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My brother started and runs 3 small pizza restaurants. He starts employees at double minimum wage and gives his employees ok health insurance. It's pure capit
by x0x0 12y ago
My brother started and runs 3 small pizza restaurants. He starts employees at double minimum wage and gives his employees ok health insurance. It's pure capitalism: you get an entirely different class of workers when you pay more. They have cars that work and tend to show up when scheduled able to work, ie not so hungover, drunk, or stoned they can't do shit. I'd like to think he'd do it because it's the right thing to do, but it's nice when morality and financial incentives align.
- wnevets 12y ago>you get an entirely different class of workers when you pay more. I dont think its just different groups of workers but also workers who would normally not give a shit wanting to keep their decent paying job
- nine_k 12y agoIf the workers are the same, but their class is upgraded, it's even better.
- mlrtime 12y agoHow much does he charge for a pie and what is his margins?
- hungariantatto 12y ago"How much does he charge for a pie" It's a pizza business, not a pie business. Pizzas aren't pies.
- pluma 12y agoAnd a hamburger isn't a "sandwich", it's a "burger". But these distinctions aren't universal. It's easy to see why some people call pizzas pies if you look at variants like "deep pizza" (or "Chicago style pizza"). Essentially you might as well argue whether it's "soda" or "pop".
- discardorama 12y agoWhen referring to a pizza, Americans often use the word "pie".
- Fishkins 12y ago"Pizza" is just Italian for "pie". http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pizza http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pizza http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/e02.html http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/e02.html
- socialist_coder 12y agoWell, he has 3 restaurants so I think it's safe to assume he isn't struggling to turn a profit.
- x0x0 12y agoHe and his partner locate restaurants by concentrated student population / bar areas. By the slice -- $3 to $4. By the pizza: $16 to $26, ranging from plain cheese to steak or various types of chicken. Margins are quite good (I'd rather not disclose w/o permission), but remember demand varies quite a lot by day and hour, plus plummets during the summer when students aren't around.
- s73v3r 12y agoWell, when your employer respects you, you want to respect them. When they don't respect you, and paying only minimum wage can be a large sign of disrespect, then you don't respect them back.
- avn2109 12y agoAn economist would call this "efficiency wages."
- sanderjd 12y agoReminds me of something I saw on the news here in Colorado just yesterday: Somebody who runs a haunted house supply company is leaving the state "because of legalized marijuana" – apparently he can't find and keep employees who don't come to work stoned. You get what you pay for!
- walshemj 12y agoI would bet the same is true of John Lewis vs Lidl in the UK especially as John Lewis is a pseudo coop