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Applebee’s exec urges using high gas prices to push lower wages, sparks walkout

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Re: Applebee’s exec urges using high gas prices to push lower wages, sparks walkout

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Post by WestCoastJustin »

oh_sigh wrote: post #14

The title should be "An email urging lower wages for new employees due to higher gas prices sparks walkout at Lawrence Applebee’s", per HN guidelines. The user-created title is also incorrect, because it was not an Applebee's exec, it was the director of operations for a company that franchises Applebees who wrote the email. I also find it interesting that the author of the email doesn't even get a smidgen of credit…

Your suggested title is too long for submission. Sometimes you need to use your best judgement in applying the HN guidelines.

Re: Applebee’s exec urges using high gas prices to push lower wages, sparks walkout

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Post by user3939382 »

metadat wrote: post #2

> Wayne Pankratz, executive director of operations for Applebee’s franchisee Apple Central LLC. > “The advantage this has for us is that it will increase application flow and has the potential to lower our average wage. How you ask? > “Most of our employee base and potential employee base live paycheck to paycheck. Any increase in gas price cuts into their disposable income. As inflation continues to climb and gas pr…

My open letter to Wayne would read: your food sucks, the portions are small, and your prices are high. The service is hit-or-miss at best.

You’ve bean-counted this chain into the ground, maybe spend a little less time looking at financial tricks on your balance sheet and a little more figuring out how you can make food people want to eat at a reasonable price.

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Post by aerovistae »

mxkopy wrote: post #24
aerovistae wrote: post #9

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I don't think the reasoning of this individual deserves any other consideration than disgust.

Sure. I agree. But a thread-full of that disgust doesn't have any value as a conversation. We already all know how we all feel about this sort of treatment of other people, it's a given.

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Post by wccrawford »

endisneigh wrote: post #3

I wonder what the USA would look like if minimum wage was defined as; two people being able to afford a 1 bedroom apartment within a 1 hour drive without traffic. The static (both in the nominal and inflation adjusted sense) for minimum wage doesn't make sense imo. Minimum wage should be tied to some level of living (not necessarily a great living, but something ) This guy smh

That's not nearly enough detail for the setting of the wage. Companies would simply assume that they always eat the cheapest food, buy the cheapest transportation, never go on vacation, no luxuries at all, etc etc. If you don't factor all that in, they'll factor it out.

Re: Applebee’s exec urges using high gas prices to push lower wages, sparks walkout

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Post by juancb »

darth_avocado wrote: post #20

Rising gas prices mean we can lower wages to keep employees? Outside of the moral implication, this doesn't even logically make sense. People are already facing higher costs, if you pay them lower, they will not work for you, because you know, commuting to work at your place will eat into the budget.

Those with exploitative mindsets have learned over time that it's easier to take advantage of those who they see as weak and desperate.
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