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This reminds me of a previous post for the dishwashing robot. It is automating the easy part. All they are doing is putting toppings and sauce on. An experie
by jnwatson 7y ago
This reminds me of a previous post for the dishwashing robot.
It is automating the easy part. All they are doing is putting toppings and sauce on. An experienced human can do it perhaps a little slower.
Essentially this big piece of equipment saves the business owner 2 minutes of an employee making $13 an hour, about 50 cents. At full capacity, 60 an hour, theoretically it might save $30 an hour. (Practically that won’t happen for lots of logistical reasons).
It better be quite inexpensive to justify that minor savings.
- behringer 7y agoA pizza employee makes much more than 13 hr. There are sick days, holidays, taxes, fees and lawsuits. For 13/hr employee you're probably looking at 20/hr at least in costs.
- kube-system 7y agoDepends on where you're at. This machine could be profitable in some places, and probably not in others.
- kingrazor 7y agoAssuming they work full time and receive benefits. The pizza shops I've worked in did not offer benefits or full time hours.
- jandrese 7y ago> sick days, holidays There might be some fancy pizza restaraunts where the staff isn't hourly, but I don't know of any. Taxes and fees are pretty minimal on a minimum wage employee, so that leaves lawsuits which I have no idea how to quantize.
- maxerickson 7y agoPlenty of hourly employees have holidays and paid time off. Pretty much anyone that is paid hourly and in a union, for instance.
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- kingrazor 7y agoHow many pizza shops have you been to that pay more $13 per hour? All the ones I know of pay minimum wage to anyone but managers.
- screaminghawk 7y agoMinimum wage is different in different places
- paunchy 7y agoMinimum wage is around $15/hr in Seattle, $15.59 in San Francisco and $12 anywhere in the state of California or Washington. I'm not suggesting that this machine makes sense but it is worth noting that the cost of labor varies significantly around the US.
- nomel 7y ago2 minutes is 1/10 the throughput. If someone is looking for 300 pizzas per hour, like a stadium with occasional games, this probably makes sense.
- panzagl 7y agoNot to mention the other labor a kitchen employee performs- prep, cleaning, folding boxes, etc.