Funny how ANY POSSIBLE tips from customers are magically left out of all the calculations.
I’m not a thread policeman, but I di read this on FR 2-3 weeks ago?
In whose world are restaurants having an easy time recruiting workers? This exec is living in a dream world as much as our “public servants” in Washington, DC who think the public is supposed to serve them.
Applebee’s falls into the category of most chain restaurants..
Mediocre Food for way too high of a price.
a boycott will result in employee layoffs
the people they are trying to support
Good reminder of why I refuse to eat at any chain. Only give my hard earned money to people who invest in the local community. Better food, better service, better pay.
Gloating about workers economic problems and how to take advantage of them isn’t exactly an award winning business strategy.
But don’t worry, as inflation destroys the family budget I don’t think that going to Applebee’s is going to be a high priority for most families.
I wonder if these “irate customers” are also irate at what the current Administration is doing to the economy and prices.
Certainly poor optics, but this is how capitalism works. Maybe it benefits, maybe it doesn’t, but the operator has the freedom to do business as it wishes.
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.
He said the quiet part out loud.
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.