so these burger flippers really think they deserve $15 an hour???

[konceptjones]

You do realize that anything less than $15 is not sufficient to live above the poverty line?

Most people working those jobs aren't kids--they're working class women with children.

I agree with the strike.

No, most people working fast food ARE KIDS. There's been a growing number of adults in fast food since the start of the recession, but it's still a kids job.

stop talking the median age is 29

Stop writing, it's 28 and that number is up from previous years.

Have you even read the report that's being cited?

 

[LEMZIMUS_RAMSEY]

so basically the price of food will double

The price of food has already damn near doubled where you been?

i meant the price of value meal at the restaurant will double..you think corporations going to allow their cost of labor to double and not make-up for those extra costs some where..they have dividends to pay-out; debt servicing cost; stock values to maintain/improve; etc

Bruh a double cheese burger at McDonalds pre-2008 was .99 ; now you get a McDouble which is noticeably smaller and has one less piece of cheese on it for $1.29. Like I said the cost of food has been gone up where have you been bruh?

Thats why i cook since 3 years.

Fuck that disgusting chemical expensive junk food

 

[Stiff]

The fact of the matter is if minimum wage was 2.25 then that's what they would be getting paid. The only way Mcdonalds or any other fast food restaurant is able to make ANY money is because of the work that they do at the stores..whether you want to call that work unskilled or not it's the core of all of these corporations.

 

[konceptjones]

The average age of a McDonald's employee is 32, so the whole fast food employs only teens isn't true. Plus there are plenty of teens out there who are living on their own.

in a recession this is to be expected. As I said before, the same shit happened under Daddy Bush. During times of economic prosperity, that median age drops like a brick.

 

[blackrain]

As for the whole "kids work fast food" thing. Difference between kids working a minimum wage job vs an adult working one is that a teen still has majority if not all of their living expenses still being paid for and provided by someone else. That minimum wage doesn't stretch as far when it's your sole income even if it's for a limited period of time you may happen to find yourself working that job once you're older.

But that's just it, it wouldn't be a stretch of the imagination to believe that the people complaining have been in those jobs for more than just a "limited period of time".

We're in a reality now where adults have taken on some of those jobs. Yes traditionally they're for teens, but times have changed and unfortunately adults are working those jobs for longer periods of time now and things should be adjusted accordingly. The companies can afford it it's just a matter of they don't want to. It'd be one thing if it'd cause some drastic increase in prices but it's like the Papa John's thing, the companies simply don't want to.

 

[konceptjones]

you aren't supposed to be able to afford a liveable lifestyle if your chosen career path is a fast food cook. get a real job

every job needs someone to do it. if everyone "got a real job" then who would do the multitudes of jobs that need to get done everyday? is this just like americans being angry at immigrants for taking jobs they don't wanna do?

if someone has a fulltime job, they should make enough to be able to meet their basic needs, and if they don't you are gonna pay for it one way or another

unless you're just cool with people starving in the streets

and jobs like these are usually done by teenagers that only work 20 hrs or so a week, more during the summer.

Ever notice how most jobs like this are staffed with teenagers??? That's because these are jobs for them, not the person with three kids and a mortgage.

I really don't think you get it, either that or you have a bleeding heart that's clouding your judgement.

lol @ thinking people should be able to meet their basic needs with their fulltime jobs being all that's needed to be considered a bleeding heart in america. are y'all just so disconnected that you don't even see how cruel you are?

i seriously doubt i am the one with the cloudy judgement here. welfare to corporations is a-okay, but god forbid we pay fast food workers $15, it'll be the end of the world 'murica, why do y'all keep insisting on going about things wrong when an easier and better way is clearly available?

McDonalds is NOT a full time job.

 

[Ol Jay's]

there's a McD's here that start in its employees off with $14hr but its in the burbs where white folks live

I dont see a problem with McDs employees asking for $15hr, hell the store owner making millions, so why not

Lol at niggas claiming they make 70k or better at their job but do no work and be on the IC allday at work, but a nigga making burgers allday with no downtime dont deserve a decent wage, u niggas are assfaces smh

 

[Stiff]

you aren't supposed to be able to afford a liveable lifestyle if your chosen career path is a fast food cook. get a real job

every job needs someone to do it. if everyone "got a real job" then who would do the multitudes of jobs that need to get done everyday? is this just like americans being angry at immigrants for taking jobs they don't wanna do?

if someone has a fulltime job, they should make enough to be able to meet their basic needs, and if they don't you are gonna pay for it one way or another

unless you're just cool with people starving in the streets

and jobs like these are usually done by teenagers that only work 20 hrs or so a week, more during the summer.

Ever notice how most jobs like this are staffed with teenagers??? That's because these are jobs for them, not the person with three kids and a mortgage.

I really don't think you get it, either that or you have a bleeding heart that's clouding your judgement.

lol @ thinking people should be able to meet their basic needs with their fulltime jobs being all that's needed to be considered a bleeding heart in america. are y'all just so disconnected that you don't even see how cruel you are?

i seriously doubt i am the one with the cloudy judgement here. welfare to corporations is a-okay, but god forbid we pay fast food workers $15, it'll be the end of the world 'murica, why do y'all keep insisting on going about things wrong when an easier and better way is clearly available?

McDonalds is NOT a full time job.

 

[jono]

fuck the economy, the sooner it crashes, the sooner shit we getta a chance to rebuild a better system.....

if them niggaz can get $15...give it to them

Straight up! This shit should force people who make that already that maybe they deserve more, instead their first instinct is to attack other

 

[konceptjones]

you aren't supposed to be able to afford a liveable lifestyle if your chosen career path is a fast food cook. get a real job

every job needs someone to do it. if everyone "got a real job" then who would do the multitudes of jobs that need to get done everyday? is this just like americans being angry at immigrants for taking jobs they don't wanna do?

if someone has a fulltime job, they should make enough to be able to meet their basic needs, and if they don't you are gonna pay for it one way or another

unless you're just cool with people starving in the streets

and jobs like these are usually done by teenagers that only work 20 hrs or so a week, more during the summer.

Ever notice how most jobs like this are staffed with teenagers??? That's because these are jobs for them, not the person with three kids and a mortgage.

I really don't think you get it, either that or you have a bleeding heart that's clouding your judgement.

lol @ thinking people should be able to meet their basic needs with their fulltime jobs being all that's needed to be considered a bleeding heart in america. are y'all just so disconnected that you don't even see how cruel you are?

i seriously doubt i am the one with the cloudy judgement here. welfare to corporations is a-okay, but god forbid we pay fast food workers $15, it'll be the end of the world 'murica, why do y'all keep insisting on going about things wrong when an easier and better way is clearly available?

McDonalds is NOT a full time job.

 

[NothingButTheTruth]

Lol @ all the people in this thread mad because $15/hr is more than they make.

On topic, a lot of y'all are ignoring the difference in cost of living based on the state.

 

[blackrain]

Wasn't there a thread made just a few days ago about how a good number of people are one missed check away from struggling and being considered "poor"? Clearly it ain't as simple as "getting another job" if the people who are making more money are struggling just as much as the people making minimum wage and it has alot to do with how workers in general are paid not just minimum wage employees.

 

[taeboo]

The average age of a McDonald's employee is 32, so the whole fast food employs only teens isn't true. Plus there are plenty of teens out there who are living on their own.

in a recession this is to be expected. As I said before, the same shit happened under Daddy Bush. During times of economic prosperity, that median age drops like a brick.

Even if that's the case, if that's the only job available right now, shouldn't those employees be able to earn a decent wage? And what about those young people living on their own?

 

[konceptjones]

Lol @ all the people in this thread mad because $15/hr is more than they make.

On topic, a lot of y'all are ignoring the difference in cost of living based on the state.

on the real, you can't expect to live in NYC on minimum. I don't think any reasonable person in NYC expects anyone to. Of course, there's been numbers released that state that a person needs to make $67K+ in order to live in NYC with one child.

So, with that being the case, why are they only demanding $15 an hour?

 

[playmaker88]

You do realize that anything less than $15 is not sufficient to live above the poverty line?

Most people working those jobs aren't kids--they're working class women with children.

I agree with the strike.

No, most people working fast food ARE KIDS. There's been a growing number of adults in fast food since the start of the recession, but it's still a kids job.

stop talking the median age is 29

Stop writing, it's 28 and that number is up from previous years.

Have you even read the report that's being cited?

you are an idiot

 

[konceptjones]

You do realize that anything less than $15 is not sufficient to live above the poverty line?

Most people working those jobs aren't kids--they're working class women with children.

I agree with the strike.

No, most people working fast food ARE KIDS. There's been a growing number of adults in fast food since the start of the recession, but it's still a kids job.

stop talking the median age is 29

Stop writing, it's 28 and that number is up from previous years.

Have you even read the report that's being cited?

you are an idiot

if that's all you have as a response, then you're the idiot here.

You have yet to make a marginally intelligent argument.

 

[LUClEN]

One of my jobs is fast food. It's sad to see people with kids working there making what I'm making. I think there shoul be a higher minimum wage available for people with kids.

Students can manage with what it is now imo.

 

[taeboo]

One of my jobs if fast food. It's sad to see people with kids working there making what I'm making. I think there shoul be a higher minimum wage available for people with kids.

Students can manage with what it is now imo.

Aren't you school tho? Wouldn't it be nice to only have to work ONE job while in school?

 

[Purr]

15 per hour would be great for a fast food chain with consistent hours.

plus, the living cost in los angeles and food prices are crazy. 15 an hour would def help a lot of people.

in n out actually pays their employees 14+ an hour with great hours.

 

[LUClEN]

One of my jobs if fast food. It's sad to see people with kids working there making what I'm making. I think there shoul be a higher minimum wage available for people with kids.

Students can manage with what it is now imo.

Aren't you school tho? Wouldn't it be nice to only have to work ONE job while in school?

I don't have kids to feed. It's unnecessary to pay me that much. I'll be graduated soon enough and have far better opportunities than these GED-less mothers I work next to.