Red Robin is Cutting 570 Jobs. Can You Guess Why?

[jillian]

Red Robin is eliminating bussers at 570 of its locations due to states' hikes in the minimum wage.

Wonder why you never hear of executives getting pay cuts to bring expenses down. Always the little guy getting fucked.

That is the nature of capitalism


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Who is easier to replace a good CEO or a low to no skilled workers?

and that's just it. minimum wage was never meant to put people above poverty - more to keep kids from getting screwed. now people just got lazy and they want low skill jobs to pay more so they don't have to go learn something.

I agree completely fast food jobs historically have been for young people...never intended for heads of family...except for the managers position...same for the rear of super markets...the term is stock boy not stock man...LOL

Fast food is open 24/7 . How do you have teens working that schedule ? What you see is a lot of older people or people as 2nd jobs.

Right. Not a full time main job.

Bet you could get lots of people willing to do the job for half a million bucks and get rid of the guy making multi-millions.

bet you most of those would bankrupt the company along the way also.

like trump bankrupted his and stole from his vendors?

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Crap!

If Red Robin closes up where am I going to be able to buy a burger?

Another elitist response from a privileged white Regressive

 

[Mr.Blonde]

Bet you could get lots of people willing to do the job for half a million bucks and get rid of the guy making multi-millions.

The liberals just don't get it...no matter what is told to them they just refuse to get it...

well, if you or anyone like you is saying it, it's probably ill thought out or false.

What is so hard to understand that a brain is worth more than a back?

A doctor, architect, and scientist (to name a few) are harder to replace than a ditch digger or stock boy. That is why the first group gets paid a lot more than the first.

 

[Mr.Blonde]

Wonder why you never hear of executives getting pay cuts to bring expenses down. Always the little guy getting fucked.

That is the nature of capitalism


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Who is easier to replace a good CEO or a low to no skilled workers?

I agree completely fast food jobs historically have been for young people...never intended for heads of family...except for the managers position...same for the rear of super markets...the term is stock boy not stock man...LOL

Fast food is open 24/7 . How do you have teens working that schedule ? What you see is a lot of older people or people as 2nd jobs.

Right. Not a full time main job.

Bet you could get lots of people willing to do the job for half a million bucks and get rid of the guy making multi-millions.

bet you most of those would bankrupt the company along the way also.

like trump bankrupted his and stole from his vendors?

He brought the companies back. Unlike most of the people in Washington who have done nothing their entire life.

 

[Aldo Raine]

Red Robin is eliminating bussers at 570 of its locations due to states' hikes in the minimum wage.

"Despite what many people, including policymakers, would argue, this is an altogether painfully predictable response to increased labor costs. It’s basic economics. The “first law of demand” teaches us that when the price of a good or service increases, people will tend to buy fewer units. Conversely, when the price of a good or service decreases, people will tend to buy more. This idea is usually presented no later than chapter 3 in any econ 101 textbook.

"Labor is no exception to this rule. If the cost of employing workers increases, we’d expect companies to hire fewer workers and even to let some go ...

"While we may not like the idea of someone trying to live on $5 or even $7 an hour, we can likely all agree that earning a small wage is better than earning nothing at all due to unemployment. It’s easy to vilify restaurants and other companies when they respond to higher costs with layoffs. But it’s important to place the blame where it belongs. In this case, it’s bad policy—not incompetence, not corporate greed—that’s causing people to lose their jobs."

Red Robin is Cutting 570 Jobs. Can You Guess Why?

Has to be fake news. Progs swore this doesn't happen.

Even though I am against artificial minimum wages, this is fake news. Red Robin said nothing about minimum wage leading to this and they are also cutting corporate HQ staff, which would have nothing to do with minimum wage.


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This can't be so, righty thinks everyone should make no more than $5.00/he so these poor corporations can make money. I call alternative facts on this one.

 

[Leo123]

Red Robin just sucks compared to the thousands of other faster, better and cheaper establishments available. I don’t know how they stayed in business so long.

 

[iceberg]

Wonder why you never hear of executives getting pay cuts to bring expenses down. Always the little guy getting fucked.

That is the nature of capitalism


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Who is easier to replace a good CEO or a low to no skilled workers?

I agree completely fast food jobs historically have been for young people...never intended for heads of family...except for the managers position...same for the rear of super markets...the term is stock boy not stock man...LOL

Fast food is open 24/7 . How do you have teens working that schedule ? What you see is a lot of older people or people as 2nd jobs.

Right. Not a full time main job.

Bet you could get lots of people willing to do the job for half a million bucks and get rid of the guy making multi-millions.

bet you most of those would bankrupt the company along the way also.

like trump bankrupted his and stole from his vendors?

god damn you have a 1 track WAH mind.

 

[bodecea]

Red Robin just sucks compared to the thousands of other faster, better and cheaper establishments available. I don’t know how they stayed in business so long.

Around here...B.J.s is crushing them.

 

[ColonelAngus]

Red Robin is eliminating bussers at 570 of its locations due to states' hikes in the minimum wage.

"Despite what many people, including policymakers, would argue, this is an altogether painfully predictable response to increased labor costs. It’s basic economics. The “first law of demand” teaches us that when the price of a good or service increases, people will tend to buy fewer units. Conversely, when the price of a good or service decreases, people will tend to buy more. This idea is usually presented no later than chapter 3 in any econ 101 textbook.

"Labor is no exception to this rule. If the cost of employing workers increases, we’d expect companies to hire fewer workers and even to let some go ...

"While we may not like the idea of someone trying to live on $5 or even $7 an hour, we can likely all agree that earning a small wage is better than earning nothing at all due to unemployment. It’s easy to vilify restaurants and other companies when they respond to higher costs with layoffs. But it’s important to place the blame where it belongs. In this case, it’s bad policy—not incompetence, not corporate greed—that’s causing people to lose their jobs."

Red Robin is Cutting 570 Jobs. Can You Guess Why?

Has to be fake news. Progs swore this doesn't happen.

Even though I am against artificial minimum wages, this is fake news. Red Robin said nothing about minimum wage leading to this and they are also cutting corporate HQ staff, which would have nothing to do with minimum wage.


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This can't be so, righty thinks everyone should make no more than $5.00/he so these poor corporations can make money. I call alternative facts on this one.

Prog assholes are running out of strawmen.

Good luck, you lying disingenuous TWA TEAS,

 

[Aldo Raine]

My local McDonald's has gone from 12 employees and one manager on staff for mornings down to 6... three cooks and three counter and drive up personnel and one manager... they added two new positions but they are order kiosks...6 hard working college students lost their job due to ridiculous minimum wage hikes... Once again a bunch of idiot do gooders doing great harm to make themselves feel good...hey libs!!!!! stop trying to help people you don't know what the hell you are doing!!!!

Automation is going to replace between 28-35% of jobs in the next 10 or so years. You can rail on about it being a minimum wage hike all you want. The truth is you can not stop automaton.

 

[jillian]

That is the nature of capitalism


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Who is easier to replace a good CEO or a low to no skilled workers?

Fast food is open 24/7 . How do you have teens working that schedule ? What you see is a lot of older people or people as 2nd jobs.

Right. Not a full time main job.

Bet you could get lots of people willing to do the job for half a million bucks and get rid of the guy making multi-millions.

bet you most of those would bankrupt the company along the way also.

like trump bankrupted his and stole from his vendors?

god damn you have a 1 track WAH mind.

i know, facts offend you. but that is the reality.

did it bother you? if so, why? maybe you just don't know anyone who was ripped off and had his small business destroyed by the man.

 

[Rambunctious]

My local McDonald's has gone from 12 employees and one manager on staff for mornings down to 6... three cooks and three counter and drive up personnel and one manager... they added two new positions but they are order kiosks...6 hard working college students lost their job due to ridiculous minimum wage hikes... Once again a bunch of idiot do gooders doing great harm to make themselves feel good...hey libs!!!!! stop trying to help people you don't know what the hell you are doing!!!!

Automation is going to replace between 28-35% of jobs in the next 10 or so years. You can rail on about it being a minimum wage hike all you want. The truth is you can not stop automaton.

We can slow walk our way into the new automation era or we can fast track into it... raising the cost of low skilled labor puts it on a fast track leaving the unprepared in the lurch...

 

[ColonelAngus]

Gee, you mean I was right months ago when I predicted this outcome? <yawn>

Anyone notice some restaurants using ipad menus with nice pictures and descriptions of the food items? Anyone care to guess what is next?

Anyone with even a TEENY TINY BIT of business acumen knew this is what was going to happen.

If you have 3 people earning $10/hr it's a $30/hr crew.
If you FORCE minimum wage to be $15/hr, that 3 man crew is now $45/hr.
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OR......YOU CAN FIRE ONE OF THE WORKERS AND MAKE THE REMAINING 2 WORKERS DO THE WORK OF 3 PEOPLE FOR THIER $15/hr, and the 3rd guy is on the unemployment line...and the labor costs stay the same.

This is the reality of how business opeates. They are not going to take a 50% surge in labor costs without countering it on their financials.

 

[jillian]

That is the nature of capitalism


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Who is easier to replace a good CEO or a low to no skilled workers?

Fast food is open 24/7 . How do you have teens working that schedule ? What you see is a lot of older people or people as 2nd jobs.

Right. Not a full time main job.

Bet you could get lots of people willing to do the job for half a million bucks and get rid of the guy making multi-millions.

bet you most of those would bankrupt the company along the way also.

like trump bankrupted his and stole from his vendors?

He brought the companies back. Unlike most of the people in Washington who have done nothing their entire life.

really? he brought his casinos back? or he ran them into the ground.

every time he filed bankruptcy, he screwed his vendors. i personally know someone he owed $250,000 to. not getting that money essentially put his small business OUT of business.

so yeah, Donald did ok for himself each time. but we knew here in NY that the guy was a con artist.

 

[IsaacNewton]

Red Robin is eliminating bussers at 570 of its locations due to states' hikes in the minimum wage.

"Despite what many people, including policymakers, would argue, this is an altogether painfully predictable response to increased labor costs. It’s basic economics. The “first law of demand” teaches us that when the price of a good or service increases, people will tend to buy fewer units. Conversely, when the price of a good or service decreases, people will tend to buy more. This idea is usually presented no later than chapter 3 in any econ 101 textbook.

"Labor is no exception to this rule. If the cost of employing workers increases, we’d expect companies to hire fewer workers and even to let some go ...

"While we may not like the idea of someone trying to live on $5 or even $7 an hour, we can likely all agree that earning a small wage is better than earning nothing at all due to unemployment. It’s easy to vilify restaurants and other companies when they respond to higher costs with layoffs. But it’s important to place the blame where it belongs. In this case, it’s bad policy—not incompetence, not corporate greed—that’s causing people to lose their jobs."

Red Robin is Cutting 570 Jobs. Can You Guess Why?

So the 'tax cut' isn't doing anything. Ah.

 

[Timmy]

Gee, you mean I was right months ago when I predicted this outcome? <yawn>

Anyone notice some restaurants using ipad menus with nice pictures and descriptions of the food items? Anyone care to guess what is next?

Anyone with even a TEENT TINY BIT of business acumen knew this is what was going to happen.

If you have 3 people earning $10/hr it's a $30/hr crew.
If you FORCE minimum wage to be $15/hr, that 3 man crew is now $45/hr.
.
.
.
.
.
.
OR......YOU CAN FIRE ONE OF THE WORKERS AND MAKE THE REMAINING 2 WORKERS DO THE WORK OF 3 PEOPLE FOR THIER $15/hr, and the 3rd guy is on the unemployment line...and the labor costs stay the same.

This is the reality of how business opeates. They are not going to take a 50% surge in labor costs without countering it on their financials.

Why wouldn’t you make one guy do the job of 3 if you could make it work ? That means more profit . You think companies keep guys around to be nice .

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Red Robin is eliminating bussers at 570 of its locations due to states' hikes in the minimum wage.

"Despite what many people, including policymakers, would argue, this is an altogether painfully predictable response to increased labor costs. It’s basic economics. The “first law of demand” teaches us that when the price of a good or service increases, people will tend to buy fewer units. Conversely, when the price of a good or service decreases, people will tend to buy more. This idea is usually presented no later than chapter 3 in any econ 101 textbook.

"Labor is no exception to this rule. If the cost of employing workers increases, we’d expect companies to hire fewer workers and even to let some go ...

"While we may not like the idea of someone trying to live on $5 or even $7 an hour, we can likely all agree that earning a small wage is better than earning nothing at all due to unemployment. It’s easy to vilify restaurants and other companies when they respond to higher costs with layoffs. But it’s important to place the blame where it belongs. In this case, it’s bad policy—not incompetence, not corporate greed—that’s causing people to lose their jobs."

Red Robin is Cutting 570 Jobs. Can You Guess Why?

Has to be fake news. Progs swore this doesn't happen.

Even though I am against artificial minimum wages, this is fake news. Red Robin said nothing about minimum wage leading to this and they are also cutting corporate HQ staff, which would have nothing to do with minimum wage.


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They don't have to. This is what happens when govt thinks it knows whats best for a company or business. Govt fails and it always screws the people.

 

[TNHarley]

OH no! Those bussers will never find work. Unless the cross the street and apply at the next place .

If you only your statist ass could apply that to private property as well

 

[ColonelAngus]

Gee, you mean I was right months ago when I predicted this outcome? <yawn>

Anyone notice some restaurants using ipad menus with nice pictures and descriptions of the food items? Anyone care to guess what is next?

Anyone with even a TEENT TINY BIT of business acumen knew this is what was going to happen.

If you have 3 people earning $10/hr it's a $30/hr crew.
If you FORCE minimum wage to be $15/hr, that 3 man crew is now $45/hr.
.
.
.
.
.
.
OR......YOU CAN FIRE ONE OF THE WORKERS AND MAKE THE REMAINING 2 WORKERS DO THE WORK OF 3 PEOPLE FOR THIER $15/hr, and the 3rd guy is on the unemployment line...and the labor costs stay the same.

This is the reality of how business opeates. They are not going to take a 50% surge in labor costs without countering it on their financials.

Why wouldn’t you make one guy do the job of 3 if you could make it work ? That means more profit . You think companies keep guys around to be nice .

Tht's how you can run your business....that's not how ANY American B-school teaches its students to run a business.....from Harvard to STRAYER COLLEGE ONLINE and every single school in between.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

My local McDonald's has gone from 12 employees and one manager on staff for mornings down to 6... three cooks and three counter and drive up personnel and one manager... they added two new positions but they are order kiosks...6 hard working college students lost their job due to ridiculous minimum wage hikes... Once again a bunch of idiot do gooders doing great harm to make themselves feel good...hey libs!!!!! stop trying to help people you don't know what the hell you are doing!!!!

Automation is going to replace between 28-35% of jobs in the next 10 or so years. You can rail on about it being a minimum wage hike all you want. The truth is you can not stop automaton.

Correct, you cannot stop it, but you can slow it down.

When businesses have to make a decision, it's based on long-term profitability. Automation is expensive, but the question is it more or less expensive than human labor?

When a company finds that humans are more expensive than the investment and maintenance of machines, they buy the machines.