How so?

Yes so exploited that the employees routinely rank it as one of the best places to work almost every single year. In N Out pays their employees more than 5 guys, by a fucking lot. Last I checked the starting wages at In N Out was $15/hour while 5 guys is barely minimum wage. Store managers at In N Out make 6 figures easy. Full time employees have access to 401k and profit sharing, dental, medical, and vacation accrual. Every single body in that company is promoted from within and all that way up the corporate ladder is people who started by mopping floors at some point.

I don’t really care if you like some other hamburger better than another, but you’re talking out your ass if you think In N Out keeps its prices lower with unhappy employees.

https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-In-N-Out-Burger-EI_IE14276.11,26.htm
https://eatpallet.com/how-is-in-n-out-so-cheap/
https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/managers-at-in-n-out-burger-make-160000-a-year-heres-how-it-works.html
https://www.indeed.com/cmp/In--n--out-Burger/salaries

A regular cheeseburger and fries at 5 guys is $16 + tax. A double double and fries at In n Out is $7 + tax

jack humbert is an awesome dude. that’s all I have to contribute.

Reddit has been a kind of unofficial support channel for a lot of companies since it doubles as good pr to be visibly helping their community. For smaller companies it’s also a lot easier to spin up a subreddit and try to attract people there for a free marketing and support platform. I see quite a few tech companies operate in that way, but Ubiquiti is one of the bigger ones that first comes to mind.

With the rise of Discord, I think Reddit is losing some ground in that space much like individual forums before it, but Reddit still has a lot of historical data in it for troubleshooting things that aren’t as common.