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Four Seasons Hotel: Company

Severance Dept: They say the severance they received after the hotel closed in March to make way for condominiums, is less than half of what they should be getting, according to The Star. The Toronto grandmother toiled in the hotel for 33 years and is one of about 16 servers, most with more than 20 years of service, who feel short-changed by the company and in the midst of the nostalgia surrounding this week s auction of chandeliers, grand pianos and even the onyx bar at Toronto s Four Seasons Hotel, a group of former banquet servers say their role in creating the memories at the storied Yorkville landmark has been forgotten by the company. We turned this company into the five-star hotel it is today, says Anna Mazomenos, 70, who came to Canada from Greece in 1961. I gave them my whole life. And this is how they treat us. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.