Originally Posted by Robbie

Hell, they wanted McDonalds to pay them $15 plus healthcare, etc. And of course you have to match FICA funds for taxes for your employees.

There is always two sides to this: The employee side and the owners side.

To me, an employee should only be paid what they are WORTH. That's how the market always has worked. Got a friend who is graduating with a masters degree in environmental science. Oil companies are lined up to hire him. Starting pay: $87 a fucking hour!!!

And that's just starting pay.
That's called SKILLED labor.

But when you are working a job that is designed to be the first "test" job of a person in high school to get their feet wet in the real world...that isn't worth $3 an hour.

The person taking your order on a stupid speaker? That can be replaced by an app and your smartphone.

in other words...if you want to work in a restaurant and make good money...you CAN. A real restaurant that is. Not fast food.