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Restaurateur Finds Retention in Overlooked Corner: Intellectually Disabled
- quanticle 15y agoThe problem with this article (like so many others about China) is that it conflates the entirety of China with two cities: Shanghai and Beijing. The vast majority of Chinese live outside these two cities, and the cities themselves are significantly more modern and Western-oriented than other cities or the Chinese countryside. Taking attitudes in these cities to be representative of attitudes in China as a whole is equivalent to taking the attitudes of Washingtonians, Los Angelenos and San Franciscans and using them to approximate attitudes of Americans.
- ebiester 15y agoI've seen fast food restaurants do this in the US to positive results. (I've never seen a 100% staffed place, but they worked with local non-profits who worked with the intellectually challenged.) The advantage is a loyal workforce. The disadvantage is that these workers have more difficulty with change and optimization, and often do not have the same top-end speed in a rush. In a depressed economy such as this (on the low end) it's possible to find motivated workers who don't have the same challenges.