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16. It isn't really McDonald's that will be affected it

Reply to hamsterjill (Reply #15)

Tue May 4, 2021, 03:03 PM

May 2021

is the franchise owners that get caught in between. A friend of mine owned a gas station he sometimes sold gas at a loss but BP got their money. BP set the price he paid for gas and the price he had to sell gas for. He told me this story that while the oil companies were testifying in Congress denying there was any such thing as price fixing he was called 7 times that very day to change his prices.

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I see many articles where businesses are complaining of a shortage of workers. [View all] guillaumeb May 2021 OP

Many of these employers who are whining Diamond_Dog May 2021 #1

Exactly. The aggressor, in this case the employer, guillaumeb May 2021 #2

👆 This. crickets May 2021 #13

And where did we get all these "employers" who flunked Econ 101 GopherGal May 2021 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author hamsterjill May 2021 #3

And if any owner whines that they cannot pay more than the minimum, guillaumeb May 2021 #6

It's really happening around here bcool May 2021 #4

Well said. guillaumeb May 2021 #7

This Roc2020 May 2021 #33

That is reality people are not going to go doc03 May 2021 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author hamsterjill May 2021 #15

It isn't really McDonald's that will be affected it doc03 May 2021 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author hamsterjill May 2021 #18

Not all the franchise owners are multi millionaires. But doc03 May 2021 #23

Those employers DownriverDem May 2021 #29

I see it around here too moose65 May 2021 #24

I didn't think you could quit a job then get unemployment doc03 May 2021 #30

Two things going on with Starbucks Ms. Toad May 2021 #34

Exactly! Well put. KPN May 2021 #5

I go through this cycle every few years in hospitality in Las Vegas it seems pecosbob May 2021 #8

Disgusting DownriverDem May 2021 #28

Cant quakerboy May 2021 #31

And... durablend May 2021 #9

for some people stillcool May 2021 #10

Exactly!! Nictuku May 2021 #12

Pretty sure we will see a teacher shortage in the fall. Cuthbert Allgood May 2021 #14

That's not a problem for Republicans TheRealNorth May 2021 #19

My wife took a pay cut and a longer commute after her department was shut. NNadir May 2021 #20

Two fold here. I would go back to working 50 a week and not being able to cover basic LizBeth May 2021 #21

Apart from the pay issue, considering that we lost tens of thousands of businesses during this niyad May 2021 #22

Pay a living wage, get living people. nt SunSeeker May 2021 #25

I was at Lowe's this morning and the SharonClark May 2021 #26

Average age of workers DownriverDem May 2021 #27

Pay more. Simple as that. when people Roc2020 May 2021 #32

Two words. Day care NickB79 May 2021 #35

The Wells Fargo branch in my city is closed leftieNanner May 2021 #36