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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 01:45 PM Sep 2014

Michigan Restaurant “Moo Cluck Moo” now Pays Their Employees $15/hr. “It’s the right thing to do.”


Anyone who has ever had a job working at a restaurant can relate, right? Work your butt off serving customers, sweeping the floor, cleaning dishes, and then taking the bus home after earning a near minimum wage salary.

Many restaurant owners believe they have no other option. Sometimes their reasoning is understandable. Other times? Not so much.

Moo Cluck Moo co-founder Brian Parker takes a different approach. He pays his employees $15/hour.

“How much more do we have to make? How big of a pile of money do CEO’s have to sit on?” he says.

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Michigan Restaurant “Moo Cluck Moo” now Pays Their Employees $15/hr. “It’s the right thing to do.” (Original Post) n2doc Sep 2014 OP
bet he has a steady supply of motivated employees also KG Sep 2014 #1
And other businesses mow have a steady stream of customers. Orsino Sep 2014 #4
But but--- that's bad for jobs! Paul Ryan said so. Kingofalldems Sep 2014 #2
That's the way you do it. Lead by example. Sopkoviak Sep 2014 #3
Now he can't afford a new name for the restaurant! randome Sep 2014 #5
Glad the boys at Madrigal approved this increase. nt Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #6
K&R for more visibility. Good human. nt Mnemosyne Sep 2014 #7
 

Sopkoviak

(357 posts)
3. That's the way you do it. Lead by example.
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 01:49 PM
Sep 2014

As his business thrives and expands others will see the wisdom of his approach and emulate it.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
5. Now he can't afford a new name for the restaurant!
Fri Sep 26, 2014, 02:32 PM
Sep 2014

Too many vowels. They make my head hurt.
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