Tim Hortons Analysis

Article Summary

The article I’ve selected summarizes the recent incident of Tim Hortons being hit by protests after them cutting benefits. It’s been ever since the minimum wage that the fast food franchise in Ontario have cut down their employee benefit cuts and pay breaks due to the fact that they believe it can’t full-fill the whole financial support for them. Many workers that felt exploited, robbed and betrayed had done more done a dozen protests happening in Ontario along with many different workers. The protestors referred to this as an act of bullying and greed in which the owners purposely took this as a method for gaining profit. Even though many are boycotting the fast food chain there are still many purchasing due to the delight

However, many fear that it will take forever and for The worst future situation minimum wage further increasing next year because that could mean a layoffs and labor shortage with the restaurant claiming that they might not be able to fully support the benefits and paid-breaks. Therefore, this article summarizes the whole Tim Horton’s incident that had affected many different people.

HR Issues Detailed Explanation

There are certainly different HR Issues and Concepts that are applied to this article. Tim Hortons has about 100,000 employees that are the human capital who work the hardest from day and night to make a living. It isn’t easy for one, especially a full time employee to hear from corporate decisions that their own benefits and paid breaks are being cut off due to a minimum wage. I think the Human Resources issues regarding this situation involves too many employees, proper compensation and respect for the employees. Tim Hortons always has opportunities for employment whether it’s summer or winter. However, I think they should’ve looked before the minimum wage change

Through my analysis, the main stakeholders such as the management will be quite affected since they will lose their credibility and profit by many loyal and regular customers leaving. Profit is the most important thing management always focuses on to bring above their costs and if there is any strike or huge amounts of boycotting, the management will be in trouble. Not is very important for business as it’s a special tool for marketing and customer benefits. In addition, the employee will be affected for most since many have already lost their and possibly in the future can lose their jobs. This goes for mainly full-time employees because it may be their only source of income that can give them a decent living to support themselves and their families. By just snatching their benefits and tips, they can feel disrespected for their hard work and may also feel close to financial difficulty. Lastly, the whole Canadian Culture can face implications due to the fact that Tim Hortons is its only well-known brand. We the Canadians are the external stakeholders a diverse community that all have love for sweet goods of this type of restaurant. If Tim Hortons comes into another situation like this after the wage increase in 2019, it could be much worse and can start more protests and strikes. That would mean many restaurants might not be on service anymore