So I work as a freelance vendor doing a lot of work for events. This weekend I had the displeasure of working at a “leadership conference” for franchisees of a certain business.
In the course of work, I was able to listen in on some of the conversations they were having during their round tables where the owners of businesses from across the country got together to talk about issues they face.
The sheer entitlement from some of these people just flat out astounded me. Just full of ~No one wants to work anymore~ and how dare people get sick or take vacation. One round table talked about different ways of paying out overtime to save money, another person warned of giving out bonuses for covering shifts because then “Employees might collude together to suck more cash out of you”. Just all kinds of nasty shit.
I think about halfway through it dawned on me that these types of events are likely taking place for every franchised business and happening multiple times a week all over the country, and well, let's just say I've never been happier to be my own boss.