-Stephen Dreim has obliterated the progress of talks the haughty former FF chef was having with Feast Fest.
Dreim Thursday rejected a Wednesday offer of $631,221--$78,000 above what he would've made this Thanksgiving anyway if he hadn't resigned in a fit of rage and if Feast Fest hadn't tried to lure him back--and instead set a jawdropping offer minimum of $750,000.
That sum is not unheard of; Lynn Avi, Jim McAllister, and the Mason Duo make well over $900,000 each; however, it is a shocking minimum to set because it is $197,000 above what he was making before his resignation. Dreim's position is not lowly, but it is average, and scouters had thought that the $631K offer was "well above what we'd define as 'generous'," so said Scouter Stefanie McOneguew.
The average salary for an FF chef is $544,000, close to what Dreim used to make.
Dreim issued a statement along with the setting of the offer minimum, saying, in part, "I wish to reinstate my status as a part of the wonderful Feast Fest team, but I am setting this offer minimum because I feel I was cheated and violated by the scouters in the past. I feel the best way to remedy this strained relationship is to have me signed to Feast Fest with an ACCURATE amount of money that correlates to my talents."
"Mr. Dreim's comments are completely devoid of credence," said McOneguew of the statement. "His actions today constitute greed...pure greed...nothing other than."
Dreim, who already had a virulent response from his fellow chefs, had that reaction magnified upon his actions.
Before his setting of an offer minimum today, 44% of chefs held a negative view of Dreim, with 42% holding a positive view, 10% being neutral, and 4% refusing to say. But today, the "half love him, half hate him" trend for Dreim had shattered, with the percentage of chefs viewing him negatively swelling to 71%, with 27% viewing him positively, 1% being neutral, and 1% refusing to say.
"These are numbers which must be taken into account," McOneguew said. "We will continue negotiations, but the last thing we will agree to do is to give that chef all that money and then put him in a hostile environment where everyone will want him out anyway."
McOneguew was short and blunt to make her point: "I think these negotiations, now that Mr. Dreim has done this, will fizzle out quickly and severely, with little hope for realistic, collaborative revival."
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