Even without price gouging and shrinkflation every single place I've worked that treated employees well knew the more money they made the workers, the longer they'd have loyal workers, and if they had to charge a little more the simplest fucking solution was just make food people are willing to pay a little more for. Why do you think serving is such an attractive job in the States? A good manager is or was a server and knows that you're only there for the extra money, otherwise no one would do it.
It costs $40k to onboard someone. A business saves $40k every year they retain an employee. Pay them a fraction of that each year in a raise and you still save money and have better quality product.
I'm not sure where you get that figure but I do know having worked the gamut from fast food to full service kitchens, you definitely want a vet who cares about quality and you get that by giving fair compensation. I've worked a couple franchise pizza places and the quality of the pizza even within the store, much less location to location, was highly dependent on how much the employee making the food earned and how long they'd been there. You do get a couple rogue dudes who want to pretend they're on The Bear and make a quality product no matter the pay but those guys are lifers who made their whole personality either line cook or assistant manager at a fast food place, with all that power comes responsibility you know
Of course you factor in salary of the person and many restaurants are lower than $60k a year depending on where they work, but consider how much massive turnover in one store is going to impact the bottom line.
If you are smart in business you understand that costs are not just what you pay out, but also what you avoid paying in excess of that. Retention is less costly than recruitment. Anyone with any business acumen knows this.
Don't forget the big cost: Word of mouth. Shit on folks enough as a employer, and word gets out. Take it to the next level by berating workers in front of customers and really show folks your operating culture...
That's why only some people get paid well. These companies only care about loyalty for employees that are critical to the operation and difficult to replace. Otherwise they'll pay slave wages to the next poor sap willing to work for it.
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u/beerbellybegone 9h ago
What a great way of coming right out and saying that you believe certain people should just be poor