If you express an interest in moving up, they'll guide you towards whatever goal you have. I've seen it personally when I worked for McDonalds and then there's this guy that moved up from the backline:

http://news.mcdonalds.com/view-models/executive-team-bios/detail?id=66

"Jeff Stratton is President, McDonald's USA, LLC. In this role, Mr. Stratton is responsible for the strategic direction and overall business results of the 14,000 McDonald’s restaurants in the United States....

... Stratton joined McDonald’s as a crewmember in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan in 1973. He worked his way up through the restaurants and held various field operations positions in the Detroit Region until 1987 when he was promoted to Staff Director of Operations and Menu Management. In 1990, Stratton moved to Columbus to serve as the Director of Operations, and later held several corporate positions at the company’s headquarters before returning to field operations as the Regional Vice President for the McDonald’s Denver Region in 1998...."

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Funny thing about guys like Stratton, they NEVER lose their training on the back line. My store happened to be a corporate owned McDonalds, we got a visit from a regional manager or whatever once and dude was back there with us on the grills making sure shit was done right, and he was fast as fuck with it too.

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"Where was the peace when we were getting shot? Where's the peace when we were getting laid out?
Where is the peace when we are in the back of ambulances? Where is the peace then?
They don't want to call for peace then.