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title: "Wall Street Journal: Saladworks Addresses American Job Openings Now Outnumber the Jobless"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/0bd3455a-18f1-4860-88ed-2efb7bbc72e5
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/wall-street-journal-saladworks-addresses-american-job-openings-now-outnumber-the-jobless-2706781
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
published: 2018-06-08T20:15:03.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:34:18.029Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/c98da86896358ac02d3a380498f839a11982.jpg
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# Wall Street Journal: Saladworks Addresses American Job Openings Now Outnumber the Jobless

**TL;DR:** Saladworks is adjusting its strategy to attract and retain workers in a tight labor market by raising wages and relaxing standards. The Labor Department reported that the number of available jobs exceeded the number of job seekers for the first time since 2000.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-06-08. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/wall-street-journal-saladworks-addresses-american-job-openings-now-outnumber-the-jobless-2706781).*

## Story

For the first time since 2000, the number of available jobs exceeded the number of job seekers, the Labor Department said recently - and that tight labor market is the reason growing franchise brands like Saladworks are adjusting their strategy to best attract and retain good workers. The Wall Street Journal recently reported on the issue, and spoke to Saladworks CEO Patrick Sugrue who told them that they have started raising wages about 5% and relaxed standards on things like tattoos, piercings and dress code. “If you tell someone they can’t have Friday off for prom, they’ll quit,” Sugrue told WSJ.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Saladworks (company)
- labor market (topic)
- franchise strategy (topic)
- Labor Department (regulator)
- worker retention (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/wall-street-journal-saladworks-addresses-american-job-openings-now-outnumber-the-jobless-2706781). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/0bd3455a-18f1-4860-88ed-2efb7bbc72e5).