The minimum wage was raised to $11 in April. 1,000 restaurant jobs were lost in May.
The "Fight for $15" is great.
Brett Richards, a 50-year-old singer and guitarist, has worked 25 years in food service, including the past eight at Ivar's. Before, he made minimum wage, plus tips. Now, he gets $15 an hour, plus a share of the 21 percent menu price increase and any additional tips customers leave.
He expects to make almost $7,000 more this year
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Aw LG..have some coffee.
I have ten employees. I get rid of 5. I raise the pay of the other five a little bit. They now each do the job of 2 employees. Production is up because I am doing more with less payroll. Profits! Huge success!!
Except you know, for the 5 people I laid off standing in line with the other 995 waiting for unemployment..
I kind of like it! Liberals think they are winning but are actually following the evil Corporation game plan.
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Wow so much fail in one paragraph. And who the F is leaving these people tips? Silly libs
You should have only hired 5 employees and paid them a little more to begin with. Your profits would have been up the entire time. You then could grow your business, open a new location and hire more people.
You should have only hired 5 employees and paid them a little more to begin with. Your profits would have been up the entire time. You then could grow your business, open a new location and hire more people.
Did you know Ivar's has Happy Hour from 3PM to close?! I have spent many date nights with my husband there and enjoyed the menu selection thoroughly.
However, last night a few girlfriends and I went to the newly reopened, remodeled Ivar's for Happy Hour and instead of being left satisfied, we were left feeling disappointed and ignored.
Not only has the menu changed - it appears they've tried to create a more up-scale dining experience - but it really misses the mark entirely. We ordered prawns, chowder, 'build-your-own-tacos,' and empanadas.
The chowder had a thick, gooey layer of coagulated cream, as did the sauce on the prawns. The 'build-your-own-tacos' came already built; while the empanadas were nearly translucent and doughy.
Top that off with a waitress that was so incompetent, after ordering a side salad with blue cheese, it took her 10 minutes to come back and tell us they didn't have a side salad; instead we ordered a Caesar salad with blue cheese instead of Caesar dressing. Took her another 10 to come back and say they didn't have blue cheese dressing. Wouldn't it have been helpful to know that in the beginning?! Our waters were never refilled and we were rarely checked on.
I don't know if it's the new $15 an hour rule for restaurant employees, but tips are automatically included in the cost of the food, which means that you are also no longer able to tip accordingly. So even though we had terrible service and sub-par food, at the end it didn't matter...
I used to love Ivar's Happy Hour - at one point I would have said it was the best in the city.
Sadly, this is no longer true.
This is absurd. Entrepreneurial enterprise is incredibly risky and takes much up front investment. Persons lending capital are, for the most part, scrupulous in ensuring the venture has a chance to succeed. This means market research and business plans.
No potential investor is going to just think, "Hey, you could make us more money by reducing your workforce and paying out more" and keep that to him/herself.
Successful businesses offer the lowest price for the comparable market product. To do this, they must be more cost efficient than their competitors.
:lolabove:
Aw LG..have some coffee.
I have ten employees. I get rid of 5. I raise the pay of the other five a little bit. They now each do the job of 2 employees. Production is up because I am doing more with less payroll. Profits! Huge succes.