- What are the advantages of choosing a host-country national staffing strategy?
The advantages to choosing a host country national is that they would most likely already be familiar with local customs, culture, language, laws, etiquette, etc. that someone from another country may not be familiar with. They also wouldn’t need to go to the trouble of attaining a visa or any other type of documentation someone from another country would most likely need. The company also wouldn’t need to pay for any costs associated with relocating a person to another country
- Develop a compensation plan for each of the two countries, revising the current compensation for managers in the United States, if necessary. The compensation plan should include salary, benefits, and any fringe benefits to attract the most qualified people. The plan should also address any legal compensation requirements for both countries.
US : The compensation plan for the US managers seems to be competitive and not in need of any immediate changes. According to salary.com restaurant managers can earn in the range of 35-75 thousand dollars in salary. The 2% profit sharing is a great incentive for managers because the better the company performs, the more money they will earn from that.
UK: The base salary for the restaurant manager for Fish to Go in the UK should be somewhere around 33-35 thousand GBP, since the average salary for restaurant managers in the UK is 25k-46k according to glassdoor.com. With Bonuses and profit sharing with should be offered to managers in all countries, that can pay out an extra 600-6k. Workers should also receive all medical benefits standard in UK. As well as 4 weeks vacation each year.
Mexico: In mexico the managers should receive somewhere around 460k MXN per year, as the salary ranges from 340,000-600,000 MXN per year , they would also receive the 2% profit sharing benefit that all managers receive as well as 4 weeks vacation.
- Develop an outline for a training plan, making reasonable assumptions about the information a new manager would need to know at Fish to Go.
A new manager at Fish and Go would need to know the following things, assuming they were hired in the host country,
- Company practices, guidelines, and values
- Product purchasing , maintaining, and management
- Menu production and changes in menu based on location
- Food, Workplace, and Employee safety training
- Basic workplace training (cashier, etc) as well as any special equipment training
- Customer service
- Marketing
- Making new hires
https://www.payscale.com/research/UK/Job=Restaurant_Manager/Salary
https://www.salary.com/research/salary/benchmark/restaurant-manager-salary
https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/london-restaurant-general-manager-salary-SRCH_IL.0,6_IM1035_KO7,33.htm
https://www.salaryexpert.com/salary/job/manager-restaurant/mexico/mexico-city
Hello Miko,
I like that you gave a complete overview of the benefits and what you see as a good compensation package for both country managers. It is important to make the package attractive to gain very experience and top-class managers in the restaurant industry. What I would like to know is what would be your timeline for the training of manager?