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by ChainsawSurgery 4129 days ago
This is strange to me. Granted I haven't worked in the minimum-wage service sector for awhile (high school), but this still seems strange to me.

We used to have this problem too:

> any fast-food restaurants and other service businesses have high employee turnover, and as a result they are often left with only a few trusted workers who have the authority and experience to close at night and open in the morning

but we just had "openers" and "closers". During the summer I used to open most mornings because I liked to have the afternoon and evening free to hang out with friends. Another employee liked closing for the exact same reason (because then they could be out late and not have to wake up until 2-3 PM).

Even during the school year, there were still regular "openers" and "closers", even if they were people who didn't necessarily enjoy opening or closing.

Is the turnover just that much worse now, that the few long-standing employees now have to open and close? Or what happened?