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Applebee's franchise exec says high gas prices could help them cut wages. Now the restaurant faces a backlash.
CBS News ^ | MARCH 28, 2022 | Aimee Picchi

Posted on 03/31/2022 10:20:44 AM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: nickcarraway

All these restaurant chains should just pay their workers minimum wage and then a bonus system based upon revenue. They’ll have no trouble keeping workers nor getting them to work hard.


21 posted on 03/31/2022 11:13:57 AM PDT by Kevmo (Give back Ukes their Nukes https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4044080/posts)
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More people need to do this, my company does profit sharing as of about 10 years ago and since we have people fighting to work here. However Applebee’s is publically traded, fiduciary obligation is to the shareholders, not the employees.


22 posted on 03/31/2022 11:19:38 AM PDT by bak3r
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To: desertfreedom765
Gloating about workers economic problems and how to take advantage of them isn’t exactly an award winning business strategy.

He's basically begging for a unionization campaign. I'm sure the franchisees are also thrilled at his comments. The board should step in and fire his sorry butt.

23 posted on 03/31/2022 11:23:54 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: bak3r

Companies that do some kind of profit sharing or revenue sharing do very well with their investors. Just look at how far Walmart went, and that was in RETAIL.


24 posted on 03/31/2022 11:24:13 AM PDT by Kevmo (Give back Ukes their Nukes https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4044080/posts)
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To: nickcarraway

He said the quiet part out loud.


25 posted on 03/31/2022 11:39:47 AM PDT by Allegra
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To: cherry
what is galling lately is having fast food places thrusting a tip form in your face....

They can do that now? I haven’t been to a FF restaurant for a while.

When I had my teenage part-time job at KFC a million years ago, we were forbidden to accept tips. It was rare that a customer tried to tip us, but we were instructed to thank them and politely decline.

26 posted on 03/31/2022 11:50:43 AM PDT by Allegra
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Didn't they have a tip jar?

I think at places like McDonald's they might not have tips, but at Applebee's.

27 posted on 03/31/2022 11:55:57 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: GailA

Fast food jobs have drug tests? I worked these jobs in the 70s. They would have no employees if they did that.


28 posted on 03/31/2022 12:14:42 PM PDT by wrcase
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To: nickcarraway
Didn't they have a tip jar?

Not at KFC. None of the fast-food restaurants did back then.

I haven’t been to an Applebee’s, but I’m thinking they’re like Chili’s or other “sit-down” chain restaurants where there’s a place to add a tip on the bill?

29 posted on 03/31/2022 12:20:23 PM PDT by Allegra
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Yes they do Memphis is a high illicit drug area. DQ is making new employees present JAB cards.


30 posted on 03/31/2022 12:53:01 PM PDT by GailA (Constitution vs evil Treasonous political Apparatchiks, Constitutional Conservative.)
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To: pierrem15

He’s the same type of putz who looks for distressed property sales...

If our side wants property rights to be important then we may want to make sure that plenty of people own property. Otherwise no one will care about property rights.

With the correct government policies wages will adjust to a level where people can self support.

Trump was well on his way to accomplishing this, which is one more reason why he was removed from office.


31 posted on 03/31/2022 3:27:40 PM PDT by desertfreedom765
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To: HamiltonJay
When Applebees was still a fairly new chain, the food was excellent. The wrap around well-lit bar was also great for people to meet after work or for travelling businessmen to have a meal in a family friendly place. On business trips, I'd always look for one and have the bourbon street steak with a beer.

However, the food and service has really gone downhill over the past 20 years. It seems like they just keep cutting corners to keep their margins up. I wouldn't recommend it to anybody unless you just want to sit at the bar and have some drinks. But if I'm going to go to a bar, the bars at Buffalo Wild Wings or Longhorns is much better.

32 posted on 03/31/2022 3:39:16 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (819,000 active users now on Truth Social)
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To: nickcarraway

There’s only five left in the entire state of South Carolina as several nationwide closed years ago. None are in the Charleston area anymore.


33 posted on 03/31/2022 3:49:48 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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