Fast food joint pays workers $12 an hour, and lives to tell the tale
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In Dearborn Heights, Mich., a city just outside of Detroit, a new burger joint is trying to give workers a reason to clock-in to work each day.
Moo Cluck Moo is paying its workers a minimum wage of $12 per hour, over four dollars more than Michigan’s $7.40 per hour minimum wage. The reason? Simple: “It’s just the right thing to do,” said Allen Fisher, the restaurant’s managing partner, on MSNBC Tuesday.
“We manage our costs effectively, we use the best product that we can afford, and we pass that along to our employees,” said Fisher. “It’s not an easy job to do. We demand a lot out of our people, but we pay them for that.”
In addition to higher wages, said Fisher, Moo Cluck Moo has an exclusive training program that qualifies each of its employees for a better job and a higher pay rate. The restaurant also provides uniforms, meals, and (coming soon) medical benefits, he said.
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/08/06/fast-food-joint-pays-workers-12-an-hour-and-lives-to-tell-the-tale/
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Think fast food joints can't afford to pay workers a living wage? One Michigan restaurant is already doing it.
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Would be too obtuse to brother with anyway. Now that little story is definitely worth a 
Less is more, as they say.
their competitors could join them in paying a living wage. That way everyone's sharing the same labor pool.
Of course, I could always win the Iowa caucuses, then the New Hampshire primary, and topple Hillary in '16. 
Their only requirement, I think, is that you do need decent English comprehension. Unlike McDonalds, where the order takers just have to push a button, In N Out order takers need to understand and translate the "Secret Menu", which isn't on their register. When someone comes in and says "I want a three by three animal style with a mustard grilled two by two and a wish burger, with well done fries and three root beer floats", you need to understand that the customer is actually ordering:
1 - A double cheeseburger with an extra meat patty, thousand island dressing, and fried onions
2 - A double double with mustard added during patty cooking
3 - A standard burger, hold the patty (usually ordered by vegetarians...Wish Burger = "I wish this had meat"
4 - 3 sets of fries, each fried a second time to make them extra crispy
5 - 3 otherwise empty soda cups with a scoop of vanilla ice cream at the bottom
None of these items are actually on the menu or register, and yet all are on the infamous "Secret Menu" and are ordered constantly. Non-native English speakers often struggle with it, which is why you don't often see them at the registers.
Otherwise, In N Out is a great entry level job. $10-$12 to start, retirement plans, paid health care, paid vacations and sick days. They're pretty much the only major fast food chain that offers those kinds of things to fast food workers.
"Papa" John Schnatter's reason for not giving his employees decent pay and benefits.
That's pretty much what it looks like - a miniature golf course.
story. Where's the truth??? 
Your picture is worth a thousand words. Wonder if they will believe their own eyes. Does anyone see what 12 an hour won't buy.
Didn't she work in a Moo Cluck Moo?
- Just hold that thought. EVERYONE.
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posting. Here on Long Island, we have a lot of great restaurants tucked between stores, that have great food.
Thank you again for posting.
I never would have known about it if you hadn't posted. It was a real treat.
