Five Guys’ chief executive officer, Jerry Murrell, said he gave a $1.5m bonus to employees of his US-based burger restaurant chain because “I didn’t want anybody shooting me”

We need more CEOs to be as scared as this guy

@yassie_j maybe if he lowered the damn prices he wouldnt be afraid
@yassie_j $20 for a burger meal yeah right
@yassie_j i dont care that is a top tier burger $20 is too damn high
@yassie_j he's not scared enough, $1.5M for a company that size is pocket change
@nyx no argument from me, every extra unearned penny should be going back
@nyx @yassie_j so i actually like Five Guys a decent amount but whats funny abt this is that I was literally overhearing the employee team near where I live freaking the fuck out because they were so understaffed that all hell would break loose from a single sick day. Meanwhile the city I live in nearly damn nobody can seem to get employed or hold a job. Then you got this BOZO ceo giving what like a 15 dollar bonus for 1 month of work for all the employees? Yea right.
@nyx @yassie_j I wonder if it's enough to afford a burger
@yassie_j Just a shame he did this out of fear & not because the workers deserve it more than him, as he wouldn't have a business without them working their arses off
@yassie_j apparently that checks out as $1000 in bonuses per shop?

@nina_kali_nina @yassie_j

So it's $200 per guy, not great, not terrible

@nina_kali_nina oh. read it as $1.5m per person
@yassie_j
@creatures @yassie_j if every of 5000+ employees got a $1.5m bonus, that'd be ~$7.5bn in bonuses (3x annual revenue of the chain or 18x net worth of the CEO). Food chains are not making as much money as the big tech does. Still, $400m net worth of the CEO is... something.
@nina_kali_nina if the ceo is "worth" $400m, shouldnt he give like atleast $300m to avoid getting shot?
@yassie_j