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> However, I think minimum wage increases are a red herring. Increased minimum wages should buy you better employees who are more productive. Never the less, it

by throwaway2016a 11y ago

> However, I think minimum wage increases are a red herring. Increased minimum wages should buy you better employees who are more productive. Never the less, it's just more automation, possibly base wage increase accelerates adoption, but it's not the reason --were just getting better at automation and it's becoming pervasive. I'm not sure adding productivity helps. Since a lot of the time is spent doing things like waiting for the frier to be done cooking the fries. No matter how efficient a worker you are, the fries will not cook faster. Likewise there are times of the day when the foot traffic is very low. At those times people are told to do things like sweep the floor but I'm not sure if someone finishes sweeping 10 minutes earlier it really makes a difference.

st3v3r 11y ago
More productive workers are also usually more dependable. So you're worrying less that the person that's supposed to come in before the lunch rush isn't just going to flake out on you.
- throwaway2016a 11y ago
  I have to admit, I had not considered them just not showing up to work at all. I'm a bit unqualified to talk on this topic as I have never worked in fast food, I was more curious why it matters in that environment.
mc32 11y ago
At 15 on average one might get a better worker, one more dependable, one who may be able to be rested before work, one which does not have to work as many hours at minimum wage to make ends meet. This will result in a healthier worker, therefore more dependable and offer more labor stability to the employer.
edgyswingset 11y ago
Productive workers are better, period. The fact that there are hours where productivity doesn't affect your bottom line doesn't really matter. Managers have been scheduling around these hours since the dawn of time. Source: I worked fast food with both lazy and productive workers before I decided making $8.00/HR wasn't good enough.

st3v3r 11y ago

More productive workers are also usually more dependable. So you're worrying less that the person that's supposed to come in before the lunch rush isn't just going to flake out on you.

throwaway2016a 11y ago
I have to admit, I had not considered them just not showing up to work at all. I'm a bit unqualified to talk on this topic as I have never worked in fast food, I was more curious why it matters in that environment.

mc32 11y ago

At 15 on average one might get a better worker, one more dependable, one who may be able to be rested before work, one which does not have to work as many hours at minimum wage to make ends meet. This will result in a healthier worker, therefore more dependable and offer more labor stability to the employer.

edgyswingset 11y ago

Productive workers are better, period. The fact that there are hours where productivity doesn't affect your bottom line doesn't really matter. Managers have been scheduling around these hours since the dawn of time. Source: I worked fast food with both lazy and productive workers before I decided making $8.00/HR wasn't good enough.