BarterClub@sh.itjust.worksM to Antiwork@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoI'm a California restaurant operator preparing for the $20-an-hour fast-food wage by trimming hours, eliminating employee vacation, and raising menu priceswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1224arrow-down116 cross-posted to: workreform@lemmy.world
arrow-up1208arrow-down1external-linkI'm a California restaurant operator preparing for the $20-an-hour fast-food wage by trimming hours, eliminating employee vacation, and raising menu priceswww.businessinsider.comBarterClub@sh.itjust.worksM to Antiwork@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square105fedilink cross-posted to: workreform@lemmy.world
minus-squareJBar2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·11 months agoIf he had left it at “I’m raising prices”, then no one would have an issue with what he said. The rest of it is just him being a giant asshole Everyone except dumbasses with no critical thinking skills understands that in order to pay people a living wage, prices have to adjust accordingly
minus-squareVikingHippielinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-211 months ago Everyone except dumbasses with no critical thinking skills understands that in order to pay people a living wage, prices have to adjust accordingly Except not really. Businesses have much wider profit margins than they pretend to. For example, in Denmark the McDonald’s entry-level wage is the equivalent of $22 and a Big Mac costs LESS than in most of the US. If McDonald’s couldn’t make a profit doing that, they’d simply stop doing business in Denmark. They don’t.
If he had left it at “I’m raising prices”, then no one would have an issue with what he said.
The rest of it is just him being a giant asshole
Everyone except dumbasses with no critical thinking skills understands that in order to pay people a living wage, prices have to adjust accordingly
Except not really. Businesses have much wider profit margins than they pretend to.
For example, in Denmark the McDonald’s entry-level wage is the equivalent of $22 and a Big Mac costs LESS than in most of the US.
If McDonald’s couldn’t make a profit doing that, they’d simply stop doing business in Denmark. They don’t.