What is Auntie Annes' policy regarding training for Managers or employees who transfer from another Business to a franchisee's location?
Auntie_Annes Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
We may require employees that transfer to your Franchised Business from another Business to successfully complete the Management Training Program again.
We also may require you to send or resend your Managers (as defined below) or employees to the Management Training Program, and require them to successfully complete it, if we have identified operational or performance issues at your Franchised Business.
You must pay us a reasonable training fee that we designate for each Subsequent Trainee that attends a Management Training Program.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 106)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Auntie Annes' 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, the company may require employees transferring to a franchisee's location from another Auntie Annes business to complete the Management Training Program again. This decision is at Auntie Annes' discretion.
Additionally, Auntie Annes may require franchisees to send or resend their managers or employees to the Management Training Program if operational or performance issues are identified at the franchised business. The franchisee is responsible for paying a reasonable training fee for each subsequent trainee attending the Management Training Program.
For a prospective franchisee, this means that if you hire an employee who has worked at another Auntie Annes location, Auntie Annes has the right to make you send that employee through the full training program again. This could create additional costs for the franchisee in the form of training fees and lost productivity while the employee is in training. It also means that Auntie Annes is invested in making sure that all employees are properly trained to maintain brand standards.