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title: "QSR: Three Ways To Keep Top Talent At Your Restaurant"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/172a5e9a-4614-4fc4-9444-c9efe4b7cc97
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/qsr-three-ways-to-keep-top-talent-at-your-restaurant-7749
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2016-11-17T16:11:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:14:19.951Z
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# QSR: Three Ways To Keep Top Talent At Your Restaurant

**TL;DR:** QSR shares three ways to keep top talent at a restaurant, including giving employees creative freedom and opportunities for growth. The methods include giving employees the opportunity to be creative, investing in employees, and recognizing leadership potential.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-11-17. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/qsr-three-ways-to-keep-top-talent-at-your-restaurant-7749).*

## Story

A lack of recognition, being overworked, and not being paid sufficiently are the most obvious reason employees quit. However, some of the other reasons aren’t quite as obvious. QSR spoke with 20 general managers who work at heavily trafficked fast casual restaurants to learn more about how they keep their best talent. From these conversations, QSR sites the following as the best practices to prevent turnover and keep employees engaged.

- **Give employees the opportunity to be creative**

Leverage the information and expertise your front-of-the-line employees are gathering. Allowing employees to brainstorm helps them to feel that they’re part of the business, and therefore, care more in the long run.

- **Invest in your employees**

Employees shouldn’t stop learning after their initial training period ends. To keep employees engaged, they need to be constantly challenged in constructive ways. For your more talented employees, QSR suggests giving them more ambitious goals to 1) motivate them and 2) level the playing field for some of your slower-learning employees.

- **Recognize leadership potential and begin grooming talent from the start**

According to QSR, a lot of employee dissatisfaction come from not feeling they have the ability to climb the ladder. Promoting an employee because of their seniority, rather than an employee who has the necessary abilities to manage, can cause disengagement and frustration among staff.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- restaurant management (topic)
- employee retention (topic)
- talent management (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/qsr-three-ways-to-keep-top-talent-at-your-restaurant-7749). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/172a5e9a-4614-4fc4-9444-c9efe4b7cc97).