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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichigan 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 CEOs 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
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KG
(28,749 posts)1. bet he has a steady supply of motivated employees also
Orsino
(37,428 posts)4. And other businesses mow have a steady stream of customers.
If only this would catch on.
Kingofalldems
(38,361 posts)2. But but--- that's bad for jobs! Paul Ryan said so.
Sopkoviak
(357 posts)3. That's the way you do it. Lead by example.
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!
Too many vowels. They make my head hurt.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"The whole world is a circus if you know how to look at it."
Tony Randall, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)[/center][/font][hr]
Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)6. Glad the boys at Madrigal approved this increase. nt
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)7. K&R for more visibility. Good human. nt