In second-quarter earnings calls with analysts, fast-food companies said they were bracing for a blow to employee morale when their salaried managers have to start punching the clock. CEO Dan Accordino of Carrols Restaurant Group ( TAST ) -- whose 717 Burger King locations make it the Restaurant Brands International ( QSR ) chain's largest franchisee -- said that his company is "putting all of our salaried managers on an hourly basis." Carrols anticipates no effect on the bottom line: "It will not cost ... I mean, we're not going to change the compensation of the managers," Accordino said. "We're simply taking (a) 50-hour workweek or 55-hour workweek ... and converting their current salaries into an hourly rate, assuming the overtime." Similarly, the Bojangles' ( BOJA ) chicken-and-biscuits chain plans to convert assistant managers to hourly employees at its 295 company-operated restaurants and closely track their overtime hours to keep labor costs in line.