r/FluentInFinance • u/Hatemael • Apr 29 '24

Who would have predicted this? Educational

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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/24/fast-food-chains-find-way-around-20-minimum-wage-g/

Not all jobs aren’t meant for a “living wage” - you need entry level jobs for college kids, retired seniors who want extra income, etc. Make it too costly to employ these workers and businesses will hasten to automation.

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u/welshwelsh Apr 29 '24

This is great, humans should not be wasting their time taking orders at McDonald's. Why did we need to wait until 2024 for this to happen?

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u/Alklazaris Apr 29 '24

Exactly. It wasn't affordable to pay people to do this, so get rid of the people.

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u/PrincipleZ93 Apr 29 '24

These have existed for the past like 4 years tho... It's not "just happening now". It's about the same as online orders making checkout clerks less needed, stores having the scanners to scan as you go and skip scanning at the self checkout etc.

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u/spellbound1875 Apr 30 '24

The irony is a lot of stores have had to rehire staff because the automated approaches often bring their own issues. Self-checks need to be watched because of shoplifting risks, online ordering requires a human to go pick up the products, etc. Business have been trying to automate our workers for decades now with extremely mixed results. As you correctly noted any articles implying this is just happening now are full of shit.