Pittsburgh Ice Cream Shop Couldn't Find Staff, Then Doubled Wage to $15, Flooded w 1K Applicants

[Midnight Writer]

13. I read Fast Food Nation a few years back. It said a fast food franchise sees a complete 100%

turnover of employees every 6 months. The average stay of an individual employee is less than 3 months.

Makes sense. If you are making minimum wage, why try to do well on your job? If you lose it, you just go down the street to the next franchise and get another job. It all pays the same.

Higher wages and benefits make for better employee performance. It gives them a vested interest in doing well, as opposed to resentment of your employer screwing you over every day.

For a real life example, go to a Sam's Club (low wage) and a Costco (higher wages and benefits) and observe the difference in employee attitudes. Same business type, same markets, but the difference is night and day.