15 bucks to flip burgers in Seattle. Wow

BSW- I'm not sure what 5 guys pays, but In N out pays their employees more then min wage. That's by choice, not becasue the gov't told them to do so. If fast food wants to pay their employees more they should. Paying min wage shows they don't care about their employees so why should the employees care about their employer? It's a choice both parties make. If the fast food worker wants more, go find a different job where the owner actually cares about you. You get paid lower wages becasue you are replaceable.
Maybe those cooks will get recruited by higher quality restaurants and this 5 guys job is a stepping stone to get kitchen experience. FYI cooking a burger isn't that hard to do. Once you do it for a day it's pretty damn easy.  I made pizzas as my first job and I was paid min wage. Working a Friday night with a full oven and more waiting to get in was hard. But i didn't complain and over time I would ask for a raise. The owner cared about us so he gave them, by his choice to keep us happy and the customers. It's only strsssful for a few hours, that's a small portion of the work day. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen!

I work in employment and I can't fill a BASIC assembly job (hand assembly...verifying parts from a production router.....BASIC hand tools) for $12/hr.  That is not enough.  People laugh at you. And employers just piss and moan because they can never keep someone in the job for any period of time.  

Not to mention, every city has different demographics.  I worked with many far eastern folks back in the day and they would sometimes have aunts and uncles or even other families living with them to control costs.  Just different cultures.  But everywhere is different.  

Yes you read it right. I don't remember the article saying anything about her handling any managerial duties besides sometimes opening and closing the store (I'm sure the store manager handles all the accouting and important things) but that's really all elementary in the grand scheme of things.

What you are forgetting is that she is working in a high volume low margin industry that is largely high in employee turnover (and for good reason BTW). Let's be clear....DOMINOS DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU. They have zero and I mean absolutely zero incentive to raise your wages when you can be replaced in minutes. The key is go get a job where there is room for growth or has a special skill and Domino's is neither.

I know the logical and fair side of you is saying "well this girl sacrificed herself for the betterment of the company so she should get a raise after 5 years" but that is not real life. You have zero bargaining power as an unskilled worker plain and simple and that's just how it goes.

Higher education is key people.

And the best way to describe the wage increases were retention increases, not merit increases.  As long as your performance as satisfactory, you got to go to the next level.  Raise amounts pre-determined.  

It will only hurt the low wager earners, because.......wait for it......

So?  Don't live on 10 bucks then--Those jobs are for kids and students, etc. Part-time and extra income folks.  If you are trying to live on 10 bucks---move somewhere else to do it!  Or learn a higher paying skill.

So?  Don't live on 10 bucks then--Those jobs are for kids and students, etc. Part-time and extra income folks.  If you are trying to live on 10 bucks---move somewhere else to do it!  Or learn a higher paying skill.

So what?  If it is supply and demand and they are not stealing or cheating to do it and the companies are willing to pay the CEOs---let them be.

The two have nothing to do with each other really.  Some people are very ambitious and skilled---some are content to barely eke out a living---your choice by and large.

Don't like Min Wage---go to school and learn to be an executive---it pays a lot more for a lot more stress---your choice!  

Of course the people weren't born with a sliver spoon or given jobs---very few really are---that is just being cynical.

Hamburger could still be a nickel---quit raising minimum wage!  haha!

The way I look at it- most businesses have a fairly set amount per hour total they can pay their employees-
Assuming sales remain constant, then their personnel costs must as well-

So in this scenario- 9 $10/hr employees will be cut to 6 $15/hr employees-in order to maintain the same profit margin-

The variables are will sales increase or will prices go up- because to keep all 9 at the new rate of $15/hr- another $45/hr must be made up somewhere-

That's just using numbers off the top of my head-but IMO it's the reality of these types of businesses-
None of their employees are skilled at a level to individually generate more revenue-

Why?  People all of a sudden more honest or harder working when they make 10?  Of course she thinks she needs raise---they do not.  Supply and demand again--She should supply herself with another job---then she has leverage to negotiate.  If they cannot find someone else to do her job for that price; they will pay more.

You know he hasn't worked FF?  lotta people have...didn't stay but they did at one time. 

Yes---either businesses will leave or go out of business---or raise prices, etc.  then everything goes up...including skilled labor wages.  The 15 is the new 7.25.  Still have the same unskilled jobs at the bottom--these jobs are not to make a living on!  If you are trying to raise a family on min wage---you should get ambitious---got to scholl, learn another trade, or BE THE FF MANAGER!

Trust me on this---pressure to make a burger for someone or lose your $15 hr job is a wee bit different than the pressure the 300K a year guy has when his job is at stake on a crucial deadline.