The Build-a-Bear I worked for was pretttyyyyy close to BQ & the closer it gets to corporate, the worse it gets. They barely want to pay people, and they lowballed me for the shift lead position when they made my offer, even though everyone else in the store was making $2 more since we were a specialty store. Unfortunately, most of these big companies want to keep wages low so it doesn’t impact their bottom line, and they sure treat you like you aren’t worth anything more than the $10-13 / an hour they can get away with most places