When is it a good time to call HR on an abusive boss.?

ONLY when the boss is breaking the law. Otherwise, you're going to be viewed as whiner. Just find another job. In corporate work like Burger King, that can be simple as transferring to another store.

Don't do this - it's professional suicide.
Either try for the same position at another store, or another restaurant.
It's well known that fast food can be a tough environment and thankless, so if you look for a smaller restaurant group or just a different chain, you may do far better.

Be careful not to badmouth him, just say you are looking for more opportunity. A good businessman will see a hard worker - you know as well as anyone that no one survives for long in fast food if they're lagging behind.

trying to deal with where you are won't likely work- and he will make things much worse for you if you do. It's just not the only place to eat in town, or on earth - your success and happiness lies elsewhere. Go find it - quickly and quietly.

There's a reason he's a boss and you're not. You can in fact be fired for any reason or no reason.

I would try and find a different store to work at - whining to HR will not look good when it comes time to move up. Just sayin.

Only report a bad boss to HR when you've got lots of documentation that he/she has been mistreating you and you've tried to talk to your boss directly. Keep a detailed log of every incident and the time it happened and get other colleagues to do the same and go to HR with you.

Remember, HR works for the company, not you and simply calling them about a bad boss will likely get you fired or demoted.

You can try to talk with Human Resources about him, and see what you can do about it. My feeling is that you're probably not going to get far with them. My suggestion is that you should look for new locations that you can go where you can go up to management. Good luck, I would still talk with HR, but just don't expect a lot from them.

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Look for a Manager job else where, Then notify HR as you leave

Andy C

Be very careful going over his head. You never know who he is buddy-buddy with.
Remember it would be a lot easier to replace you than it would be to replace him.
So, go ahead and go to HR, but do so at your own risk.

The first time it happens.

You need to go to his boss or H.R. and tell them what you told us. It would help if you kept a journal of all the things he does for about two weeks before going, and then take the journal with you. Try to make the entries factual, not emotional.