remember the whole $15/hour debacle? Pepperidge Farms does. So does McDonald's

[Superman]

 

[xjx]

Fast food workers being replaced by robots was guaranteed by the massive increase in wages. What will these people do now? Vote Democrat?

 

[Buster]

The View will dedicate a show to how this is Trumps fault.

 

[Ironcitysteelers]

 

[SteelChip]

LOL....what is even more prophetic is that given the current attitude on the left, even the illegals don't need to work. As long as the govt is solvent that is .....and that don't look real promising neither.

California Senate Approves $300 Weekly Checks for Unemployed Illegals​

The California Senate on Tuesday voted to pay $300 weekly checks to unemployed illegal immigrants even as the state faces a roughly $31.5 billion deficit and mass illegal immigration. California’s unemployment insurance fund, which was defrauded of some $31 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic, would be in charge of dispensing the checks. California employers are on the hook for the fund’s $20 billion debt in the form of higher payroll taxes that threaten employee-heavy small businesses and restaurants already devastated by California Democrats’ strict COVID-19 lockdowns.

https://freebeacon.com/california/california-senate-approves-300-weekly-checks-for-unemployed-illegals/

I swear, you couldn't make **** up any stupider.

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[ZonaBurgh]

I haven't eaten any fast food since I retired 5 years ago. At that time the McDonald's closest to my clinic had an automated ordering system. Took me longer to punch in my order than contact with an actual person.

 

[DBS1970]

The funny and ironic thing is the people who denand $15 an hour also demand open borders and flooding the labor supply with people who will work under the table for $8.

 

[Steelr4evr]

And what you see now is ridiculous prices for fast food. The consumer is paying for that 15 bucks an hour. Most fast food is trash that I wouldn't feed my dog.

 

[xjx]

I know a farmer. He won't feed fast food to his hogs.

 

[Troglodyte]

Fast food workers being replaced by robots was guaranteed by the massive increase in wages.

No. Manual laborers have been being replaced by machinery and robots for centuries (see: cotton gin). It’s the advancement of technology.

 

[Superman]

No. Manual laborers have been being replaced by machinery and robots for centuries (see: cotton gin). It’s the advancement of technology.

sounds like huwyte primassee

 

[Steeltime]

No. Manual laborers have been being replaced by machinery and robots for centuries (see: cotton gin). It’s the advancement of technology.

Your statement about technological advancement confuses a process that literally cannot be done in the same fashion without machines/automation for one that replaces people simply to save money. The cotton gin separated cotton seeds at a vastly faster rate than could humans by hand so it was not a matter of replacing people doing the same job at the same rate with a machine; the machine was literally 100x faster than people doing the same task.

People taking orders and handing out food is an efficient process and the people are being replaced simply due to cost. Nothing else. The machines are not faster and in fact are extremely expensive, but the labor has outpriced its productivity. Your comparison is apples and oranges. It's like comparing airplanes to the people who scan your ticket when you enter the plane.

 

[Superman]

Your statement about technological advancement confuses a process that literally cannot be done in the same fashion without machines/automation for one that replaces people simply to save money. The cotton gin separated cotton seeds at a vastly faster rate than could humans by hand so it was not a matter of replacing people doing the same job at the same rate with a machine; the machine was literally 100x faster than people doing the same task.

People taking orders and handing out food is an efficient process and the people are being replaced simply due to cost. Nothing else. The machines are not faster and in fact are extremely expensive, but the labor has outpriced its productivity. Your comparison is apples and oranges. It's like comparing airplanes to the people who scan your ticket when you enter the plane.

sounds like huwyte primassee

 

[Steeltime]

sounds like huwyte primassee

Eli Whitney - YT.
Cotton seed removers now unemployed - CPOCBIPOC.

Case closed.

 

[Confluence]

I haven't eaten any fast food since I retired 5 years ago. At that time the McDonald's closest to my clinic had an automated ordering system. Took me longer to punch in my order than contact with an actual person.

You are just old.

Kids have apps to order that times their pickup. (I think they can now track the location of the app user to enable fast/easy pickup)

 

[Troglodyte]

Your statement about technological advancement confuses a process that literally cannot be done in the same fashion without machines/automation for one that replaces people simply to save money. The cotton gin separated cotton seeds at a vastly faster rate than could humans by hand so it was not a matter of replacing people doing the same job at the same rate with a machine; the machine was literally 100x faster than people doing the same task.

People taking orders and handing out food is an efficient process and the people are being replaced simply due to cost. Nothing else. The machines are not faster and in fact are extremely expensive, but the labor has outpriced its productivity. Your comparison is apples and oranges. It's like comparing airplanes to the people who scan your ticket when you enter the plane.

Nonsense. First of all 100x faster = cheaper. Secondly, there most certainly are efficiencies in replacing people taking orders and handing out food with automation, it’s not just cost. Think about it. Ever have to wait in line to have someone take your order?

 

[Steeltime]

Nonsense. First of all 100x faster = cheaper. Secondly, there most certainly are efficiencies in replacing people taking orders and handing out food with automation, it’s not just cost. Think about it. Ever have to wait in line to have someone take your order?

The process is the same. One of two people enters data into the ordering system - the customer or the employee.

Who do you think is actually faster at this task?

And 100x faster = cheaper may be true, right, but the undeniable fact is that the cotton gin is not comparable to removing seeds by hand. Apples and oranges. The customer inputting the order into the ordering system is EXACTLY the same as the employee doing so, only slower.

 

[Troglodyte]

The process is the same. One of two people enters data into the ordering system - the customer or the employee.

Who do you think is actually faster at this task?

And 100x faster = cheaper may be true, right, but the undeniable fact is that the cotton gin is not comparable to removing seeds by hand. Apples and oranges. The customer inputting the order into the ordering system is EXACTLY the same as the employee doing so, only slower.

One employee can process one customer’s order at a time, the other customers wait. One online ordering app can process many customers orders simultaneously.

 

[Steeltime]

One employee can process one customer’s order at a time, the other customers wait. One online ordering app can process many customers orders simultaneously.

You apparently did not read the story about what McDonald's is doing. They are replacing the in-restaurant service personnel with machines. This has nothing to do with online ordering.

 

[ZonaBurgh]

You are just old.

Kids have apps to order that times their pickup. (I think they can now track the location of the app user to enable fast/easy pickup)

Guilty.

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

No. Manual laborers have been being replaced by machinery and robots for centuries (see: cotton gin). It’s the advancement of technology.

Accelerated into hyper-drive by the forced raises in minimum wage.

To deny this has had an impact is to be ignorant, or obtuse.

McDonald's was my client for 2+ years. I worked with them on IoT enabled restaurants. Building business value cases as well as constructing the technology. One of the reasons they were pushing us and themselves so hard to get there as fast as possible was the rapidly rising price of labor.

I saw it first hand, with their line of business.

Why don't you tell me what McDonald's paid employees in sum total in 2019 and what portion of their costs it represented.

 

[Steeltime]

Why don't you tell me what McDonald's paid employees in sum total in 2019 and what portion of their costs it represented.

Because McDonald's sells products, their labor costs as a percentage of overhead are lower than pure service industries like law or medicine but still, I suspect labor costs are probably around 60% of their total costs.

 

[Confluence]

Because McDonald's sells products, their labor costs as a percentage of overhead are lower than pure service industries like law or medicine but still, I suspect labor costs are probably around 60% of their total costs.

I'll take labor costs at 35%, probably less. Rising wages is probably the largest drag on net margins, forcing "innovation" as above.

 

[Troglodyte]

You apparently did not read the story about what McDonald's is doing. They are replacing the in-restaurant service personnel with machines. This has nothing to do with online ordering.

Online ordering is still available and predates the fully automated store. Regardless, these changes aren’t made out of spite, they’re made to increase profits. There’s cost savings even if employees would gladly work for $5/hr.

 

[Troglodyte]

Accelerated into hyper-drive by the forced raises in minimum wage.

To deny this has had an impact is to be ignorant, or obtuse.

McDonald's was my client for 2+ years. I worked with them on IoT enabled restaurants. Building business value cases as well as constructing the technology. One of the reasons they were pushing us and themselves so hard to get there as fast as possible was the rapidly rising price of labor.

I saw it first hand, with their line of business.

Why don't you tell me what McDonald's paid employees in sum total in 2019 and what portion of their costs it represented.

It doesn’t really matter. It’s a significant cost savings regardless of what they’re paying their employees.

This may or may not take off. The reason people prefer Chik-Fil-A, besides their superior food, is their top-notch and personable customer service. BTW, if you’re ever in St. Clairsville OH, the Chik-Fil-A has a 24/7 Dwight Shrute impersonator. He wasn’t really personable, but delivered a spot-on Dwight Shrute “my pleasure” when I thanked him.