I recently got a job at McDonalds and I get paid 10.75$ an hour and I think it's going to be increased soon, not sure.

I just wanna know what the minimum wage is in your peoples' states is.

I know increasing the minimum wage is not good in general as it discourages employers to hire new employees and it also encourages automation, it's also absurd, 10.75 and hour for i.e. Putting fries in a cup, but hey I'm not complaining.

I'd reckon the only thing doing at mcdonalds worth 10.75$ an hour is making food, imo it's really complicated.

So I just wanted to know your thoughts and just to make this because I feel like it.

Well i am getting paid 1.2 dollar''s'' per hour.

EDIT: Minimum wage in Turkey is around 350 dollars a month.

Edited 7/27/2017 16:09:34

I am paid 12 dollars/hour. Not minimum wage. 19 years old. Minimum wage is stupid.

Edited 7/27/2017 18:24:10

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Are minimmum wage laws a bad thing? The following assertion is an opinion that I have often heard expressed.

I know increasing the minimum wage is not good in general as it discourages employers to hire new employees and it also encourages automation, it's also absurd, 10.75 and hour for i.e. (sic) Putting fries in a cup, but hey I'm not complaining.

I offer the following as a way of giving some context to the question. Consider the Walmart company, which for the 2016 year of operations had a revenue of 485.87 billion dollars with a net income of 13.64 billion dollars. Walmart loves low wages. That company also knows that its employees have a difficult time making ends meet. So what they do is encourage their employees to make use of all the government assistance programs for which they are eligible. According to an article by Clare O'Connor published at Forbes in 2014, on a year by year basis:

Walmart's low-wage workers cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $6.2 billion in public assistance including food stamps, Medicaid and subsidized housing...

Moreover it is also the case that the company has a history of wage theft. Journalist Paddy Ryan stating that Walmart has been subject to:

claims by workers who point to the most common forms of wage theft: the refusal to pay proper overtime, the refusal to honor the minimum wage, and illegal paycheck deductions.

All of this concerning a company which enjoys profits measured in the billions. What if less than half of those profits were paid out to employees who made those profits possible? The public at large subsidize Walmart and companies like them so that the owners of those corporations can enjoy wealth undreamt of in the unchecked dreams of avarice. There is much to admire about the people who run America's great corporations. This does not change the fact that they can behave like pond scum.

Links:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/04/15/report-walmart-workers-cost-taxpayers-6-2-billion-in-public-assistance/#5c6c411a720b

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2012/10/10/1141724/-Walmart-fuels-inequality-epidemic-taking-advantage-of-our-safety-net

Edited 7/27/2017 20:24:02

pfff....

how is automation considered a bad thing? It's good! It makes us capable of working fewer hours a week for the same input of labour. Less stress, more time to consume (in a society with abundance this is pretty compelling) , more free time and last of all studies show we work more efficient and creative that way.

Besides the 40 hour week is outdated. It originates from 1892 in my country at the time of the 2nd industrial revolution. Modern times are significantly more advanced now. We have the means and albility to adopt a 30hour workweek with automation. Why don't we do it?

^ This is probably the reason.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM4zKib4y-s


We don't have much belgians left so that is why the rest must work longer and harder.

I'm paid $12 an hour in Canada. Min wage is like $10.75 or something.

^ I doubt you are working in retail?

Belgian Gentleman

Automation isn't bad, it's good, but I don't think for employees because if you use a machine to let people order food themselves you are taking away work from that employee who will eventually have less and less work until his job is not needed.

Then they can do something else which is more important. Unlearned labour is repetetive, often stupid and unhealthy. Why support it?