What do CPAs have in common with French fry cooks? Maybe more than you think.
by Frank Stitely, CPA
Stitely and Karstetter
A French fry professional, who was employed by a national franchise with a creepy clown for a mascot, wondered how he could make more than his current $7.25 per hour. So he attended a value billing seminar. When he returned, he opened an Excel spreadsheet and calculated his worth to his employer.
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He determined that he was personally responsible for the frying of 1,126,438 french fries in a year. While he earned only $15,000 in a year, his employer sold his output for $30,000. Using what he learned in the seminar, he scheduled a meeting with his boss to ask for a raise, because he wasn’t making what he was worth.
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