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If you can't pay a living wage, don't start or have a business. Period. This isn't a big vs small business debate - small places don't always pay crap wages, a
by Broken_Hippo 6y ago
If you can't pay a living wage, don't start or have a business. Period.
This isn't a big vs small business debate - small places don't always pay crap wages, and some big places do pay crap wages.
Sidenote: A lot of fast food places are franchises, and a franchise might just have one or two. They aren't in any better position than a family-owned fast food place in a small town.
- bombcar 6y agoThey're often in a worse-off position, as you can run a family diner with a family; I've seen a number where it's a husband/wife team with maybe one "employee" (as owners don't need to be paid a wage). Franchises usually can't get away with that (maybe Subway could).
- Broken_Hippo 6y agoSometimes worse off, some aren't. There are different challenges to both models. I was more pointing out that many fast food places aren't exactly a real part of a big international chain, but rather some folks that are paying to use the name and menu. None of this changes my main point, though: If you cannot pay your employees a living wage, you should not run a business.