McDonalds Responds To Minimum Wage Hikes, Launches McCafe Coffee Kiosk

[Skull Pilot]

Corporations are happy to have useful idiots like the OP pushing the stupid.

Question. Would McDonalds have introduced these kiosks if the minimum wage were abolished?

Think first, then answer.

If they were cheaper than hiring people then of course they would have
It's inevitable that as technology costs less than human labor and becomes more reliable that it will be utilized more

Hmmmm. So the minimum wage increase is not responsible for the introduction of the kiosk.....right?

In a way it is because the MW increase will increase labor costs thereby making making the cost gap between hiring people and automating swing faster to favor automation

If you as a business owner are looking at a doubling of your labor costs and also looking at an increase in all your operating costs because all of your suppliers labor costs are going to rise as well wouldn't it make sense to look at the cost benefit ratios of automating?

 

[LoneLaugher]

Corporations are happy to have useful idiots like the OP pushing the stupid.

Question. Would McDonalds have introduced these kiosks if the minimum wage were abolished?

Think first, then answer.

If they were cheaper than hiring people then of course they would have
It's inevitable that as technology costs less than human labor and becomes more reliable that it will be utilized more

Hmmmm. So the minimum wage increase is not responsible for the introduction of the kiosk.....right?

In a way it is because the MW increase will increase labor costs thereby making making the cost gap between hiring people and automating swing faster to favor automation

If you as a business owner are looking at a doubling of your labor costs and also looking at an increase in all your operating costs because all of your suppliers labor costs are going to rise as well wouldn't it make sense to look at the cost benefit ratios of automating?

Go back to your answer to my first question. You seem confused.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Corporations are happy to have useful idiots like the OP pushing the stupid.

Question. Would McDonalds have introduced these kiosks if the minimum wage were abolished?

Think first, then answer.

If they were cheaper than hiring people then of course they would have
It's inevitable that as technology costs less than human labor and becomes more reliable that it will be utilized more

Hmmmm. So the minimum wage increase is not responsible for the introduction of the kiosk.....right?

In a way it is because the MW increase will increase labor costs thereby making making the cost gap between hiring people and automating swing faster to favor automation

If you as a business owner are looking at a doubling of your labor costs and also looking at an increase in all your operating costs because all of your suppliers labor costs are going to rise as well wouldn't it make sense to look at the cost benefit ratios of automating?

Maybe we could put it in terms these economically illiterate liberals will under stand

IBM 1984 Computer $4,500

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2016 $399

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Technology also creates jobs.
These machines will need to be built, maintained and also replenished.
That aside the big question is why folk dont want to see people get a decent wage.
Thats baffling.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Technology also creates jobs.
These machines will need to be built, maintained and also replenished.
That aside the big question is why folk dont want to see people get a decent wage.
Thats baffling.

Uhm could it possibly be everything will cost more?

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Technology also creates jobs.
These machines will need to be built, maintained and also replenished.
That aside the big question is why folk dont want to see people get a decent wage.
Thats baffling.

Uhm could it possibly be everything will cost more?

No it wont. Profits will be a bit less.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Technology also creates jobs.
These machines will need to be built, maintained and also replenished.
That aside the big question is why folk dont want to see people get a decent wage.
Thats baffling.

Uhm could it possibly be everything will cost more?

No it wont. Profits will be a bit less.

Lmfao only in the land of liberals unicorn farts and rainbows

Ignorant fool



.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Technology also creates jobs.
These machines will need to be built, maintained and also replenished.
That aside the big question is why folk dont want to see people get a decent wage.
Thats baffling.

Uhm could it possibly be everything will cost more?

No it wont. Profits will be a bit less.

Lmfao only in the land of liberals unicorn farts and rainbows

Ignorant fool



.

Its a battle between capital and labour. Why should labour accept less ?

 

[Skull Pilot]

Corporations are happy to have useful idiots like the OP pushing the stupid.

Question. Would McDonalds have introduced these kiosks if the minimum wage were abolished?

Think first, then answer.

If they were cheaper than hiring people then of course they would have
It's inevitable that as technology costs less than human labor and becomes more reliable that it will be utilized more

Hmmmm. So the minimum wage increase is not responsible for the introduction of the kiosk.....right?

In a way it is because the MW increase will increase labor costs thereby making making the cost gap between hiring people and automating swing faster to favor automation

If you as a business owner are looking at a doubling of your labor costs and also looking at an increase in all your operating costs because all of your suppliers labor costs are going to rise as well wouldn't it make sense to look at the cost benefit ratios of automating?

Go back to your answer to my first question. You seem confused.

Not at all

it seems my answers are confusing you

 

[Skull Pilot]

Technology also creates jobs.
These machines will need to be built, maintained and also replenished.
That aside the big question is why folk dont want to see people get a decent wage.
Thats baffling.

People who take the time to acquire useful skills get a decent wage
If you never learn to do anything but put a hamburger in a bag you get minimum wage

 

[dannyboys]

My first job was a swineherd when 16 years old in 1966 and I made more money than the minimum wage back then. I have never worked for minimum wage. There are smart people and dumb people evidenced by the intelligence Bell Curve.

Check this Bell curve out.
100% based on scientific fact.
This explains the fundamental reason negroes will always have to be spoon fed in our society.
They are the 'Special Needs' class and no one can change this fact.
Black-White IQ Differences

 

[dannyboys]

The one (1) reason for the existence of a corporation - whether it's a megaburger conglomerate or a grandma making doilies in her basement to sell on Ebay™ - is to maximize shareholder value.

That is the fiduciary - read "legal" - responsibility of those who run the corporation.
.

AKA making enough profit to make the business worth the effort and financial risks.

 

[dannyboys]

When the Automat shut down, which was many years ago, I recall reading its employees, i.e., those who worked in the kitchen behind the wall, the change ladies and bus-men, were very disappointed because they were surprisingly well-paid. The Hardarts (owners of Automat) said the mechanical nature of their restaurants existed as a novelty, not a way of avoiding salaries. The fact was anything they saved by not hiring more servers went to the higher salaries of their minimal number of employees.

And it showed. Because any time I'd gone into the Automat I was impressed by the cleanliness and well-managed atmosphere of the place. It was a pleasure (and fun) to eat there.

Growing up in NYC used to love going to the Automat , the food was great and cheap. buttered kaiser rolls , soups, sandwiches, coffee, pie and cake

So batshit you were happy to spend your money at a place devoted to employee as few people as possible.
That makes you a fucking phony hypocrite jerk.

Well since you are a dumb southerner I will type this very slow so you can understand. The automat had a full staff of cooks and bakers behind the machines in addition to bus help in the front , everything was fresh and hot and replaced every time food was bought, they gave quality and value , but being a simple minded rube living in the backward inbred souf you wouldn't know

So why did the close all their stores?

 

[frigidweirdo]

So, McDonalds invented this thing in as soon as they heard about an increase in minimum wage?

Doubtful. More likely someone invented it, McDonalds then said they'd use it, bought a load, and then the minimum wage thing came out at a similar time too.

Life moves on.

We used to be serfs and slaves working in fields, then they invented things that made a lot of this work automatic. Does this mean we have a worse life?

No, we do better when we don't have shit minimum wage jobs and let technology do that.

 

[dannyboys]

Horn & Hardart gave big city Americans a taste of good fast food in its chrome-and-glass restaurants


History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places | Smithsonian

They closed down because they couldn't keep up with the pace of society and its demands.
Their menu never changed from the fifties.
Too many employees. Not enough automation in the food prep.
Now FF outlets are moving to automation and away from paying semi literates twice what they are really worth considering the work they are 'supposed' to be doing.

 

[Preacher]

Well of course. What dummy would set up a business to lose money?

MW increases are counter productive.

-Geaux
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When it comes to jobs growth in the US, all one can say is thank god for waiters and bartenders: after all, a Starbucks barista is precisely what a recently fired oil chemical engineer making half a million dollars really wants to do with their life.





However, the days of easy job gains for the BLS may be coming to an end (even if on a seasonally adjusted, goalseeked basis the trend has a long way to go).

According to Brand Eating, fast food king McDonald's has been spotted testing a self-serve McCafe coffee station/kiosk out in downtown Chicago. The station is located in the restaurant but apart from the counter and looks to be a theoretically more convenient way for those who just want a cup of coffee to skip the regular line (while also freeing employees from having to make each drink in the back).

In essence, this is the company's latest venture to make employees responsible for one less task as corporate HQ slowly but surely responds to minimum wage hikes sweeping all states, and in the process, outsource its minimum wage workers to simple machines which will never unionize or have any demands aside from being cleaned occasionally.

As shown below, the coffee station includes a touchpad for ordering and paying (it appears to take credit card only), a beverage spout, and a dispenser for cups.




McDonalds Responds To Minimum Wage Hikes, Launches McCafe Coffee Kiosk | Zero Hedge

McDonald's CEO Stephen Easterbrook is getting a raise. The executive will be paid a base salary of $1.3 million—an 18% raise—starting March 1, according to the company's SEC filings.


Yeah those poor bastards! They must be going broke! They could only give their CEO a EIGHTEEN percent raise! How dare those damn workers ask for a wage they can pay rent and bills on!

 

[rightwinger]

My first job was a swineherd when 16 years old in 1966 and I made more money than the minimum wage back then. I have never worked for minimum wage. There are smart people and dumb people evidenced by the intelligence Bell Curve.

Oh boy! You went and did it now. Prepare to read about how every idiot nutbag here worked his or her way up from nothing to be a Isuccessful American.....all by him or herself. So inspiring!

I think Trump started out herding pigs too

 

[Mr Natural]

I think Trump started out herding pigs too

And, considering his popularity, he's still herding them to this day.

 

[EverCurious]

See it used to be that employees cost less than automation machines; the reality is that almost all companies who pay min wage would require a "custom built" machine to replace employee's thus the ratio's of cost, as well as older folks preference for "person" service, were skewed in the employee's favor. Today however, technology is far cheaper, when combined with the fact that almost everyone in the country, regardless of age, now has a cell phone and thus could handle it, and the fact that younger folks are very plugged in and thus don't care about the "personal touch" thing, plus ever increasing employee costs - that favor is going to shift. It's not a matter of "if", it's a matter of /when/ it happens.

Yes, tech jobs will still exist, problem for folks who make minimum wage is that they are very unlikely to be skilled enough to do such things. It's not really like say mass production of cell phones, where the mildly skilled anyone can just pick a part and solder it on, the kind of jobs that will be available are going to be jobs that require one to fully understand the hardware maintenance side plus comprehend how everything in the system works so they can both trouble shoot and fix break downs, or on the software side, they need to understand how the code is to chase down and fix bugs or add new features. These are not going to be min wage jobs.

If one looks at the increased unemployment rates after manufacturing jobs left the US, I suspect automation will do the same thing (if not a bit worse.)

 

[Wyatt earp]

Technology also creates jobs.
These machines will need to be built, maintained and also replenished.
That aside the big question is why folk dont want to see people get a decent wage.
Thats baffling.

Uhm could it possibly be everything will cost more?

No it wont. Profits will be a bit less.

Lmfao only in the land of liberals unicorn farts and rainbows

Ignorant fool



.

Its a battle between capital and labour. Why should labour accept less ?

Ok, tell them to move to china then if they want to keep their job