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Re:Historical Data of Minimum Wage Increases and Employment ... by mtgx on Sunday June 04, 2017 @02:46PM (#14482864)
Do you believe there's a somewhat fixed wage threshold (for now or 20 years later) that when it's passed McDonalds begins to consider replacing workers with self-service machines?

Or that the self-service machines are going to arrive regardless of the wage, with the only difference being McDonalds keeping workers on $10/h wage 3-5 years longer than they would keep the $15/h workers?

What happens when the entire self-serving machinery costs as much as it does to pay one or two employees for a year? Does it make sense for McDonalds to keep human employees at any wage?

Re:Historical Data of Minimum Wage Increases and Employment ... by wolco on Sunday June 04, 2017 @03:29PM (#14483085)
It does if it produces more sales. If people stop coming because they dislike the machines 15/hour can be a small cost.

On the other hand if people like the machines more they might raise prices.