By Tony Huppert, CEO, Team Oil Inc. Management of convenience stores has a tendency to forget about the Stress Factor associated with employee’s job stress, especially the clerks on the front line. The clerks are the ones that customers will accuse of placing the gas dispensers on the wrong side of the customer’s car, making…
Job Creation
By Tony Huppert, CEO, Team Oil Inc. Our politicians, along with their followers, usually have one thing they all agree on, “We have to create jobs.” But actually putting this decree into action is harder than it seems. A lot of times, we retool our factories so we are more competitive with foreign countries. We…
Minimum Wage Dilemma
By Tony Huppert, CEO, Team Oil Inc. I recently received an email from a State Senator highlighting the need to raise the minimum wage. The Senator mentions polls and surveys that support the belief. The problem with polls and surveys, they can be worded to get whatever result is wanted. OK, on with the minimum…