discussion McDonalds workers in California to get $20 an hour

[SmittenCake]

22 minutes ago, Sergi91 said:

Minimum wage in California is not $12… its  $15.50 ($16 next year) and many fast food employees already start at $17-$18. 
Paying them $20 is good but it won’t solve the bigger problem. Restaurants will just add more ordering kiosks and cut hours. 

Customers hate kiosks and can barely operate them. 

Edited September 19, 2023 by SmittenCake

[Onyxmage]

It’s still not a living wage but it’s something and McDonalds CAN afford it.

[Sergi91]

16 minutes ago, SmittenCake said:

Customers Haye kiosks and can barely operate them. 

 

[AaronJohnsonStan]

 20 dollars an hour, but let’s see how it’s going to affect their working hours. They’re about to get slashed 

[katykater]

If it wasn't for the worker shortage (For every unemployed American, there are 2 jobs available. The US needs to get 3 million workers from somewhere, like opening the borders for more immigrants. Or the Fed increases the interest rate till the economy has slowed down enough to get rid of the worker shortage.), this would never happen. American employers, especially those in fast food, treat workers like there is an endless amount of poors willing to work for peanuts.

 

When workers are worth something and being valued, they can have a large amount ordering kiosks as the default option like how they operate overseas.

 

Ordering kiosks are a sign of modernity, workers are valuable and convenience because customers don't have to wait in line for some slowpoke not knowing what to choose. And tourists can order in their own language.

 

The workers will be primarily in the kitchen doing what the kiosks or automation can't do.

 

The costs of automation can be way too high in comparison to people. That's why people don't fear automation outside the US. It's propaganda to convince Americans that tech, automation,... will take your job and that's why you should be happy with low pay, don't dare to ask more or the robots are coming.

 

Job creation isn't about creating the lowest paid jobs doing what a kiosk, robot,... can do. Meaningful job creation is least liveable wage or well paid jobs.