So I work at a very very profitable franchise that I won’t name. I am good friends with the owner of the franchise I work at who also owns several other of this franchise. He makes between $700k-1.2m per year in NET PROFIT per store. Recently he lowered everyones pay to $9.50/hr and then they get a few bucks of tips to make it add up to barely more than minimum wage. His total labor costs per store are half what his net profit is, meaning he makes twice as much money as the owner on each store than the 40+ employees it is very confidential how much he makes and he made me promise to him that I would never expose him. Recently I talked to him and strongly urged him to raise wages. He told me to f**k off and said if I don’t he has the money to absolutely ruin my life. Before this I was making $40/hr working for him but he said he’s going to lower my wage to $9.50 like everyone else and I will no longer be in a management position. Is there anything I can do? He said his legal team can completely ruin my life if I don’t watch myself