>>14823923McDonald's manager was middle class once upon a time. Now definitely lower-middle, nearing the point of working poor, with stupid amounts of stress. It's just not the same world. Most franchises now up here are bought by overseas interests who install client workers who barely speak English and who are trained to screw the customer over as much as possible. They're in strip malls or ground leases and designed to be maximally profitable for as long as the market supports their margins, and when that profits ebb, the owners, many of whom never set foot in Canada, close the business and open a new one. They're usually operating 30 or 40 franchises through a management company. The manager isn't the owner's capo anymore; they're an earnest individual susceptible to empty praise who will herd the cats for an extra 15k a year, 5k of which will be lost to taxes. The manager is an employee and the employee is increasingly sacrificed on the lower levels of the great Calvin-Varna pyramid. The owner, the Entrepreneur™, this is their Hero's Journey. The owner has ascended to transvaisya. The employee remains a sudra because the gods have not seen fit to guide them to the next blessed level. So the answer is yes. 100% dead end. Even buying one franchise is a dead end. Tough times coming.
