Kansas City Applebee’s closures: Workers in limbo [Video]

Several Applebee’s locations across the Kansas City metro area have abruptly closed, filing for bankruptcy and leaving many employees uncertain about their future.”I started at this location in 2012 as a host in high school,” Dakota Ellicott said.Ellicott worked his way up from a host to the general manager of the Olathe location on 135th Street over the past 12 years.”I left here Tuesday night, probably around 10:45. Locked up, walked out. Everything was totally fine. Then, I know the general manager of the Metcalf location showed up for his 6 a.m. shift the next morning to find the notice on the door and the padlock,” Ellicott said.Shortly after, Ellicott and his co-workers received a text message.”That was the first alert, only alert. That was it,” he said.Ellicott mentioned that the business was doing well, and there were no signs pointing to its closure.”I hired four new people on Tuesday, …