Bear's Smokehouse Owners Raising Minimum Wage To $15 An Hour For Most Employees

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Bear's Smokehouse Owners Raising Minimum Wage To $15 An Hour For Most Employees

By Kenneth R. Gosselin - December 19 2016

In two years working at Bear's Smokehouse, cashier Amanda Farmer has seen her hourly wage rise by $2 to $11.15.

Now, the hourly wage earned by the East Hartford mother of two — and most of her co-workers — are just days away from getting the biggest bump up yet.

The owners of the fast-growing Bear's Smokehouse are raising the minimum wage for the majority of their employees to $15 an hour as of Jan. 1, making a powerful statement as the debate over increasing the minimum wage in Connecticut to that level heats up.

Jamie McDonald, who with his wife, Cheryl, founded Bear's as a takeout counter in Windsor in 2013, said the move makes clear business sense....

Read more:
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-bears-smokehouse-minimum-wage-20161219-story.html

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1. It'd be awesome if we got rid of tipping

and just paid servers a wage.

[sharp_stick]

2. They are good people

and their BBQ is pretty kick ass too.