I work in a franchise for over 15 years and have built 2 million dollar businesses.  Abusing Franchisees is part of the game as it is how they control the masses.  The good thing is if you paper trail this crap you can use it against them later if you are in a challenge.  Life is not fair and all of the risks and costs are now on the back of the Franchisee.  Maybe our socialist government should allow the franchisee to unionize so that we can ensure our success while stabilizing employment so that the 1%'s don't simply consume us all.