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I believe it means that flipping burgers do not require you to have any social skills (besides flipping a bird to your "manager" when he/she doesn't see it). An
by kika 13y ago
I believe it means that flipping burgers do not require you to have any social skills (besides flipping a bird to your "manager" when he/she doesn't see it). And this position is very likely to be automated really soon [0].
[0]: http://gizmodo.com/5962656/this-robo+griller-can-flip-360-burgers-an-hour http://gizmodo.com/5962656/this-robo+griller-can-flip-360-bu...
- mapt 13y ago"Momentum Machines estimates that every fast food franchise in America spends an average of $135,000 annually on staffing." Think about that for a second. $135,000 is all the entire staff of a McDonalds sees per year, in pay and benefits. It's already almost a vending machine, for all it contributes to our population's welfare.
- kika 13y agoI believe it's "staffing" as is, i.e. efforts to fill the open positions. It's not payroll.
- mtdewcmu 13y agoYou'd expect hiring to be touchy-feely work that couldn't be done by machines. But, ironically, that seems not to be the case, as companies outsource to "recruiters" with computer-driven systems.