Depends on the ad campaign, though all of them are trying to convince me to do something.
I don't know anything about Subway. I just assume the guy who makes my sandwich gets payed less than me, and the CEO gets payed 200 times that amount.
But why would that be bad?
I worked at Burger King when I was a teenager. I worked for minimum wage. But I knew that this was a temporary situation. Also, I was glad to have the job. I enjoyed a lot of it, especially getting the paycheck. I thought it was cool! I also learned a lot by working there. I consider the whole experience to have been a good one overall.
The Burger King franchise I worked for had excellent ethics. At that time, Burger King ranked number 2 in most markets - except for where Marvin Schuster owned a Burger King - in those markets, Burger King ranked number 1 in local popularity. That's because the franchise owner instilled the importance of excellence, accountability, and extreme customer service ethics into his entire company - from HQ down to the newest guy running the fry maker.
When new ad campaigns would be launched, Marvin would rent out a theater in town and all the workers would be invited to attend the ad campaign preview. We would get to vote on favorite and least favorite ads, we would win prizes, get to mingle with upper mgmt so they could meet us and listen to our concerns and issues, etc. We would get to sample new items that the main company was considering launching and give them feedback. It was interesting and instilled a sense of ownership and purpose into our little jobs.
This was back in the late 70s. I think Marvin owned about 40 BKs then. He now owns over 200 and is a millionaire many times over.
Let me tell you a little about Marvin. He doesn't have a college education. He is the son of German immigrants. He used to drive a bread truck for a bread delivery service. One of the places he delivered bread to was a Burger King. He decided he wanted to own one of those places, so he began to save his money, and eventually he bought a store. This is how he got into the business - no business degree, no family connections, nothing but hard work and good money management.
He has never looked down on the little guy. He promoted from within from the very start. He is demanding and often hard to work for, because he expects everyone to work as hard as he does (yes, he's still actively working in his business to this day). But he's giving every single person who works at one of his restaurants a great opportunity. Every member of management in his operation started at the restaurant level. The CFO knows how to operate that fry machine.
Marvin is the epitome of the American entrepreneur. And there are many, many more men and women like him out there. I want the US to continue to provide an environment where people like Marvin can prosper. I will do what I can to support the Marvins of this world.
I don't want to BE a Marvin - I don't want to work 100 hours a week, save every penny and live in a tiny apartment for ten years, just to buy a hamburger stand and risk everything I've worked for for the past ten years. I don't want to be a business owner, in fact. I've done it and it's not as glamorous as it sounds. In fact, it's scary. I was a lot wealthier than I am now, but I also worked a lot harder (I owned a real estate company that employed 25 realtors) and had a LOT more responsibility.
Anyway, that's just my personal insight. Over my lifetime, I've known a lot of entrepreneurs, and the vast majority of them came from lower or middle class backgrounds and worked their ***** off for many years before building a successful business. I don't begrudge them their millions at all.