re: Would you ever work fast food ~ as a manager?

When I was 19, I worked as an area supervisor for a large Wendy's franchise. The hours were long, but it paid well and the other four area managers were all under age 21. The company President was 29. I had a large area in West Texas. In those days, Wendy's was the "hot" place for high school and college girls to work and there were plenty of good looking girls in each store. Most of the managers of the individual stores were young, 18 or 19, and they'd hook up with the h.s. Seniors or college girls working at the stores.

I had a good time, in spite of the hours. The crews were competent and fun crews. You had a better class of customers and employees back then.

I can only imagine how shitty that same job would be today.

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The national average salary for a McDonalds Store Manager is $56,698 in United States.

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I am betting that salary is for the GM or the one or two Managers. Most of the moles working there as “managers” are likely Shift Managers and make much less. That is the position you would probably hire in at.

Some years ago, I was thinking about trying to get into fast-food management. I talked to a woman at the time who said she and her husband both were managers at Burger King. I asked her what the hardest part of her job was and she said it was getting the employees to show up for their shifts, and also retaining good workers (which didn't surprise me).

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When I was 19, I worked as an area supervisor for a large Wendy's franchise. The hours were long, but it paid well and the other four area managers were all under age 21. The company President was 29.

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That seems like a very bad idea. What the hell does someone at that age know about management? Zero.

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What the hell does someone at that age know about management? Zero.

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if that 21 year old is a motivated college student, odds are pretty good that they're pretty able to do it, I used to own a dry cleaners, paid more than the competition, charged more than the competition, and grossed more than most in the area, best employees were college students, motivated, disciplined, and goal oriented, down side was they eventually graduated , got out of it because of being unable to find decent, dependable employees, although I was grossing close to $300k/yr. that, and having to deal with the little punkass bitches like the guy that started a thread a couple of days ago about the fit he threw because he couldn't get same day service due to higher than normal workload backups

Hell’s to the NO!!

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You'll be there longer than you think you will.


This is another reason why I haven't done it.

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Which tells me why you shouldnt't be going into business, unless you are willing to work. Before I finally broke thru, I worked 2 jobs totaling 100-120 hrs per week for several years. If you have no care to work hard, don't own your business. I'm not being mean, just letting you know the facts. Many people told me not to go into business but eventually I found out how to set it up and went after it. Meaning WORKED several years before I even quit my full time job. WORK..........

Fck no

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All these are reasons why I haven’t gone into business. At this stage in my life I’m aiming towards working less.

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When you talked to Chic Fil A was it cheaper per store to open more than one store?

How much do they charge you to get started?