You want $15/hr? How about $0/hr!

[Mountain Man]

Source: Breitbart

Former McDonald’s CEO Ed Rensi appeared on Fox Business Network and warned progressive groups against $15 per hour minimum-wage hikes.

“I was at the National Restaurant Show yesterday and if you look at the robotic devices that are coming into the restaurant industry — it’s cheaper to buy a $35,000 robotic arm than it is to hire an employee who’s inefficient [while] making $15 an hour bagging French fries,” Rensi said Tuesday.

“It’s nonsense and it’s very destructive and it’s inflationary and it’s going to cause a job loss across this country like you’re not going to believe,” Rensi added.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...mcdonalds-ceo/

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And once again, the law of unintended consequences bites liberal morons on the backside because they never anticipate that people will change their behavior in response to government policy.

[Bill the Cat]

But they are buying the votes of the poor. Didn't you know that?

[One Bad Pig]

Invalid because Breitbart. If it's not in the Grey Lady, it's not so.

[Mountain Man]

Invalid because Breitbart. If it's not in the Grey Lady, it's not so.

You mean like that exposé about Trump in which all the women interviewed unanimously said that their words were taken out of context to make it seem they were saying the opposite of what they really said?

[jordanriver]

how about $20.00 an hour without socialism , without minimum wage and without kiosks

[Mountain Man]

how about $20.00 an hour without socialism , without minimum wage and without kiosks

Of course there's more to the story. Once you crunch the numbers and account for inflation, cost of living, and purchasing power, that supposed $20/hr is closer to $11.70/hr here in US, and that's before taking out a staggering 45% to 56% in taxes (not to mention a 25% VAT)!

[Sparko]

I hope the tweb moderators don't demand $15/hour.

[37818]

Eh, the pagressive left are going to usher in food service robotics.

[Bill the Cat]

how about $20.00 an hour without socialism , without minimum wage and without kiosks

And without any decent profits

[jordanriver]

Of course there's more to the story. Once you crunch the numbers and account for inflation, cost of living, and purchasing power, that supposed $20/hr is closer to $11.70/hr here in US, and that's before taking out a staggering 45% to 56% in taxes (not to mention a 25% VAT)!

rent and groceries, i.e., the main things , are still cheaper than USA.

And without any decent profits

boo hoo,
CEO RATIO TO WORKERS.jpg

Americans need to know that NOBODY is going to give them anything, if they want a bigger slice of the pie, they will have to fight for it:

Source: REUTERS May 15, 2014

I’m making $21 an hour at McDonald’s. Why aren’t you?
No, that isn’t a typo. It’s really my salary.
You see, I work for McDonald’s in Denmark, where an agreement between our union and the company guarantees that workers older than 18 are paid at least $21 an hour. Employees younger than 18 make at least $15 — meaning teenagers working at McDonald’s in Denmark make more than two times what many adults in America earn working at the Golden Arches.
To anyone who says that fast-food jobs can’t be good jobs, I would answer that mine isn’t bad. In fact, parts of it are just fine. Under our union’s agreement with McDonald’s, for example, I receive paid sick leave that workers are still fighting for in many parts of the world. We also get overtime pay, guaranteed hours and at least two days off a week, unlike workers in most countries. At least 10 percent of the staff in any given restaurant must work at least 30 hours a week.

How can fast-food companies expect employees to work hard but not pay them enough to live on? All fast-food workers should be able to support themselves while helping large companies like McDonald’s make huge profits.
Employees also deserve a voice in their workplace — as we have in Denmark — and McDonald’s should respect the right of employees in all countries to organize and speak for themselves. McDonald’s didn’t give us our union. We had to fight for it. It was a five-year struggle that involved many demonstrations like the ones that will stretch across the globe on Thursday

source

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I this kind of information reaches every McDonalds employee

[eider]

Ed Rensi, eh?

So he doesn't think that McDonalds workers are much good?

Let's look at Ed......... I think he received a $477.000 dollar payoff from Dave's, whoever that is, but here a journalist's take on his efficiency........ for all that cash....... maybe a robot could have done better, and for less cash.....:-

Famous Dave’s CEO Ed Rensi Is Out After 17 Months
By David Farkas
Published: 2015.06.18 01:46 PM
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Executive heads began rolling after Ed Rensi became Interim CEO at Famous Dave's of America early last year. Today, his own was “transitioned” out the door, the troubled BBQ chain announced on June 18. Independent board member and investor Adam J. Wright was appointed Interim CEO until a permanent replacement is found.
Last December, the 70-year-old executive told the Chicago Sun-Times: “When you’re running a company that’s in stress, you’ve got to do a lot of things differently than you might otherwise do.”
Rensi’s 17-month tenure at the publicly traded company (DAVE) was marred by falling comparable sales and traffic. Despite introducing a new decor, up-dating menu items and local-store marketing, Rensi couldn't boost revenue or guest counts enough to gain investor confidence. Shares of DAVE are now worth $18 each, or about a dollar less than the day Rensi became chief executive.
In the most recent quarter (ended March 29) the company reported comps sales at company stores tumbled 4.9% compared to 4.9% for the ams period in 2014. Comparable sales at franchise restaurants decreased by 0.1% compared to a decrease of 3.3% for the same period in 2014.
“People liked Ed when he came on board,” recalled restaurant analyst Mark Smith of Felti and Company, . “He brought a ton of experience and would be able to turn this thing around by getting franchisees on board to make changes in operations. It was a dated concept.”
Rensi, by the way, spent his entire career at McDonalds. Starting as a grill man in 1965, he rose to President and CEO of McDonald’s USA in the early 1990s, retiring 14 years later.
Smith, who has followed Famous Dave's for a decade, speculates that Rensi didn’t have to be asked to leave. “Ed might have said, “I don’t have to put up this,’ and walked away,” he said. "He might have also realized he burned some bridges early on.”

[Bill the Cat]

boo hoo,
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Boo hoo. Welcome to life.

[Cow Poke]

how about $20.00 an hour without socialism , without minimum wage and without kiosks

You gotsa stop eating pizza and mushrooms before bed!

[Cow Poke]

I hope the tweb moderators don't demand $15/hour.

I don't need no stinkin' $15/hour --- just quadruplicate my salary!

[Sparko]

I don't need no stinkin' $15/hour --- just quadruplicate my salary!

I can genuinely say that there is no salary discrepancy between owners and moderators on tweb.

Theologyweb Salaries:
Owners: $0
Moderators: $0

Does that make us socialist, CP?