Seattle brought the future to us a little earlier!
(with their $15 minimum wage)
Great line! Yes indeed. Instead of improving the education and value of workers to earn a better wage, they tried to up the wage despite the worker’s value. We’re going to have trouble soon in this country with spare unqualified labor.
Seattle brought the future to us a little earlier!
(with their $15 minimum wage)
Now that snowflakes won’t have these jobs they’ll be pushing for the basic income as a means to compensate.
Yes, the push - a national push - for a $15 minimum wage contributed mightily to automation and to the closing of businesses. Obamacare didn’t help either. I think McD is just the beginning.
Change takes time. For McDonald’s, it’s order takers now. At some point I expect the kiosk will microwave your burger as well. The fast food places that don’t follow McDonald’s lead will go out of business. There are people who love people, but in the end perhaps only Barbara Streisand will regularly pay more for a burger.
I’ve found that workers at grocery stores, Home Depot, etc. are so pleasant. They are almost always ready to show you how to use the self-check, eventually eliminating their own jobs.
It’s not too late. Eliminate the minimum wage and McDonald’s and others will reverse course.
Automate or not? I think it makes a lot of sense if it improves safety. Let the robots paint the cars, pour the steel, etc. Other than that, there are plenty of people who are willing to work for less than the cost of buying and maintaining a robot.
I don't even like Subway. This made it even less enjoyable.