Michael Regilio
speaker
2,071 appearances
9 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 12 Jul
Michael Regilio’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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This is not something those giant corporate restaurants want to talk about.
But from what I could find, the answer is that menu items are cheaper in the states where they pay their employees less.
The people sitting in the boardroom might tell you that if they paid their employees more, the prices would go up and their customers would go to a competitor who is paying their employees the sub-minimum wage.
No, you're not missing anything.
Yeah, they claim that this is the business model that they need to survive.
But meanwhile, the Olive Garden made more than $5 billion in 2024.
And the CEO, Richard Cardenas, he made $6,700.
What?
That's not much at all.
No, no, an hour.
I just thought it was only fair that we compare these wages accurately.
Oh, I wonder.
So this business model is hugely profitable, obviously.
Companies are making $5 billion and still only paying their employees $2.13 an hour.
Look, I'm sure every other industry in America looks at the hospitality industry with envy.
I'm sure they would love to pay their employees close to nothing.
No, that's not what I'm doing.
The thing I'm going to push back on is that it's not just the big corporations.
The sad fact is it's also us, the customers.
We are part of the problem.
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