[rogerbinns]

They don't have franchises like the other chains. That is also why their rollout seems slow. This means the boss is the company, not a franchisee who will have their own way of doing things. They then make a reasonable effort of benefits for their employees: http://www.in-n-out.com/employment/restaurant.aspx

[amorphid]

There rollouts are also slower for a couple reasons:

- every In-N-Out must be within 500 miles of a beef distribution center [1]

- In-N-Out tries to buy it's land [2]

My impression is that they grow the business from cash flow, not debt, and they move slowly so they can keep up quality. They are a privately held company, so hard to verify some information.

[1] http://www.ocregister.com/articles/accelerates-291670-expans...

[2] http://www.innoutrealestate.com/

[masonic]

  They don't have franchises like the other chains. 

I don't think that's a factor. Both corporate-owned stores and franchisees use the same employee demographics, generally. Sometimes you'll find a franchisee who is an immigrant from outside the Americas and find a lot of family members and their friends making up the crew. (For example, there's a local Taco Bell that has more South-Asian employees than not.)

[rogerbinns]

The franchising is a factor because franchisees have latitude in setting their own policies for employees. eg one franchisee could offer education credits while another doesn't. Or one could pay more than another, beyond just local circumstances.

[mahyarm]

Do affluent teenagers care about benefits although when their parents very likely have benefits for them already?

[greedo]

My fellow teens only cared about how much money they made, if the uniforms made them look like idiots to the opposite sex, and what their schedule was.