Burger King fired me and my son but he's no nepo baby - even Nick Cannon said we were doing a good job

A Mississippi mom thought she was doing nan correct point erstwhile she sewage her 15-year-old boy and his friends a occupation astatine nan Burger King she managed.

But successful a twist that has rocked nan mini metropolis of Clinton, 12 miles from Jackson, each 5 of them person been fired.

The sackings travel amid accusations of nepotism - pinch accelerated nutrient bosses saying Shakayla Dixon abused her position arsenic head and paid her son Corderrion Valentine excessively overmuch money.

Dixon told section news she hired him and his friends to support them disconnected nan streets while besides allowing them to gain money complete nan summertime holiday. 

Valentine agreed pinch his mom that it had kept him from getting into trouble.

'I felt for illustration it was a bully point because we could person really been retired doing unit aliases shooting aliases killing, but we went retired and worked,' he said, referring to nan wide convulsive crime successful nan metro. 

Until recently Shakayla Dixon managed nan Burger King successful Clinton, a mini metropolis conscionable 12 miles from Jackson. 

She hired nan 4 boys astatine nan commencement of nan summertime holidays.  

At first Dixon's scheme seemed to activity good and she moreover posted a celebratory image of nan 4 teenagers moving successful nan room to Facebook.

The station went viral and was moreover picked up by comedian and TV host Nick Cannon, who put nan image connected his Instagram page pinch nan caption: 'Staying retired of trouble, and getting nan container nan correct way! This is really it's done kings.'

However, Dixon claims she was soon called by her area head and territory leader who raised immoderate concerns. 

'The concerns were nan truth that Corderrion is my boy and really overmuch money they were getting paid,' she told WLBT. 

'She told maine that a insignificant is expected to get paid otherwise than what an big gets paid.' she explained.

'It was ne'er brought to my attraction beforehand.' 

Valentine told nan outlet he was devastated to person mislaid his summertime job. 

'I felt for illustration it was a bully point because we could person really been retired doing unit aliases shooting aliases killing, but we went retired and worked,' he said, referring to nan wide convulsive crime in nan metro. 

'I felt for illustration it was a nosy acquisition to get you fresh for nan existent world.' 

However, he is still hopeful that his efforts to get a occupation and enactment disconnected nan streets will service arsenic a bully illustration to different kids. 

'I dream that it portrayed a batch of group to do things bully and extremity nan violence,' he said. 

Burger King did not instantly respond to DailyMail.com's petition for comment. 

The celebrated concatenation precocious announced it would be cutting costs by rolling retired self-order kiosks to a further 1,100 of its restaurants. 

It is nan latest shape of nan accelerated nutrient chain's bid to revamp outlets and trim costs - pinch kiosks perchance starring to less unit and little costs expenses. 

Bosses now opportunity nan institution has plans for 85 to 90 percent of its 7,000 outlets crossed nan US - astir 5,950 to 6,300 - to get nan caller ordering exertion successful nan adjacent 4 years. 

It comes aft franchisees successful California said they were already replacing unit pinch nan integer ordering kiosks arsenic a measurement to trim costs aft nan minimum costs successful nan authorities was accrued to $20-an-hour.