Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, Republican, has become a regular gaffe machine. The man does not seem to think before he speaks.
Forbes:
Ohioans Against Shabby Benefits got its name from a remark Kasich made Tuesday while marking his 100th day in office. The Republican governor said a woman working at Bob Evans probably had no pension and health care benefits that were "shabby at best."
.....Last month, Kasich touted a deal keeping the restaurant and food company in Ohio. The state provided $7.7 million in incentives as part of the deal, which included a relocation of the company's headquarters from Columbus to the wealthy suburb of New Albany....
What kind of benefits does a woman working at Bob Evans have? In the Forbes article, a spokeswoman for Bob Evans said the following:
"All our employees at Bob Evans Farms Inc. ( BOBE - news - people ) have the opportunity to participate in a variety of benefits programs, including medical benefits and a 401(k) program," she said....
According to Glassdoor, waitresses make about $3.33/hr at Bob Evans Restaurants (plus tips). If a waitress is making $3.33/hr, and works 40hrs./wk, for 52 weeks/yr., that gives the waitress approximately ($3.33 x 40 x 52 ) $6,926.40 + tips. However, another website, bestjobdescriptions.com, quotes servers as making $12,000. No matter how you look at it, Bob Evans does not pay their employees very well at all.
That quote from the spokesperson at Bob Evans said that "....all employees have the opportunity to participate in a variety of benefits programs..." says it all. If you are a waitress/waiter at Bob Evans and are willing to have deductions taken out of your pay, you can have insurance, a pension, and maybe even health insurance. If you are making $3.33/hr or $7.00/hr, you probably won't sign up for insurance/pension/health insurance because you cannot afford it.
Marketwatch has the following salaries for a few of Bob Evans executives:
...Steven A. Davis...........$2.66 million........CEO/Director/Chairman of the Board...
...Larry C. Corbin...........$716,900...............Director....
...Harvey Brownlee........$869,460.......Other Executive Officer/President....
While the executives are pulling in the big money, the waitress/waiter working in the restaurants are getting the shaft. However, Kasich gave the executives at Bob Evans all that tax money to move across town.