RE: Two of them said I was crazy.
So, what happened to the plan eventually?
I went back to receiving half.
I tried lots of the nice guy management stuff.
I brought a group of the employees in each month and we went over the financial reports. I let them ask questions at the end. Here is how the questions went every month.
“Why are you spending so much on advertising? You could use some of that money to give me a raise.”
Every month.
I gave up after about six months.
Every employee thinks they can run the place better than the GM.