Originally Posted By: kschachn
So? Why is that a "problem"? And your comment about "NO" advancement opportunities is flat out wrong. You are going on about something where you do not know what you are talking about.
Explain to me again why a business making money for the owners is a "problem" because I missed that whole part.
Originally Posted By: jeepman3071
The problem is that these franchises are there to make money. There is NO opportunity to advance in these franchises, it doesn't matter how good of a worker you are. You are a machine to them. If you don't like the wage, there is another person in line waiting to take your place. All they need is someone who can do the job, and with the large number of people needing jobs, they can always find someone who will do it for cheap.
My buddy scored a 98% on his last training test for manager related duties. When he asked for a small raise they pretty much laughed at him, yet gave him more duties since they now know he is capable of doing them.
I think you need to step out of fantasy land and into reality. There is nothing wrong with businesses making money, after all, that is how they stay alive. In most cases there is very little if ANY opportunities for advancement in minimum wage jobs. Think about it, when you see a manager of McD's or other franchise, they are usually the oldest person there, or one who has been there the longest, not necessarily the one who is the best worker.
Case in point, the manager of the store my buddy in the wheelchair works at has been there for 10 years. She is about 40 years old, and while completely incompetent at many times she "gets the job done" in the management's eyes. She has made it as far up the chain as she can go without an education, or training in marketing. There are a few people there who are better qualified to do the job by a long shot, but why pay two people to do the same job? That is my point about businesses making money. They need labor, and they don't care who does it, and hiring people for as cheap as possible gains them more profit.
For example:
If you worked at McDonald's for a year and did an excellent job, you'd want a raise. The job you are doing could easily be done by someone else. Why would the company pay you more money to do the same job as someone they could hire for minimum wage? You get frustrated, eventually find another job, and quit. This is the viscous franchise cycle. I swear the store my buddy works at has different employees every month, except for him of course.
The businesses need to make money, obviously, but franchises often do it at the expense of workers wages. If you own a franchise like a Dunkin Donuts for example, within a year and a half the business will pay for itself, at least in this area, so there is no question they are raking in money. It was funny how when I worked there we were always understaffed, and the management refused to hire more people, or put the correct amount of people on a shift. Nobody got a raise even if you did training for other higher level tasks, but the owner had a new Benz every 3 months.
I'm fortunate that I work in a University that is based on the State budget. I've worked at my current job for 5 years, and since I'm a hard worker that does training so I can do more, I get raises. You just can't say the same for many franchises.
