A four-day work week at fast-food and other restaurants

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According to BusinessInsider.com, Shake Shack has rolled out a four-day workweek for managers at a third of its locations.

Questions:

  1. What other chain restaurant CEOs interviewed in the article see labor as its biggest challenge?
  2. What other benefits are being tested by some chains to retain and attract good employees? Discuss.
  3. What is the domino effect that the article mentions?

Source:

Taylor, K. (2020). Shake Shack has rolled out a 4-day workweek at dozens of locations, as the CEO says it’s ‘never been harder’ to attract and retain workers. BusinessInsider.com, Jan. 14 (Retrievable online at https://www.businessinsider.com/shake-shack-expands-four-day-work-week-managers-2020-1).