So it begins- Wendy's To Switch To Self Ordering and Automation To Avoid $15/hr Wage hike

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

None of this is new. They said the same thing would happen with the cotton mill, the assembly line, the computer, the automobile, etc. But it seems like with every innovation there was a huge increase in prosperity for everybody.

U do realize globally we are in a period with the lowest rate of poverty ever?

Its not machines or automation people are up against. It's competition. Unless u want to send the world back to 1949, or throw away all the machines and computers, competing against people willing to do the same work for less money, or machines/computers willing to do it for none is something everyone has to get used to. Which is a good thing. If a machine or Bangladeshi factory worker can do your job, it's probably a miserable dead end job someone in a first world country shouldn't be working in the first place.

The goal HAS to be to enable everyone to reach their full potential through maximum employment. Everyone can't be a doctor or IT manager but our middle class shouldn't be fighting for minimum wage jobs. We are collectively smarter and of higher value than that.

Are you saying this isn't the case?

 

[NotAnFBIagent]

Machines didnt take jobs. Computers didn't take jobs. And there are already robots in use.

Maybe you should figure out the particulars of your ideas. All those programs are paid for, mostly with real money.

And printing money indiscriminantly makes it worthless.

There is no decreased work field, there is group of workers that lack the skill to move into a different job. People are partially to blame for why they are being left out of the current job market. If you're a cashier at Walmart, you take the skills you obtain from that job and find something that pays decently. Yes, it may require a degree or some sort of training but that's better than being stuck at Walmart wishing they paid more money.

What Jobs Will the Robots Take?

I linked this article on the first page of this thread showing how 47% of jobs could be replaced by automation in the next two decades. But go ahead and keep thinking that getting certs is the answer

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

What Jobs Will the Robots Take?

I linked this article on the first page of this thread showing how 47% of jobs could be replaced by automation in the next two decades. But go ahead and keep thinking that getting certs is the answer

Well, new jobs will replace them, just like before. Before computers came out nobody could imagine the concept of a computer programmer. Before the assembly line nobody could imagine factory work. Etc. etc.

Since you are so certain the robot apocalypse is approaching though, what are YOU doing to protect yourself? Pray for a minimum income check

 

[NotAnFBIagent]

Well, new jobs will replace them, just like before. Before computers came out nobody could imagine the concept of a computer programmer. Before the assembly line nobody could imagine factory work. Etc. etc.

Since you are so certain the robot apocalypse is approaching though, what are YOU doing to protect yourself? Pray for a minimum income check

Nah I'm just gonna ignore the facts and hope new jobs pop up outta nowhere to replace the millions that disappear

 

[#StarkSet]

liberals unintended consequence



seems to happen often

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Are you saying this isn't the case?

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. The results speak for themselves

 

[Strapped]

greed

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Nah I'm just gonna ignore the facts and hope new jobs pop up outta nowhere to replace the millions that disappear

Predictions != facts.... do you though :mido:

 

[itsyoung!!]

The wage increase to $15 could easily be done. The CEO and other top executives would just have to take a paycut. But they're too greedy.

Instead of making 6 million a year they would ONLY make 3 million a year to cover wage costs...

if you were in there position you would be ok taking a 50% pay cut ?

 

[itsyoung!!]

Customer Service is a skill..... Its the biggest industry in America.....

but the customer service at fast food restaurants is generally the worst around.. so...

 

[Yapdatfool]

So would wendy's have just scrapped the idea if there was no minimum wage? or a very low one??

Well, new jobs will replace them, just like before. Before computers came out nobody could imagine the concept of a computer programmer. Before the assembly line nobody could imagine factory work. Etc. etc.

Since you are so certain the robot apocalypse is approaching though, what are YOU doing to protect yourself? Pray for a minimum income check

Robots are becoming more and more 'human' everyday, those new jobs could be replaced by new robots. But history has never been wrong so...

 

[The_Sheff]

Wages could be rock bottom but if there is a dollar to be saved then companies will look to do it.

 

[Wild self]

And where will the government get that money?

Like a welfare check, but bigger and better in order to keep the economy afloat since machines will take over all the jobs.

 

[Wild self]

Haircuts cost 20-30 dollars now

You shouldnt have to spend w hours of a paycheck on a haircut

I wanna see a higher minimum wage for sure

7 years ago, I was only paying $15 per cut. Now it damn near doubled.

These barbers or the cost of living has gotten out of hand.

 

[Wild self]

I just read an article about paramedic who makes 15$ an hour in NYC!

Be a highly skilled paramedic and make the same as a burger flipper brehs...

The paramedic should be getting paid nearly $30 an hour if hospitals weren't so greedy