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Post by GTCGreg on Aug 12, 2016 0:17:23 GMT
Also keep in mind that the opportunities for any advancement in some of these jobs is very limited just by the nature of the business. For example, at McNopes, the store manager is not much more than one step above burger flipper. McNope's is much more than just the restaurants. They have meat processing and packaging plants, warehouses, regional offices with sales, marketing and even research departments and they probably have at least one large IT department in each country as well. If you're willing to move to get your education, just as most people will to go to college, there could be plenty of opportunities. McNope's has over 35,000 locations. Of those, 80% are privately owned and operated franchises. The chances of moving up in the corporation from a privately owned franchise is nil to none.
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Post by OziRiS on Aug 12, 2016 0:44:15 GMT
McNope's is much more than just the restaurants. They have meat processing and packaging plants, warehouses, regional offices with sales, marketing and even research departments and they probably have at least one large IT department in each country as well. If you're willing to move to get your education, just as most people will to go to college, there could be plenty of opportunities. McNope's has over 35,000 locations. Of those, 80% are privately owned and operated franchises. The chances of moving up in the corporation from a privately owned franchise is nil to none. Not if the franchise owner pays the wages and the corporation scouts the talent and pays for the education.
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Post by GTCGreg on Aug 12, 2016 1:15:02 GMT
McNope's has over 35,000 locations. Of those, 80% are privately owned and operated franchises. The chances of moving up in the corporation from a privately owned franchise is nil to none. Not if the franchise owner pays the wages and the corporation scouts the talent and pays for the education. And the chances of that happening are about the same as me being "discovered" by some Hollywood talent scout and offered the leading role in a superhero action movie. Here's a little free advice for anyone working in an entry level position and wanting to move up in that industry. Be proactive. Don't just sit there waiting to be found. Get out and hit the street, resume in hand. Apply for any and every available job that is above what you are currently doing. And once you find that next step, work your butt off to be a value to your employer while you keep your eye open and resume updated for the next jump. And don't hide the fact from your present employer that you will jump ship if the offer is good enough. If you really are of value, they will do everything they can to keep you happy including a promotion. If they show you the door while wishing you the best of luck, then either you weren't working hard enough or they aren't worth working for in the first place. And THAT'S how you advance your career.
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Post by Lokifan on Aug 12, 2016 7:22:35 GMT
One piece of advice that served me well in job hunts was to never disqualify yourself--make them disqualify you.
I know so many smart, talented people that wouldn't apply for a certain job because they felt they "weren't qualified".
I beat them over the head with the fact that when a manager puts up an ad, it's usually a wish list of qualifications for the perfect candidate. If the perfect candidate never applies, but your application looks good, you may get an interview.
It never hurts to send in a resume if you have any interest in the job at all--the worst that will happen is your resume gets round-filed and you never hear back from the hiring company. The best is that you get the job.
The other best piece of advice was to learn to sell yourself. If you can't tell them why they should hire you, who will?
And to bring it back on topic, it's ironic that some of the most qualified people are scared off by the thoughts of ads and interviews.
None of this means that a hospital janitor should apply for head surgeon and expect to sell the staff, but short of that, all's fair.
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Post by silverdragon on Aug 12, 2016 7:27:56 GMT
Business model I was exposed to at one point.... And almost bought into. Get a chain of retail outlets away from "Walmart customers", [see you tube etc for the type of person that buys in those places] and create an environment where the customers and staff are pleasant and respectful. To do this, pay the staff well, keep the good ones, get GOOD customer service, and attract the better class of customer.
WITHOUT attracting the "upper class twit" who expects silver-service at cut price.
Problem with that?..
Getting the right premises.
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Post by the light works on Aug 12, 2016 14:01:30 GMT
Business model I was exposed to at one point.... And almost bought into. Get a chain of retail outlets away from "Walmart customers", [see you tube etc for the type of person that buys in those places] and create an environment where the customers and staff are pleasant and respectful. To do this, pay the staff well, keep the good ones, get GOOD customer service, and attract the better class of customer. WITHOUT attracting the "upper class twit" who expects silver-service at cut price. Problem with that?.. Getting the right premises. we barely HAVE the better class of customer any more. they all seem to want the lowest possible price and can't draw the connection between throwaway prices and throwaway merchandise.
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Post by WhutScreenName on Aug 12, 2016 14:53:32 GMT
Well this is really interesting… it’s a longer read, so you may want to put off on checking it out until you have time. Here's a very brief summary. It’s the story of the CEO, Price, at Gravity Payments who cut his salary from $1mil/year down to $70/year and then moved ALL of his employees (still a work in progress, the implementation is being done in steps) to that same $70K/year salary. He did that a year ago, and the link below describes whats happened since. In short (there's certainly more to read about it than just this), employee retention is at an all-time high, employees are happier, Many have moved closer to work (having money to be able to move) cutting down on commute time and giving them more family time, and they are having more babies. Really interesting read… oh, and this is ALSO in Washington where the other study I linked is from… www.today.com/money/gravity-payments-70k-minimum-salary-ceo-dan-price-shares-results-t101678
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Post by the light works on Aug 12, 2016 15:13:18 GMT
Well this is really interesting… it’s a longer read, so you may want to put off on checking it out until you have time. Here's a very brief summary. It’s the story of the CEO, Price, at Gravity Payments who cut his salary from $1mil/year down to $70/year and then moved ALL of his employees (still a work in progress, the implementation is being done in steps) to that same $70K/year salary. He did that a year ago, and the link below describes whats happened since. In short (there's certainly more to read about it than just this), employee retention is at an all-time high, employees are happier, Many have moved closer to work (having money to be able to move) cutting down on commute time and giving them more family time, and they are having more babies. Really interesting read… oh, and this is ALSO in Washington where the other study I linked is from… www.today.com/money/gravity-payments-70k-minimum-salary-ceo-dan-price-shares-results-t101678the rare realization that happy employees are more productive than insecure employees. as I've mentioned before, minimum wage only buys minimum effort.
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Post by Lokifan on Aug 12, 2016 15:48:43 GMT
the rare realization that happy employees are more productive than insecure employees. as I've mentioned before, minimum wage only buys minimum effort. Early Returns From Seattle's Minimum-Wage ExperimentBottom line: Actual earnings are pretty much flat. What was gained in hourly wage was lost by cut hours. Those who were making under $11/hour saw a $72/quarter increase. Those who were terminated (1.2% or more) saw a catastrophic loss ($11/hour). It's a complicated issue; the article seems to give a good summary. Part time McNope's work was never designed or promised to be a career position; that's why you see teens working there. And, most importantly, you can't pay someone more than they are worth, or you end up bankrupt.
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Post by Lokifan on Aug 12, 2016 16:15:42 GMT
Another article on the Gravity Payments is here. It's definitely a work-in-progress, and there are many issues affecting the company than just payroll. There's a bell curve on pay vs. productivity.
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Post by OziRiS on Aug 26, 2016 22:10:27 GMT
Had a somewhat interesting discussion with MIL today. Midway through it, she apparently became annoyed that I knew something she didn't about the topic and started raving about how I must have way too much time on my hands to surf the web if I know so much about weird, trivial things.
She started the discussion about this weird, trivial thing based on something she'd read on a website.
The irony completely escaped her.
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Post by silverdragon on Aug 27, 2016 5:19:34 GMT
My old bike club name was QM, for quiz-master, because as they said, I had a mind of useless information. Yeah true, but when one of them wanted to know the right firing order on a 4pot engine that hadnt been in production for [many] years, who did they phone?... Of course we all have internet these days and you can google that stuff, but sometimes, just knowing stuff, not everything is on the internet.
My Mother "raves" at me because I [in her words] pretend to know much about computers, but dont know how to use [xyz] I do NOT use text messages, much to her annoyance, because I cant read the bloody screen.... I do not use certain mail handlers favoured by microbodge, because I use web-mail. I dont use bloody useless programs that she uses simply because they break down a lot, as she now knows herself, so why the hell should I bother to find out how to fix the problem for her, when I dont use them, because they break down a lot, as she now knows, because its broken down again, and I dont know how to fix it.... can you guess where the next line may be going?... maybe something along the line of "I DONT USE THE USELESS JUNK", and, to her annoyance, I am NOT going to get to learn it just so I can fix it for her [again, and again,and again ad nausea...]
I also will NOT do "remote" assistance, sine the time I was trying to help he4rt re-install a printer driver and half way through when I was waiting for her to tell me something had finished installing, she took a beak to check her email..... 10 mins of "Aunty ruby has sent me a mail", before I got her back on task, to find out she had "closed" the screen with the installer on it because it got in the way?... Yeah, she cancelled the install to do her mail check.
So if I cant see whats on her screen, how do I know whats on her screen.....
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Post by ponytail61 on Oct 6, 2017 6:48:36 GMT
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