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

[CodeBlaMeVi]

As IT consultant and cert holder
I agree with you

I wasn't being a prick but I studied this.

Their leaders failed them. No one said what if they automate our positions? They only way I see those jobs being saved is if the government offers a more than generous tax break to offset the hit and I doubt it getting passed.

 

[I_Got_Da_Burna]

This reminds me of when Papa Johns threatened to lay-off workers because of mandatory healthcare, when in reality all he had to was raise pizza prices by $0.10 to cover the increase

 

[KingMalik]

MUURICA.

They want people working 2-3jobs just to make ends meet.

MUURICA.

They want products from China for $5 (and other outsourcing) not caring it's growing their economies while cannibalizing ours.

 

[duncanthetall]

Fast food brehs do not deserve 15 an hour. The end

 

[the cac mamba]

cant have those millions at the top affected

fukk all these fakkits. because LOWERING THE FRANCHISE FEE isnt a possibility, right? nah

 

[Kokoro]

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...

 

[the cac mamba]

Fast food brehs do not deserve 15 an hour. The end

i even agree i just think everyone in the country should be making 11. its 2015, shyt is expensive

 

[the cac mamba]

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...

yep

and they arent obligated to do that, but they are obligated to be called out for their greed

 

[Ezigbo Nwanyi]

This is the new wave. At the end of the day the company's and their shareholders will not pay an entire staff of today $15. Soon if this is mandated across the board expect other industries to follow suit. Only human element will be providing the product and fixing the bugs for the software doing the tasks.

 

[toomanydoses]

We should pin the minimum wage to inflation at the very least. Whens the last time the federal minimum wage was hiked?

 

[Will Ross]

Not shocked at all.

 

[King Sun]

The amount of money they going to spend on us cert brehs to maintain and fix this is going to be more than a 15hr employee . They should fire whoever made this decision

 

[Jhoon]

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...

His wife may survive, but what about his mistress? Why dont you care about her?

 

[mortuus est]

They already had those self checkout machines at target with the staff next to them looking dumb.

They hang around in case the machine fails. That's it.

troubleshooting and alcohol

 

[MikelArteta]

Any business is out to make money. I work in a hospital and even there its about making money.

It's not a charity, hell if I owned a business and were paying employees 8 a hour and suddenly 15 I'd slash hours, and figure out a way to get out of it.

I remember at my old job the it department was slashed and moved to india, and they started this content reingeering and ended up slashing so many jobs.

And these folks don't understand anyways if ff places are paying 15, now john doe with a bachelor in sociology will be competing with Joe schmo who dropped out of hs