Thanks To 'Fight For $15' Minimum Wage, McDonald's Unveils Job-Replacing Self-Service Kiosks
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Sir Napsalot
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Poor people just need to learn to manipulate money systems using other people's money.
RickyBobby26
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UncleBuck
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you know who this is going to hurt the most?
all those uneducated, unskilled white people who voted for trump.
a mcdonald's job was really their best hope.
us hillary voters have college degrees and decent incomes, so we will be unaffected.
RickyBobby26
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An emotional response filled with unsubstantiated opinion.
racerboy71
bud bootlegger
so, you're saying that it's not the advancement of technology, but rather the demand for a living wage, that is the reason behind automation ?
UncleBuck
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it's factual, based on copious amounts of data.
the counties that swung to trump have far less college graduates, much lower incomes, and are packed with white people.
also, more brokedicks like you living off of a disability check.
RickyBobby26
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I'm saying a credible article was written about the negative impact of the minimum wage increase to $15 per hour.
RickyBobby26
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And in what curriculum did you graduate college?
Rrog
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It's unfortunate how self-centered and myopic so many of us are.
Take away jobs - to build corporate profits.
Force youth into enormous education debt so they can work in a completely unrelated area - to build corporate profits.
Imprison those who don't make the grade, since you've doomed them- to build corporate profits.
And so the 1% become the 1/2% all while oblivious assholes line up at the McD kiosk
In case anyone didn't notice - technology has the ability to outsource anyone. This isn't about $15 an hour. It's the systematic removal of a means for the less fortunate / intelligent to earn a living wage. So you relegate them to complete public assistance or prison.
Take away jobs - to build corporate profits.
Force youth into enormous education debt so they can work in a completely unrelated area - to build corporate profits.
Imprison those who don't make the grade, since you've doomed them- to build corporate profits.
And so the 1% become the 1/2% all while oblivious assholes line up at the McD kiosk
In case anyone didn't notice - technology has the ability to outsource anyone. This isn't about $15 an hour. It's the systematic removal of a means for the less fortunate / intelligent to earn a living wage. So you relegate them to complete public assistance or prison.
UncleBuck
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no need to graduate college to simply compile census info and voting results into a spreadsheet, then click a couple buttons to turn the data into a graph.
looks like you uneducated brokedicks who rely on those disability checks from folks like me are gonna get screwed.
sucks to be you, boy.
racerboy71
bud bootlegger
and i'm saying that automation, along with the advancement of technology, would and will continue to grow, no matter what businesses are paying their employees..
do you think that the only reason the automobile was invented was because horses were wanting too much money to drive people around the city, or do you think that the invention of the automobile was inevitable due to the advancement of technology?
kelly4
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Well, almost...
Worker replacing technology is inevitable, the demand for higher wages just speeds it up.
UncleBuck
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pretty bold statement for a guy who lives on his wife's allowance.
Fogdog
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Uhhhhh, yeah. It was the minimum wage that did it. I ate a burger from McD about 12 years ago. It was awful. Ranked lowest in taste in a blind taste test by Consumers Report compared to other burgers. McD was heading towards automation anyway. They have to cut costs because their business is trending down and their product sucks compared to independent local businesses. Last year, their revenue growth was -11%. I hear they are experimenting with using "fresh beef". What have they been using? Yuck. Would you eat that?
Three Trends Haunting McDonald's: Localization, Customization, And Cheap Labor
Once McDonald's MCD -0.17% occupied the best spot at Syntagma Square, in Athens Greece, attracting both the locals and tourists who were looking for fast, cheap, and convenient food.
Today, McDonald’s continues to occupy the same location, but ithas plenty of competition from Greek upstarts that serve fast and convenient food and much more: localization and customization.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2015/06/18/three-trends-haunting-mcdonalds-localization-customization-and-cheap-labor/#17e50d3b6ee1
So, yeah, automate and standardize. Pretty soon you can get the same crappy calorie rich and nutrition poor burger from a kiosk. Somebody, maybe, not me. Fewer people every day are willing to hurt themselves with a McD burger.
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racerboy71
bud bootlegger
well, i got the answer then.. lets just cut minimum wage back to a dollar an hour, that'll really learn them robots and computers taking over people's jobs..
kelly4
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It's like having an automated robot make me money and pay my billz!