This act by Burger King does not surprise me, companies no longer want people to stay with them. The company I worked for was sold 3 times and each time they promised us all kinds of things and then took them away. I was supposed to get 4 weeks vacation because how long I was with the company and 6 months later they decided to take away 1 week. They promised us paid medical insurance for the family and that never happened. When I hit 30 years, I got nothing. They were after young engineers that would work for peanuts and then leave.
Loyalty is worth nothing in the New America.