>> > I think a better approach would be to seek the franchise owner's
>> > balance sheet, and push much harder for open communication. Get the entire
>> > crew together, and try to seek the best wage the owner can pay, and still
>> > remain solvent. > THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I DID WHEN I WAS A STORE MANAGER IN SEDEN FOR 3 STORES.
> BY INVOLVING MY PEOPLE, WE WORKED TOGETHER TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL. IF WE MET
> OUT GOALS, THEY GOT A BONUS -SIMPLE AS THAT!
So you got the entire crew together, got the store managers, showed everybody the financial figures for the stores including income & expenditure, profit, wage bill etc and then together decided what the stores can afford paying their crew. Right? Well, I for one don't believe you! And if you were such a democratic manager, why not simply increase their wages instead of giving the bonus? Isn't it because size of bonus is not fixed and is entirely up to you. And what was the minimum hourly wage of your crew and how did it compare with your own or other managers'? Was your crew unionised and when deciding on the wage rate were union representatives present.
These are the sort of questions all McD managers shy away from answering despite their claims of "fair & democratic" treatment of their staff. Let's hope we have better luck with you.
By the way, if you don't know where the Caps Lock is situated on your keyboard, let me know. You don't need to type your whole message in capital letters you know!
