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McDonalds locations now have replaced most of their cashiers with touchscreens.
by flyingfences 6y ago
McDonalds locations now have replaced most of their cashiers with touchscreens.
- kennywinker 6y agominimum wage in the usa has been largely static or declining since 1968, if you control for inflation (1). Given that, it seems like the thing driving the mcdonalds cashier job losses are not minimum wage laws, but rather technology and probably the economic pressure to maximize shareholder value caused by the stock market. (1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_Sta...)
- mdoms 6y agoDid this happen in response to minimum wage?
- fragsworth 6y agoYes, because if there were no minimum wage, they would simply pay employees less and forget about the touchscreens.
- mdoms 6y agoSo these touch screens are not being introduced in countries with low or no minimum wage?
- smileysteve 6y agoThis is incorrect; There were multiple steps of acceptance of the touchscreens including order accuracy, expediency, and customer interaction. If McDonalds could pay less, not train employees, have them touch buttons accurately, and customers enjoyed interacting with those people; then, and only then is what you have said close to truthful. What you have proposed is that the internet wouldn't send electronic bits if we just paid mail carriers more.