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My husband used to mange a Subway (which by the way, I DON'T recommend for anyone with a family!). I remember when they rolled out the whole $5 footlong thing. UGH is all I have to say...it dredges up memories of him having to work 50-60 hr weeks. And from then on out that's what he did...prior to that he was usually in there 40-45 hrs a week. In fact prior to the -08-'09 Recession it wasn't that bad of a job...after that it became hell on earth!
I'm not entirely sure how successful his owner was or wasn't...the guy inherited his 3 stores from his parents. He seemed really invested in them and would even work in them if they were busy. He moved his stores' locations and opened bigger newer buildings with drive-throughs. He opened a 4th location as well. He just sold them all this past year. I think it had to do with never being able to find decent staff and constant turnover in the management area. He did manage to hang on to a few people for quite a while. One lady had been there since the 80s! My husband had been a manager for about 10 yrs then stepped down and was basically a highly paid floor staff person for the last 5 yrs. He went back to school during that time. It was super stressful with him as a manager...He NEVER seemed to make his food costs and labor costs so he never got his full commission bonus. He had insurance but to add his family it would have been insanely expensive. He was basically on call all the time...I have pretty much boycotted subway at this point...
No offense, but 60 hours a week doesn’t seem excessive to me. Then again, I spent years working 70+hour work weeks.
No offense, but 60 hours a week doesn’t seem excessive to me. Then again, I spent years working 70+hour work weeks.
It depends on the salary...60 hrs a week and barely making 35k a year plus no real benefits at all.... and THAT was his good year!
I used to say that to him all the time....his hours wouldn't have mattered that much if he actually had a decent salary. Thankfully we live in a low COL area but we still struggled all the time...quality of life was definitely pretty low then.
Maybe if you knew they were going to promote you to district or regional. 60 is too much for me.
Yeah if there was a latter to climb it MAY have been worth it...also depended on the salary and other perks, which as I mentioned, were negligible. You basically were expected to be on call constantly. It was extremely stressful.
adjusting for inflation,less meat is a way to keep price low,you figure labor,rent,insurance have all gone up.
BTW,IT BRAGS IT bakes its own bread,I dont care much for their bread,you can get the same from supermarket,
Once I ate one of their sandwiches at the airport,by the time I get home,I am hungry again.
Spend your money on 1/2 lb of deli meat and make your own sandwich. ,
adjusting for inflation,less meat is a way to keep price low,you figure labor,rent,insurance have all gone up.
BTW,IT BRAGS IT bakes its own bread,I dont care much for their bread,you can get the same from supermarket,
Once I ate one of their sandwiches at the airport,by the time I get home,I am hungry again.
Spend your money on 1/2 lb of deli meat and make your own sandwich. ,
I'm well aware of that.
It's called "clipping" or whatever it is.
But I shop with my feet and money - the fact that they put their profit above giving their customers a (semi)quality product that they were used to just means they lost me as a customer (and hopefully others who caught on to their scheming).
They're not the only place to do this, I get that, but their product I guess never meant that much to me anyways then.
When I choose a Dominoes pizza, I want it to taste the same regardless of what city or state I am in. You can only get that by controlling the ingredients.
That's new, at least compared to when I worked for them back in the 90's.
Royalties were just a flat.. 4%(?) of sales. But.. Again, this was back in the 90's when all paperwork was being done by hand, so.. It wouldn't surprise me in the least that people were cheating the system.
I frequent LUBY Cafeteria sometimes,they do give your money worth,but their vegetiables look rather sloppy.
Do the cashiers still ask if you want some cash so you can leave a tip??
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