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"&lt;img alt=\"0403-paula-deen-restaurants-01\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2014/04/03/0403-paula-deen-restaurants-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The employees at&amp;#160;Uncle Bubba's Seafood &amp;amp; Oyster House weren't sent packing empty-handed ... TMZ has learned they were given a business card and a list of restaurants in the area that are hiring. Better than nothing, right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As TMZ previously reported, Bubba's --&amp;#160;the restaurant at the center of the&amp;#160;&lt;strong&gt;Paula Deen&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#160;racist controversy -- &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2014/04/03/paula-deen-brother-restaurant-closed/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;closed down&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Thursday morning out of the blue ... with some employees finding out on Facebook and others hearing the news from the restaurant once they arrived at work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One employee told us they were paid through Wednesday and got vacation pay along with&amp;#160; two weeks severance. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The employee said the whole ordeal was particularly hurtful, since so many staffers stuck up for the Deen family during the controversy -- some patrons threw food at them and they still defended Paula.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oysters and employees -- they all get shucked."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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