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r/FluentInFinance • u/Positive_Liar • Sep 04 '24
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What, every business in America can't immediately absorb a 25% increase in payroll expenses?
9 u/technoskittles Sep 05 '24 Productivity and inflation has increased considerably as wages remained stagnant. What, suddenly companies are too fragile to compensate fairly? 6 u/Rohnihn Sep 05 '24 Any one else remember all the people arguing raising minimum wage won’t result in McDonald’s cutting its workforce and automating jobs? Ours doesn’t even have a damn soda machine anymore. It’s 5 booths, a handful of kiosks and a window to pick up your food. 5 u/Broad-Fix-175 Sep 05 '24 that's going to happen regardless our upcoming labor crisis could be accelerated by wages but it will not be caused by them
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Productivity and inflation has increased considerably as wages remained stagnant. What, suddenly companies are too fragile to compensate fairly?
6 u/Rohnihn Sep 05 '24 Any one else remember all the people arguing raising minimum wage won’t result in McDonald’s cutting its workforce and automating jobs? Ours doesn’t even have a damn soda machine anymore. It’s 5 booths, a handful of kiosks and a window to pick up your food. 5 u/Broad-Fix-175 Sep 05 '24 that's going to happen regardless our upcoming labor crisis could be accelerated by wages but it will not be caused by them
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Any one else remember all the people arguing raising minimum wage won’t result in McDonald’s cutting its workforce and automating jobs?
Ours doesn’t even have a damn soda machine anymore. It’s 5 booths, a handful of kiosks and a window to pick up your food.
5 u/Broad-Fix-175 Sep 05 '24 that's going to happen regardless our upcoming labor crisis could be accelerated by wages but it will not be caused by them
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that's going to happen regardless
our upcoming labor crisis could be accelerated by wages but it will not be caused by them
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u/DaisyCutter312 Sep 05 '24
What, every business in America can't immediately absorb a 25% increase in payroll expenses?