We are getting closer and closer to Idiocracy everyday.
Marxist/collectivists simply fail to grasp the most elementary laws of economics.
Raise labor costs, less labor gets hired or employers go out of business.
End of story.
Saw this coming. LOvely! Paybacks come naturally!
The break-even point for fully automated burger preparing bots is $10/hour. Yeah, I think we can see where this is going - even if the “Fight For 15” idiots can’t.
from a living wage to no wage. The dems can only counter by banning new technology. That will really go along well in Silicon Valley
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A few small improvements in robots that build and fix robots and we can have a $500 minimum wage!!!
It is as simple as this...where I am a roofer can get 15-20 dollars IF he has experience and the work is sporatic to say the least when you combine rain-outs and every other factor that goes into working the trades. Now these fools want fifteen an hour to get a coffee and bag a cheeseburger? Ahhhh NO....to begin with the food is not worth what they are charging now and the tablet/kiosks will eliminate multiple positions and what used to be a constant and dependable starter or supplemental income for tens of thousands will eveaporate...add to the mix union trades wages in some states are tied to the minimum wage as far as to how much they grab....STOOPID people demanding an outrageous amont of cash for a job that is simple....screw it I will just not patronize any of it...I’ll make my own burger....end of story and now all will lose.
To liberals, the sole purpose of a company is to provided jobs. The rest is of no concern whatsoever, and is actually characterized as greed.
To conservatives, the sole purpose of a company is to make profits. The rest is all wonderful gravy after that, from the ability to grow the company and provide more jobs and make more profit, to the extra income for the company owner to buy his boy the GI Joe with the Kung Fu grip.
McDonald’s will be savaged by the left for making intelligent business decisions, while high school kids looking for jobs will have more trouble finding them.
Such is the American Way in Liberal America.
I saw and used one of these back in August at a McD’s near Heathrow Airport, near London in the UK.
The store also had a table full of tablets that one could log on to selected internet portal web pages for free (eg a yahoo mail page).
Royal Meeker
We are getting closer and closer to Idiocracy everyday.
Really, it is stunning when you run into some teen-20s cashier who simply freezes the moment they have to figure out and calculate change without a the assistance of a machine. Heartbreaking, really, I don’t see how many places can afford not to replace them with machines. Customer experience is horrific when you are served by people from a broken lefties educational system.
This was written years ago but still holds true. The sales function is being adjusted at McDonalds the same as everywhere as technology is brought to bear
McDonalds As School
Go to work for McDonalds and consider it as going to school. Rather than come up with a bunch of bucks for tuition, Get a job at MD and pay extreme attention to what is taking place. Get paid for your efforts in the process. Set a limit. Go one year or maybe a year and a half. Be dedicated to the task the same as if you were paying thousands of dollars at a college.
The concept involves looking at McDonalds as an industrial microcosm . McDonalds is very much like a factory with hundreds of employees except smaller. MD also has a retail arm in addition to the manufacturing arm. To grasp how things are done in the manufacturing and business world, MD is small enough to observe all the operations that can be studied in detail and the study extrapolated to the world. MD is chosen because it is truly a global company and one if not the very best successful business to be studied.
The big question, the goal of the going to MD as school, is to discover in detail what is MD? Why does it exist?
As a study aid, a laptop computer would be beneficial. The computer can be used to keep notes and to make and record lists. Homework is making notes and expanding the lists, making entries into the big list of things learned and things to be explored further
Most McDonalds employees don’t flip burgers, they are in sales. At McDonalds if you apply your self and study what is happening you can develop a good understanding of sales and customer service. The front line, the people on the counter, have an opportunity to meet and greet a wide cross section of customers, of people. The very act of asking” how can I help you” engages the customer in a business transaction. The customers can be observed and then studied in the abstract. Make a list. What kinds of customers, what do they want, what do they need, how does MD meet their wants and needs, what wants and needs are not met, should every want and need be met?
If you clean up, study the various chemicals and cleaners. Read the MSDS documents and learn a lot about OSHA, chemicals and government regulation. Learn what they do and why they do it. Learn why someone made and effort to obtain each of the specific cleaning products. Understand the process and how it relates to government regulations. Learn why MD wants the task not only performed but the reason for doing it. Learn if there is and external requirement such as a local or federal regulation. Learn about the regulation and why it exists. Learn if MD made the rule and how the rule makes the product better.
Somewhere there are posters. The posters are mandated by the government and outline the various employment laws. The posters are the basis for the interaction of business and government. They might seem overly complex and quite boring but they are a major part of the lesson. Study the posters and develop a total understanding of what they mean. Learn how the government and business interact and why.
Hang out with the manager and study and learn the flow of goods. Learn the basics of purchasing. Study the inventory flow and learn how inventory management keeps the company rolling.
A typical Mc Donalds store is a mega industry on a micro scale. They obtain raw materials hire labor and manufacture a product to very tight specifications. The process is typical of all manufacturing, only the product, the manufacturing equipment and size are different.
The principles of how raw materials are obtained, moved around, stored, and used apply to all business and manufacturing. A thorough understanding of the various tasks and processes involved will be useful elsewhere. The lessons can be expanded to a basic understanding of product quality and quality control. The business and all the jobs there are absolutely dependent on the quality of the product.
Tight specifications, what are the specifications, where did they come from, why have the specifications, how are they met, who enforces the specifications and assures consistent quality? These are all valuable lessons to be learned in the micro factory. The answers can be learned by paying attention and carefully watching what is actually happening throughout the place.
The subject of raw materials is very important area of study. One of the lists or perhaps several of the lists would be of various raw materials or raw material categories. Just what and how many raw materials is required to keep the place running? A list describing the material, where it comes from and exactly how the material is used can provide extremely valuable insights.
Then there is the matter of human resources. A one year study of the flow of people in and out and retained could result in a master’s degree paper on proper use and abuse of labor resources.
The concept of a crew, a team, can be studied. The crew concept is meant to develop a sense of belonging, of common purpose. A study of how the various individuals of the crew interact and depend on each other will yield an understanding that can be extrapolated to a much larger organization. How success or failure of one individual impacts the mission of the crew provides important lessons.
Then there is cash. A study of cash management could provide a detailed insight into cash, banking and the importance of plastic payments to a small business.
The MD school you choose might be near home or across town but it is merely one of many. A whole different course of study is what happens at and to MD outside the local operation? How does your store relate to a regional and national and global network of stores.
Back to the big question. Why does your school exist? Why do we have MD’s. The answer to that question applies to each and every business and manufacturing operation in the country. The answer is to make the owners a profit. Each and every item on all the various lists that will be developed in the school process is there to assure a profit. Proving that statement is the goal of the school and learning the reasons is the way the proof is obtained
It is all there for free. As a matter of fact one can get paid while at this school. All it takes is a proper frame of mind and a desire.
Everything there is something to be learned
An interviewer will be blown out of her shoes when the lessons set out and learned are recounted in extreme detail.
When Eisenhower initiated "Operation Wetback" there were not enough wetbacks to pick tomatoes. Well, someone had invented a machine to pick them but the demand was not there. After "Operation Wetback" there was.
Business demands to reach the bottom line, to make a profit. If the hourly wage goes above that profit, the hourly wage earner will be replaced with machine, ie robot, vending machine, kiosk, tomato picker. And my all time favorite, cotton picker since my mother's family were share croppers and I learned how to pick cotton at an early age.
When burgers can be flipped and packaged automatically, burger joint jobs will go the way of drive in eatery waitresses on roller skates.
File this one under the “Overreach” heading.
Karma’s a bitch, and she ain’t playing.
That’s awesome!
I’d prefer a touch screen ordering system.
When I can get a hamburger perfectly constructed and cooked by automated robots, and not by surly, entitled, lackadaisical, petri dishes demanding artisan wages, I might start shopping at fast-food restaurants again.
Imagine being able to order at a fast-food restaurant in your own native language, whether it's English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc. Many sushi restaurants in Japan where you order by touchscreen already implemented this in the major cities (Tokyo and Osaka especially), where the touchscreen can switch between Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean.