I was called a few days before to come in to meet the district manager of the 46 chain franchise out here in Las Vegas. I bought an outfit. I had some excellent questions to ask, and showed up 10 minutes early.... Where the district manager was in the lobby interviewing with someone else dressed casually. I was told to come in through the back door by the store manager of the store I thought I was applying to. Afterwards I started my meeting with the district manager ; he inquired about experience as a store manager, he then began to explain that for this 46 chain franchise, they do not hire general managers directly from outside. They must go through his method of training; which is you start out as an employee making $8.25, get promoted to lead and make $9, then assistant $11 then if they believe you're ready RGM, over a strict 1 year and a half training requirement. He mentioned that with this method he turned 8 stores around! Unfortunately working as a store manager in the pizza business, I didn't think that time frame was good for me and my experience so I declined.