@moreperfectunion: Cheesecake Factory workers are exposing a shocking lack of safety, overwork, poverty wages. Roark Capital, a private equity firm that controls 650K fast food workers, bought the chain in 2020. Employees worked 12-hour days, 6-day weeks during the pandemic and were pressured to work sick. Roark Capital is a massive private equity firm named after the main character from Ayn Rand’s book The Fountainhead. It owns $33 billion in assets — including Baskin Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy Johns, and Sonic. Roark is one of the largest low-wage employers. Originally posted Jan 2022.
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Wednesday 28 October 2026 17:30:00 GMT
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Sal :
$2.13 minimum wage = evil
2026-10-28 17:36:35
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DecoraOctopus :
What hasn't private equity acquired?
2026-10-28 17:37:36
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Francesca :
I haven’t been to a cheesecake factory in a long time and I went there over the weekend and every dinner plate was $30. This explained so much.
2026-10-29 13:57:34
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daidandeliondai :
No wonder the cheesecake slices are small now 🤔
2026-10-28 20:44:08
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salvipapi :
Capitalism does not care about people
2026-10-28 20:32:49
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vortatia :
Private Equity has ruined us
2026-10-29 11:04:42
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Jay :
P.e. Should be abolished
2026-10-29 07:24:28
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T Mad :
$25 min fed wage, FOR ALL!
2026-10-28 21:40:17
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BigShep :
Makes sense. All of those place aren’t good anymore.
2026-10-28 21:39:20
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ncsublonde :
Private equity has thrown the middle class into the ditch.
2026-10-29 12:01:08
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$afia :
So that’s why the cheesecake slices are so small now
2026-10-29 02:18:28
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Deeeahnah :
Nooooooooo
2026-10-29 13:12:02
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Austin8513 :
There is little to no money to make in the food industry, hospital systems (unless a DR or RN), and retail industry.
2026-10-28 18:31:04
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ZERO WICK :
2.13 an hour? Jesus. I use to do 8.25$ an hour and thought it was low back in 2011-2012.
2026-10-28 20:10:47
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LakeLewks :
I think the Cheesecake Factory food is trash. I tried it this year 3 times and the food was mid. I really only go there to buy the Cheesecake.
2026-10-28 19:28:13
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yeety1919 :
Welp the Cheesecake Factory is done
2026-10-29 00:59:29
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Abella Ife :
uuuuuugh, I just learned CF cooks everything from scratch and was thinking of trying it out. I hate private equity, and won't support them if I can help it
2026-10-28 20:15:08
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Oopsy_daisy27 :
I was making $2.13 in restaurants in 2010… federal minimum wage went up to $7.25 when I started working as a teenager and is still the same… I’m about to be 40…
2026-10-28 19:01:20
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cuteusername :
I’ve noticed the decline in quality at Jimmy John’s…it’s not nearly as good as it used to be.
2026-10-28 23:06:10
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TheNarcAssistCorner :
Not Cheesecake Factory!!! This genuinely hurts my heart 😭
2026-10-28 23:46:33
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Kevin Woods :
For a radical reading on the restaurant biz people should check out the book Abolish Work (Abolish Restaurants). It argues that the restaurant industry is a relatively new historical phenomenon and how there could be much more humane ways of feeding ourselves collectively without the horrible exploitative capitalist business aspect attached to food production.
2026-10-29 03:52:34
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gregbing18 :
Check out Culver’s, still family owned so good quality and always tons of staff on
2026-10-28 21:23:36
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the broken poet™️ :
Who owns Roark?
2026-10-29 11:26:52
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Bigbunenergy :
Private equity got cheesecake???
2026-10-29 01:15:47
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user8035361204570 :
Being a tipped employee is like gambling, but you win more than you loose.
2026-10-29 12:42:43
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