven't been to El rodeo in probably a year or more, but unless they changed it I remember being identical to la Caretta, and have gone to casamigos and la Caretta recently and the salsa was identical
opuntina t1_jedxuyw wrote
It smells fine and the food is good, although my usual dish has shrunk some the last two times I've gone.
Azr431 OP t1_jee57i5 wrote
Very true
beyond_hatred t1_jee6qu3 wrote
If you're close to Manchester, both Consuelo's and El Rincon have excellent food.
I haven't tried El Rodeo, but I'm guessing both of these would be solid competition.
Mynewadventures t1_jee89yt wrote
Are you talking about a cartoon?
WapsuSisilija t1_jee929h wrote
This will continue until there is jail time. Employer wage theft is about $8 billion per year. Per year. Billions. Zero jail time.
rudyattitudedee t1_jee9okp wrote
No the owner of la Caretta…
SuccessfulPresence27 t1_jeeaya1 wrote
I think their sewage has backed up a few times. Maybe in the 50 times I’ve been, 2 had the smell.
Mynewadventures t1_jeebc9t wrote
smartest_kobold t1_jeecz3c wrote
Thank God we have small business owners like this creating jobs for employees and the department of labor.
ANewMachine615 t1_jeed9km wrote
Yep. This is and should be treated as criminal. The guy stole nearly half a million dollars from service workers. If a service worker had embezzled half a million from him, they'd 100% be in jail.
fa1con78 t1_jeedbum wrote
Hermanos in Concord is significantly better. Fuck El Rodeo now
ANewMachine615 t1_jeedd71 wrote
why would you go back multiple times? If a restaurant smells like actual sewage once I am out, done, finito
DietCokeMachine t1_jeel59r wrote
Okay, thank you for verifying. That was how the smell was described to me as well.
DietCokeMachine t1_jeelktn wrote
What's your usual dish?
opuntina t1_jeeme1a wrote
Nachos supreme.
BelichicksBurner t1_jeenn44 wrote
This is wrong and I'm glad he was at least held accountable financially but I think it's important to point out that A. This is really all about tips culture. If these people just got paid like regular employees, you wouldn't see owners stiffing them on wages. You don't see this type of thing in countries that just pay restaurant workers a typical wage. B. While this does seem like a lot of money, you're talking 100 employees over an extended period of time. Seems like a lot of the missing money was related to miscalculations, which shouldn't happen but is still important to point out. Bussers/cooks not getting correctly calculated OT tip rate splits is an example of one of the things they found. I'd be willing to bet a lot of restaurants get that kind of stuff wrong.
SuccessfulPresence27 t1_jef1mps wrote
Yeah I don’t really get too repulsed by that because I have spent quite a bit of time in the third world, so my nose is kind of numb to it. I hear where you’re coming from, honestly I’m more repulsed by the shitty owner
sirspidermonkey t1_jef75eg wrote
To really put that in perspective, Class A Felony theft in NH is a theft over $1501. A person who commits a Class A felony theft is subject to up to 15 years imprisonment and a fine of of $4000 or twice the value of stolen property.
Gilberto stole almost 304x that amount from his workers, but not one mention of jail for his crime. Yes he has to pay $900K in restitution to the workers, but given he's been doing it for years that's probably still well within the "cost of doing business"
cyriouslyslick t1_jefga9o wrote
If you think this is bad you should see what corporations are stealing (Amazon, Walmart, Uber, Lyft, and GrubHub are among the worst). It's the single biggest cause of theft in the US. There needs to be harsher penalties for anyone caught doing this. https://www.edelson-law.com/blog/2022/10/wage-theft-outpaces-all-other-theft-in-america/
WapsuSisilija t1_jeg0lfx wrote
According to Citizens United, businesses are people too. Lock him up.
WapsuSisilija t1_jeg0n1t wrote
This is the way.
Rdnick114 t1_jegw7i0 wrote
Same. Also sad that it was basically the best Mexican food in town.
adam5isalive t1_jec2lso wrote
Bummer. I'm still going to El Rodeo though. I like the salsa.