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Swiss bakery in Allston re-opened today
By adamg on Thu, 01/16/2020 - 10:56pm
Swissbakers, which closed all its Boston outlets last month, reports it re-opened its outlet on Western Avenue in Allston today:
January 16, 2020
Dear Friends & Neighbors.
THANK YOU for stopping by! We are cobbling together a pathway to save our family business and return to serving our community. It’s not done yet, but TODAY is a giant leap forward. If you would like to join us on the next part of this.. pic.twitter.com/yCNGADprmj— swissbäkers (@swissbakers) January 16, 2020
journey, we would like to express our gratitude in advance!
Today we reopened our Allston café with a limited selection of coffee and baked goods. We’ll be open from 7 AM – 1 PM on weekdays and 8 AM – 1 PM on the weekends. This is a soft and partial re-opening. Helene, Thomas..— swissbäkers (@swissbakers) January 16, 2020
this permanent.
We can’t tell you how joyful we felt yesterday prepping food and cleaning up the café to prepare to welcome guests. It was the brightest day we’ve had in a long time.
Today we are cautiously optimistic. Despite the issues that required us to close in December,..— swissbäkers (@swissbakers) January 16, 2020
we have been working very hard since then on various restart strategies. A small group of pro-bono advisors has helped us get to this day. Our partial re-opening this week is just the first step to putting us on the pathway to launching swissbäkers 2.0.
If you have the time..— swissbäkers (@swissbakers) January 16, 2020
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I hope they can return to the Harvard Smith Center
To my knowledge, Harvard has not yet tried to re-rent that space.
I'm glad to hear this
I hope the red cow is still on the roof. Now that I know this is a local place I will make an effort to go in. I think the owners need to make it more clear that it's local. I previously thought it was some big international chain from Switzerland.
What about the employees?
They literally found the doors locked when they came in for their shifts.
Local or not, I have little interest in supporting a business that treats people like they’re disposable.
Clearly they didn't close
Clearly they didn't close just because they wanted to. They mentioned they can't afford help right now, but hope to be able to in the future. I'm all for worker's rights, but this is a small business that couldn't make it and is now only possibly going to stay afloat- not Walmart callously cutting off and terming employees it could 100% afford to give separation pay to.
Small businesses can treat employees just as badly as Wal*Mart
Employees are expected to give notice if they can’t make it in for their scheduled shift. Does the company not owe its staff the similar courtesy?
It’s not like a business just suddenly closes. The owners likely knew for months of the financial difficulty and made the decision to close when they did — without a thought for the employees that were impacted.
It’s sad for everyone involved, but it doesn’t change the attitude that treating your employees this way clearly displays.
The most generous interpretation of not contacting your employees prior to a closure is thoughtlessness. At best. And it still isn’t flattering or right.
None of us actually know what
None of us actually know what happened. I'm sure they knew something was going on, but it's possible they thought they had more time left than they did. From what I've read, it wasn't a simple "we don't have enough business" closure.
In any case, I'd rather not judge based on assumptions.