Wendy’s Cuts Employee hrs to Avoid Obamacare say.ly/mTT4UOe
I just boycotted Wendy's. And broke up with Wendy. Via tweet.
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Nathan Fillion (@NathanFillion) January 08, 2013As Twitchy reported, an Omaha, Neb., Wendy’s franchise is reducing employee work hours in order to reduce the cost of complying with Obamacare. ThinkProgress ominously suggested that Wendy’s would “learn the hard way” if it tangles with Obamacare. “Castle” star and noted political pundit Nathan Fillion is more than happy to help crack the whip — as are some other illustrious folks:
Assholes: Wendy’s Franchise Cuts Employee Hours To Part-Time To Avoid Obamacare zite.to/WoVVQF via @zite—
Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) January 08, 2013
What lame period faces RT @fakedansavage Assholes: Wendy’s Cuts Employee hrs to Part-Time 2 Avoid Obamacare say.ly/mTT4UOe—
Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) January 08, 2013
Way to elevate the discourse, there.
What they’ve all neglected to mention, though, is that the ThinkProgress article was only referring to a specific franchise and not the entire Wendy’s corporation. Many of their followers helpfully pointed that out:
@NathanFillion You DO realize it was one franchisee, right? Not the whole chain?—
Chris Glass (@TheChrisGlass) January 08, 2013
@NathanFillion Eeek…. that was ONE franchise owner (Not the entire chain of Wendy's)! say.ly/mTT4UOe—
Elizabeth M. Mangum (@lizardrebel) January 08, 2013
@nathanfillion You do understand that's just one/some locally-owned/ran Wendy's and not the Wendy's corporation as a whole, right?—
Shane Milton (@Jaxidian) January 08, 2013
@NathanFillion I agree it sucks, but it's just one franchise owner doing it, not the whole chain. No need to boycott them all.—
Sarah Nelson (@CelestialAxis) January 08, 2013
@SarahKSilverman @fakedansavage Note that it's a franchisee, not corporate. Wendy's has previously smacked down similar franchisees—
Drew (@TheDrewStarr) January 08, 2013
@NathanFillion do note that it's ONE Wendy's franchise owner's decision, not the entire chain—
Matt Olenik (@MattOlenik) January 08, 2013
@SarahKSilverman @fakedansavage Not all Wendy's, not the corporation, article mentions one franchisee.—
Michael Blane (@mjblane) January 08, 2013
@NathanFillion Erm, you realize that they're talking about a single (large) Wendy's franchisee in Nebraska, right?—
(@netbard) January 08, 2013
@NathanFillion That's not *all* Wendys. Just a single Franchise in Omaha.—
Ash Matheson (@nuclearfossil) January 08, 2013
@NathanFillion OK, but it's just that particular franchise owner. Wendy's can't control what he does.—
Terry (@Terrysagirl) January 08, 2013
@NathanFillion It's only the one in Omaha, NB according to that article though – You can make-up with the other Wendy's
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Tara M (@TaraZM) January 08, 2013
Well, facts are hard. And who would they actually be targeting with a boycott?
@NathanFillion it's just that one Wendy's, not all of them…& boycotting hurts the people, not the corporation!—
Hina Ansari (@orangeyHina) January 08, 2013
@NathanFillion By boycotting them all you’re doing is harming the employees. It’s a dumb thing to do.—
Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas) January 08, 2013
@NathanFillion Why boycott? Because you want MORE of their employees to get laid off? #StrangeLogic—
Harry Gato (@harrygato) January 08, 2013
@NathanFillion If everyone boycotted Wendy's, wouldn't more people's hours get cut?—
Nigel Blackwood (@NigelBlackwood) January 08, 2013
@NathanFillion Why because they are trying to stay afloat? Now you won't go to Wendy's and you'll put more people out of a job, not helping!—
Karen Pecora (@karen_pecora) January 08, 2013
No, but at least it’ll feel good, right?
What these useful idiots also fail to realize is that this franchisee and countless other business owners aren’t slashing workers’ hours out of sadistic cruelty; Obamacare has effectively tied their hands.
@SarahKSilverman You may not like that, but it's what businesses are going to do. It's economic reality that many knew was inevitable.—
Michael McClure (@ProfessionalOne) January 08, 2013
@NathanFillion A lot more companies will be doing this to avoid the possibly hundreds of thousand/millions that would be owed. #USA—
Alex Pucciarelli (@APucciarelli13) January 08, 2013
@NathanFillion obamacare is too expensive for small businesses. It’s been proven over and over. It’s either cut hours or go out of business.—
Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas) January 08, 2013
Exactly.
@NathanFillion Good luck with that, why not boycott a ridiculous health care system?—
Josh (@joshisscifi) January 08, 2013
@NathanFillion So, the problem is automatically with the employer? Not the law?—
James (@TheCrazyPlayer) January 08, 2013
@SarahKSilverman @fakedansavage blame obama, not wendy's…obamacare kills small business (wendy's are individually owned franchises)—
Matty D. (@MattyD411) January 08, 2013
@NathanFillion it's not the fault of Wendy's, it's stupid Obamacare.—
Erik Weech (@Squirreljester) January 08, 2013
@NathanFillion If you really cared about the employees you’d call for a repeal of obamacare. Small business everywhere are cutting back—
Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas) January 08, 2013
@NathanFillion I think you should break up w/ Obama instead.—
Mark Wickens (@mwickens) January 08, 2013
@NathanFillion I wish I was free to break up with ObamaCare—
Chris McKenzie (@ISuperGeek) January 08, 2013
So do we.