Ray Kroc
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And if that wasn't enough, car allowances would drop from $50 to $30.
Ray's boss, John Clark, called him into the office and delivered the news.
I'm sorry, Ray told his boss, but I can't accept that.
Ray, you have no alternative.
The hell I don't.
I'm quitting.
Two weeks notice, starting now.
Clark was shaken.
Come on, calm down.
You're not going to leave.
This is your life.
You belong here.
I know it's my life, Ray said.
Then he started shouting, but goddammit, I'm not going to hold still for this.
When times were good, I got little enough in the way of the rewards.
Those people who are cost problems to this corporation, I'm not going to put myself in the same category with them.
And he walked out.
For four days, Kroc left his home each morning with his sample case.
He sat in an automat reading help-wanted ads over a cup of coffee.
He told no one.