Can my boss cut my hours because I do not cook as fast as everyone else?

I work for a grilled subs business at the airport in town. I know I am not the fastest grill cook and have known that since before I joined the Navy. The general Manager told me today that my hours were no longer guaranteed because I am too slow when it comes to the grill. I am getting less than 18 hours a week now and already its hurting in more ways than one. Barely have enough for the next months rent and no way to even make partial payments towards my bills, this has recently occurred in the last three weeks so my paycheck has reflected that the ability to support myself and my wife are greatly in peril. I do quite well I feel at the other tasks around the place; prep work, taking care of the inventory shipment mostly by myself, going round the airport and basically pleading for assistance when the store really needs something.

I have been working there near on a year and have been on a very rough relationship with the owner and his cousin (the General Manager). I feel deep down whats going on is all wrong and should not be happening especially this cutting of hours hours that could be spent with me trying to get better at trying to maybe pick up little speed, but then I already know that by the owners own words that he can make my life crazy to the point I quit. And I know I can not since I would severely jeopardize my already precarious balance I maintain trying to work two jobs and making enough to get by. There so much wrong there that I can take myself and roll with but this effects more than myself and that is something I am not wanting to stand for since my wife's having enough trouble herself finding work out in the neck of the woods we live in.

Here is hoping I might see response when I get home tomorrow after seeing a schedule that will probably once again reflect that I have no value either than to tote lift and do everything most everyone there is more than willing not to do. Apologies for being all depressing in trying to relay my thoughts.
 
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