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An interesting bit of info was pointed out to me by an acquaintance in the restaurant industry. Small mom and pop places are losing staff because the big chain
by trelane 4y ago
An interesting bit of info was pointed out to me by an acquaintance in the restaurant industry.
Small mom and pop places are losing staff because the big chains can afford to pay their workers more, since they can better afford the losses (smaller profit per site but more sites.)
I'm a huge fan of increasing wages, but I also don't want even more soulless mega chains.
- urthor 4y agoThat's competition. Little stores have to sell better shit than big stores to be worth the money. I see plenty of little stores that work where I live. They have to be upmarket, but they work.
- the_only_law 4y agowhen I visited in my family in Kentucky, the local McDonald’s was paying as much as the Plumbing company and much more than the local manufacturing plant.
- nradov 4y agoBig chains can't "afford" losses. If a store is losing money then they'll bring in an experienced manager to turn it around, and if that doesn't work then they'll shut it down.
- trelane 4y ago"loss" was inelegant wording. I meant "less profit." Note the text in parens.
- pessimizer 4y agoI like little stores over chains, too, but the lion's share of little stores are run by small business tyrants with the ultimate goal of turning them into passive income. Your salary is their obstacle.