How economical is your local Taco Bell?

Re:How economical is your local Taco Bell? by GuinansEyebrows on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @02:31PM (#41514022)

I wonder what the income disparity is between minimum-wage Taco Bell employees and Pepsi’s executive team is, and how much the difference has grown in the last 20 years. I would be willing to bet that the company could, in reality, afford not to replace human jobs and still pull in huge profits/pay their shareholders and corporate officers quite a lot of money without requiring a bunch of my personal information in order to buy the worst taco I’ve ever had.

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Re:How economical is your local Taco Bell? by astrange on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @09:24PM (#41516764)

Fast food workers are not minimum wage. I don't know about Taco Bell, but McDonald's has had signs up offering $18/hr in the Bay Area for a while which is like $3 more.

Well, they might be now since California passed a higher minimum wage for fast food workers.

> afford not to replace human jobs

There's practically no such thing as replacing human jobs; having a machine replace some of your /tasks/ (taking orders) lets you spend more time on the other tasks (preparing the orders) and makes you more productive.

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Re:How economical is your local Taco Bell? by GuinansEyebrows on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @10:29PM (#41517022)

Higher productivity in this environment pretty much universally translates to fewer staff on shift. It’s just another way to lower costs at the expense of non wealthy people. Why do you think it’s so hard to find help in any big box store nowadays? Or why most of them only have one or two cashiers working when lines get longer and longer?

PS: $18 an hour in the bay in 2024 might as well be under minimum wage. It’s unconscionably low if one wants to maintain any standard of living.

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Re:How economical is your local Taco Bell? by astrange on Thursday September 12, 2024 @05:15AM (#41518985)

> Higher productivity in this environment pretty much universally translates to fewer staff on shift.

Depends on demand.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

> PS: $18 an hour in the bay in 2024 might as well be under minimum wage. It’s unconscionably low if one wants to maintain any standard of living.

That wasn't in 2024. It's $20 now.

https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm

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