Posted on 05/24/2018 11:46:38 AM PDT by simpson96
“And $15/hr will get them that. Piffle.”
Sure it will,I’m not talking Princeton or Harvard but night classes at a trade school or local colleges——it takes longer,but can be done.
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They’re wanting the extra money to feed their kids; that’s the mantra. They call up all kinds of pie-in-the-sky stuff but bottom line .... who knows. I remember here in WA that at one time the governor signed a bill to prevent kids from working P/T because he said all they’ll do is spend it on CD’s and stuff. I kind of doubt those people are trying to support a family on minimum wage, be nice to really find out.
I’ve been in a couple of McDonald’s recently that have those computer ordering systems.Don’t like them *at all*.In future I think I’ll go hungry rather than use one.
The minimum wage protestors lead me to question if they are being indoctrinated that minimum wage is in their DNA.
In fact, I would appreciate if any financial management-savvy FReepers could address why these protestors don’t simply buy McDonalds stock?
On second thought, $162.46 per stock (rough equivalent $15/hr for 10 hrs) is likely a roadblock for min. wage people.
Could employees possibly buy fractional stocks through McDonalds?
Insights welcome.
With the healthy Trump economy $15 an hour might what supply and demand dictates in some areas pretty soon.
The face of the unskilled.
When these sons of b!tches can get my order right 5 out of 5 times, I’ll march with them. Until then bring on the robots.
Good question!
I live in Massachusetts. The worst place for incorrect orders in our area is the local 99 restaurant. I would estimate that over 90% of our takeout orders were wrong. I don’t think that we’ve been there for over 10 years. We called them most of the time (and usually spoke with the manager or assistant manager) and they never improved.
Supply and demand
If the work doesn't require a lot of skills then it will have a lot of supply and lower salaries -- but if it requires a higher skill or is a job no one wants, then the salaries are higher. Plumbing is one that requires skills and also is a job a lot of folks don't want, so the potential for earnings are huge
to flip a burger doesn't require much skill -- especially since the work is so well precedurized.
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