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Sat 4 Aug, 2007 06:27 am
My younger daughter's first major job was managing for a restaurant chain, one I won't name, but, I would have expected she was near the top in what such a job offers. Friction with one of her superiors set her casting about for other options.
That's when she heard from an ex-coworker about the benefits of working a fast food establishment. It turned out, the one in question offered about four thousand per year more than her current level, just to start. The training was much more extensive than what she had previously gone through. Her earning level improved to the extent that her husband, who had been a chef, applied and was accepted also. No sooner did he become established than the company offered them together, $50,000 bonus and all expenses paid, to transfer to Colorado, with help locating a home there, all at a considerably higher salary. They applied for the program, and were accepted. My daughter will first be flown, with all expenses paid, to California, for a week of training. No word if her husband will later do the same, but, I am guessing so. And, I used to lecture the kids they would end up flipping burgers, if they did not apply themselves in school!
They had to agree to remain in Colorado at least 3 years. I haven't learned in which part of the state they will live.
Their oldest son, will be a teenager by the time they come back, should they choose to do so. Their employer is gambling they will be too settled to make that choice. Well, I don't like to see them go so far, but, it's their choice, their destiny. Wouldn't make a move to hold them back. Bon voyagee.
It's just, I am awe-struck that a fast food chain makes that kind of dough.
Interesting!
I think it's great that this nameless company wants good people and is willing to pay to get them. The fact that there isn't a "prestige" factor in fast food probably means they have to pay well to find good managers. When you consider that a successful fast food outlet does millions of dollars a year in business they really do need quality people.
Running a million dollar business is running a million dollar business no matter what the product is.
She sounds like she has a good head on her shoulders.
Edgar--
Baby birds leave the nest and then come back to visit--and strut a bit.
Fortunately staying in touch is getting easier and easier and cheaper and cheaper.
Hold your dominion.
They are adults. I am butting out.
edgarblythe - from a daughter looking to relocate - you are a wonderful supportive parent. Of course a parent doesn't want their child to move away, but it is great to hear that you are supportive of your child's decision.
And hey clowns aren't so bad!
Well, if you don't support your children, friction comes to play and pretty soon, they begin to distance themselves emotionally as well. Praise everything they do, and if they trip and fall, be there to help them up.
edgarblythe wrote:Well, if you don't support your children, friction comes to play and pretty soon, they begin to distance themselves emotionally as well. Praise everything they do, and if they trip and fall, be there to help them up.
Could you speak to my parents?
They wouldn't listen to me.
Linkat--
The mood your parents are in, they'd consider Edgar an uncaring father and grandfather who deserves to have a branch of his family take off to better themselves.
Noddy24 wrote:Linkat--
The mood your parents are in, they'd consider Edgar an uncaring father and grandfather who deserves to have a branch of his family take off to better themselves.
Yeah you're probably right.
Linkat--
Some days you must wish that your mother was a wishy-washy woman.
Edgar--
Congratulations on being a man of sense and proportion.
Some of us have sense and proportion thrust upon us.
Edgar--
Quote:Some of us have sense and proportion thrust upon us.
...and some of us have the sort of lifestyle where sense and proportion gather every afternoon for tea and crumpets.
I am but a clump of crudely molded clay.
I'm a little lump of coal, coal, coal...
...but I'm going to be a diamond someday.
Sopmetimes I feel like I'm still on the road with good old Tom Joad.
Noddy24 wrote:I'm a little lump of coal, coal, coal...
...but I'm going to be a diamond someday.
Heat and pressure are required.
Dadpad--
Quote:I'm a little lump of coal, coal, coal...
...but I'm going to be a diamond someday.
Heat and pressure are required.
That, my man, is an INSIGHT.
My daughter almost inherited a dog to take with them. A stray, with tags, came into the yard and became very friendly with the kids. It came in from the 100 degree heat and sprawled out in the air conditioning. They tried to find the home the tags led them to, but they could not. The phone number was not in service. Then they tried putting the dog out where she had been in the beginning, but she only kept coming back. They almost gave in and kept her. But, then, they took her to the apartment complex up the street. As soon as they got out of the van, the dog became excited and ran off, obviously headed home. They lost sight of her, but we are optimistic she got home this time.
I've had a couple stray dogs with double lives in my time.
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