Talking With: Autumn Manning, CEO of YouEarnedIt

Employee turnover and retention are key concerns for the restaurant industry. In our continuing series, “Talking With:” Autumn Manning, CEO of YouEarnedIt discusses a case study for how Karl Strauss Brewing Company used an app designed to reward and engage staff. Others using the platform include Dunkin Donuts  Panera, Anheuser-Busch and Birch Coffee.

Where did the idea for the app come from?

Some of the best companies are born out of a true need versus someone trying to come up with an idea to go build a company and YouEarnedIt certainly was the former. Rockfish Digital is a very large global advertising company and as they were going through a period of rapid growth they realized that culture was very important to all employees and having a workforce that enables them to do best work, connect to people across the business, and receive feedback and meaningful rewards for all of their hard work was important. It started as an informal program within the four walls of that…