AI6YR BenThe Guardian: Five Guys CEO says he gave a $1.5m bonus to his workers so he wouldn’t get shot in the back
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/27/five-guys-ceo-workers-bonus
Dave Clark@ai6yr he gave $100 per store! That's it
@bedirthan Hmmm, maybe he did not stave off what he fears.
@bedirthan Oooh... 30,000 employees. So, 1.5 million dollars, divided by 30,000 is $50 each, lol.
@ai6yr that's global stores though. Promo was only the 1500 stores in US
@bedirthan I mean, $50 or $100 to an employee who wants to murder you is probably not enough. Probably BETTER to NOT have your employees even thinking of such a thing, lol.
FeloniousPunk@ai6yr @bedirthan Four Guys
fuzzyfuzzyfungus@ai6yr @bedirthan I suspect that efficacy is less about the exact value and more about the perception of justice.
Someone who would kill you or not over a difference of $50 is an atypical and probably quite dangerous person; but the actual cost of ensuring that someone thinks they are being fairly treated rather than not is often pretty small; and it's the sense of being ill-treated with impunity that really tweaks the moral sentiments of even the fairly laid back.
@bedirthan Looks like $789 per store if I did the math right.
Nazo@ai6yr @bedirthan Just the action itself alone is enough for many people in my experience. Most will never even process the fact that they got what amounts to a bit of change from the top where just a simple raise would help so much more.
And that sounds like it's a one time bonus too, not even recurring.
@nazokiyoubinbou @bedirthan I mean, you might make more smuggling out french fries at the end of your shift 🤪
@ai6yr @bedirthan Oh you could absolutely swipe more than $50 worth of fries over the course of a full year. Even just getting pens or paper towels or something would easily exceed a one time $50 over the course of a year.
It's actually pretty difficult to do anything as low as that. But hey, if you add it *all* together and say they're giving out "one and a half million" it sure sounds like a lot then doesn't it?
It works too.
Zen Zero ☯️ ◯@ai6yr @SRDas @bedirthan I just two minutes ago deposited a $62 settlement check from a class action law suit. It’s really silly.
@xvf17 @SRDas @bedirthan I once got a 5 cent check for a class action lawsuit, I didn't even bother to go deposit it.