Is a fast food worker worth being paied $15 dollar an hour?
Progressives are still smarting over the 47% remark that Mitt Romney made. The truth hurts. We have always been taught from the time we were kids by our parents to "get an education and then get a good paying job". That's nothing new, but to certain people who make up the 47%, that simple concept might as well have been said in a foreign language or Klingon. A week ago in Detroit, fast food workers walked off their jobs in order to strike. It's news to me that non union workers could just simply walk off their jobs at will, whenever they felt like it. In the real world, this is known as "job abandonment. I have nothing against burger flippers, I use to be one when I was 16 years old. Matter of fact, my first job was an after school job working at McDonalds.It never dawned on me that I should have been making a "living wage" doing a job that required no real skill to do. The old saying goes "you can't get something for nothing". Silly me, I just worked there to earn pocket money. Well the geniuses in Detroit haven't figured out the concept to why they are paid what they are paid. Fast Food workers walked off the job to protest and to demand to be paid $15 an hour and to become unionized. Yes, they want to make $28,000 a year to do a basic entry level job. With fast food franchises and parent company operated stores cutting back the hours of employees from 40 to 28 in order to survive the Obama insurance mandate under Obamacare, the whole protesting to make $15 dollars an hour is a mute point to being with, Some actually believe that paying fast food workers $15 dollars an hour in Detroit will actually help to revitalize the city. I wonder what these people who think that are smoking?
Odd how the idea of these people just bettering themselves so that they can get paid $15 dollars or more per hour working a real job doesn't click with them.
posted by Alpha Conservative Male at 11:50 PM
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You claimed that the fast food industry is made up "mostly of teenagers and senior citizens." NOT TRUE!
According to a report in The Atlantic:
"The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that seven out of 10 growth occupations over the next decade will be low-wage fields. And these jobs are not being done by teenagers. Across the country, the median age of fast-food workers is over 28, and women -- who make up two-thirds of the industry -- are over 32, according to the BLS".
Although I don't frequent fast food restaurants, I have on several occasions taken my grand kids to a McDonalds, Burger King or a Wendy's. I myself have noticed that many of the employee's are older (mid to late 20's year old) than they were 15 or 20 years ago.
As far as getting $15 an hour, I think we all know that's not going to happen any time soon. But that's how negotiations work. I go high, you go low, and hopefully we meet somewhere in the middle. The idea is to get a raise in pay.
A corporation like McDonalds can easily afford to raise their employee's pay and add very little to no rise in cost of their products. As of April 2013, even though their global sales have dipped slightly, McDonalds posted a revenue of $6.59 billion with rising profits.
You also said that, "a monkey could do this type of work." I quite sure you were speaking in "jest", less you would wanted this rascal to handle your food.
p allen ""The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that seven out of 10 growth occupations over the next decade will be low-wage fields. And these jobs are not being done by teenagers. Across the country, the median age of fast-food workers is over 28, and women -- who make up two-thirds of the industry -- are over 32, according to the BLS"."
Every time I go into a fast food place, the employees look to be under 21 years old, but then again maybe it has to to with demographic regions.
p allen "As far as getting $15 an hour, I think we all know that's not going to happen any time soon. But that's how negotiations work. I go high, you go low, and hopefully we meet somewhere in the middle. The idea is to get a raise in pay.
Nah allen. In an industry where the requirement to do the job is low and there isn't a shortage of people to that that job, the market place sets the price. There is no negotiating. This is how it works. 1. The person applies for the jobs at the fast food place 2. The manager calls the applicant and sets up an appointment based on thinking the applicant might be a good fit as an employee. 3. The manager and the employee sit down at which the manager tells the employee the details of the jobs AND HOW MUCH IT PAYS. 4. The applicant has a choice, he or she can either TAKE THE JOB or DECLINE IT based on the pay. In a position where specialized talent is crucial for an employer, and there is not to many people with that skill, then the employee is in the driver seat when it comes to asking for a certain pay level. It's supply and demand, it always is allen. A burger flipper is a dime a dozen jobs, because the amount of labor available to do the job is vast. Think about it. A Chef working in a fine dining restaurant is not going to be paid anywhere near what a burger flipper at a fast food place makes for obvious reasons for obvious reasons.
p allen "You also said that, "a monkey could do this type of work." I quite sure you were speaking in "jest", less you would wanted this rascal to handle your food."
lol, of course I was being sarcastic. Monkeys haven't evolved to the point of taking fast food orders yet. lol
CB;"Every time I go into a fast food place, the employees look to be under 21 years old, but then again maybe it has to to with demographic regions".
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that median age applies to the entire country. However, I do have a 19 year old niece who works at a local Pizza Hut. She told me that typically the female workers are assigned to work the cash register and or serve tables. She went on to say that most of the "older" workers are assigned as cooks, prep cooks, or perform clean up and janitorial duties. So the next time you go into a fast food restaurant, take a look in the food prep area and see who's in those positions.
CB;"There is no negotiating. This is how it works. 1. The person applies for the jobs at the fast food place 2. The manager calls the applicant, etc...".
You're right, but only up to the point where you stopped explaining the process. In America, the process of "employee - employer relations" doesn't stop there. History has shown that employee's that are disgruntled by what they feel are unfair labor practices and unfair wages, will eventually speak and/or act out.
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