The Foster's Freeze team in Lemoore, California, felt "shock" as they learned of the restaurant's last-minute closure, Monday, following the state's $20 minimum wage law.
The law says it only applies to businesses that have over 60 locations nationwide. Back in real life and not “woah conservative bro I’m so traumatized” world, Fosters Freeze has 62 locations. So to avoid this law, they’d have to close 3 of them. Also not sure whether it applies to franchisees, and I’m sure you have absolutely no idea either.
No, I think they should figure out how to be profitable enough to pay their employees enough to live on in California. Not sure why that’s a difficult concept.
While that sucks in the moment, ultimately the restaurants will have to hire more staff at the higher pay rate, or ultimately close because they can’t handle the idea of exploiting their workers slightly less.
Either fast food companies will end up paying the higher wage, or they will end up going out of business. I don’t really care which, because fast food is a luxury. It sucks those people won’t have jobs in the short term, but in the long term they won’t be exploited as much by their next employer.
If they were “living fine” at $16/hr they wouldn’t need the state to mandate a pay raise. I challenge you to live in California on $16/hr and make it. $20 isn’t even enough, but it’s a move in the right direction.
The law says it only applies to businesses that have over 60 locations nationwide. Back in real life and not “woah conservative bro I’m so traumatized” world, Fosters Freeze has 62 locations. So to avoid this law, they’d have to close 3 of them. Also not sure whether it applies to franchisees, and I’m sure you have absolutely no idea either.
Yes it applies to franchises. So you think foster should close two and move grow again ?
No, I think they should figure out how to be profitable enough to pay their employees enough to live on in California. Not sure why that’s a difficult concept.
They already pay them enough. 20 isn’t some Magic number. It’s a number the government made up with no logic.
Since inflation has lowered sales. It means fewer jobs for people who will have a hard time getting a job. Way to go California.
The employees said they were happy with their pay. They’d rather have 16 an hour than no job.
I’d bet they’d rather have a wage consistent with COL and better work/life balance than an arbitrary $16/hr.
Nobody likes being exploited for profit.
Exactly. It’s why the arbitrary 20 is stupid
20 is a compromise between what’s actually livable and what employers are willing to pay.
I agree it’s a stupid number, it should be higher and based off the cost of housing and rate of inflation.
Considering they were living just fine on 16, it’s hard to argue it wasn’t enough. Now they have zero.
While that sucks in the moment, ultimately the restaurants will have to hire more staff at the higher pay rate, or ultimately close because they can’t handle the idea of exploiting their workers slightly less.
Either fast food companies will end up paying the higher wage, or they will end up going out of business. I don’t really care which, because fast food is a luxury. It sucks those people won’t have jobs in the short term, but in the long term they won’t be exploited as much by their next employer.
If they were “living fine” at $16/hr they wouldn’t need the state to mandate a pay raise. I challenge you to live in California on $16/hr and make it. $20 isn’t even enough, but it’s a move in the right direction.