Agreed. But one fine day, comrade… 
I don’t like Red Robin because I prefer something* less* than a cup of mayonnaise on my burger.
Just as long as they keep their bottomless fries.
That sounds suspiciously like Trickle Down Theory - it sounds great on paper, but in the real world, companies are quite content to be jerks and take advantage of their employees and be short-sighted about profits and things like employee turnover. I’d like to think that businesses would get it, that they’re ultimately shooting themselves in the foot, but I’ve worked for many companies that never saw beyond “salaries cost money, so pay as little as possible to as few people as possible.” I guess in this case it would be, “benefits cost money, so we’ll pay as few of those as possible.”
Agreed.
A little socialism goes a long way. 
The timing is suspicious to me. The employer mandate has been delayed by twelve months, hasn’t it? They shouldn’t “need” to make a change like this until next year. Making it NOW means that they have to hire extra people NOW to maintain staffing levels, and AIUI, the costs of keeping two 20-hour/week employees on staff are greater than those of keeping one 40-hour/week employee.
Why wouldn’t they kick that particular can down the road a few months?
(Gatopescado, they WILL serve the mayo on the side if you ask for it that way.)
When it comes down to it, it is actually beneficial to the individuals who make less that 4x the Poverty Level to NOT have employer provided health insurance.
So regardless of what kind of assholes you think they are, or what kind of assholes they think they are, the fact that they won’t be offering their people insurance is actually to their employee’s benefit.
Well why the fuck is that Chimera?
Because you aren’t eligible for subsidized insurance through an exchange if you have employer provided health insurance.
And you can’t afford even the subsidized insurance if you’re working 25hrs a week now, instead of the 40 that you built your lifestyle around. Rent, car payment, EVERYTHING.
In the long run, they’ll find it difficult to keep employees. Their turnover will increase, their hiring and training costs will increase. The people who need a full time job will go find one somewhere else. Red Robin will become Dead Robin.
But in the long run, we’re all dead, so what does it matter?
The hope is that “the long run” is short enough they change their policies or close up shop quickly. A long, slow lingering death isn’t good for anybody.
Good article, and also covers the cost of too few employees AND the cost high turnover.
I would like to point out that employers expect their specific job to be the most important one, and very rarely are they willing to accept anybody who will not immediately jump into their car and show up at the drop of a hat. Coordinating 2 20 hour jobs when both places demand that their shifts are the most important and you will take whatever we assign you, and because restaurants tend to have the same hours and busy times, makes it pretty much a done deal that both stores will demand you for the exact same shifts on the exact same days.
Hell, a number of my server friends have trouble saving a specific day or offshift time range for college, a second job would be pretty much impossible.
Pre-fucking-cisely!
This will not work out well. It will in my opinion, take so damn long to re-calibrate the economy (meaning, our habits and spending patterns within the economy) that we’re going to be very very screwed for the medium term. And the long term is not a possibility - because someone always comes along and changes things around before long-term ever arrives!
Unfortunately. And unfortunately, this means we ended up with a compromise that managed to embody many of the worst bits of both sides.
True, but it’s better than what we had before, and we can make further improvements later.
There were some articles on how employers were demanding that employees be available 40 hours a week even if they’d work much less. You can’t blame Obamacare for that.
Plus stressed employees are not going to exactly try to upsell or create a good experience. And the moment the economy picks up they are going to walk.
Ouch! They really do need health insurance.
If Job A gives you 25 hours a week but acknowledges that you probably need another job and accomodates your schedule, and Job B gives you 25 hours a week and is capricious about their scheduling and often demands that you be available any time, which job are you going to take or keep? Which company is going to retain their people and which one is going to be a revolving door?
Asshole Bosses have always been with us, since Og hired Zag to clean out a cave for 2 ostrich pelts, then knocked him on the head with a bone and kept the pelts. It has nothing to do with the ACA.
They’re always so good about customizing orders though. I do every single time because I’m annoying (no sauce/mayo, their delicious honey mustard on the side, no pickles, extra tomatoes) and they always get it right.
Ten years ago I had a boss tell me I had to be available 7 days a week, I could not have the same day off each week for school.