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.