McDonalds Introduces Self Serving Kiosks in Response to Min Wage Increase

[Indeependent]

They are getting better and better. Most of the CVS's and Walgreens I go into have self checkout. Same as the Stop & shops.

Their biggest issue isn't the reliability of the machines, its people trying to steal crap. That's where a cashier/bagger is a more effective barrier.

But the companies are working on the theft angle.

I'm curious about this - some of the stores around here have self-checkout and it looks like it would be pretty easy to steal stuff.

What are the stores doing to prevent it?

It could be the UPC on the product is scanned on the way out the door.

 

[my2¢]

Yep, just like robots have replaced one heck of a lot of manufacturing's factory workers.

 

[Indeependent]

CVS in Nassau County has removed the kiosks.
Too many breakdowns.

The kiosks are Stop & Shop are a nightmare...malfunctions galore.

The kiosks at Home Depot are good for small items.

I went to see my doctor at the Cleveland Clinic last year. When I approached the check in desk, I was met with no lights and empty chairs. A woman walked over and escorted me to their new kiosks. Now you have to check yourself in.

I didn't care, but there were older people there that were outraged. The assistant did just about everything for them, but they resented it all the more.

It will be a slow conversions, but in 20 years from now, that's going to be the only way to get service from places. I don't use self checkouts myself.

I give it 5 years.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

They are getting better and better. Most of the CVS's and Walgreens I go into have self checkout. Same as the Stop & shops.

Their biggest issue isn't the reliability of the machines, its people trying to steal crap. That's where a cashier/bagger is a more effective barrier.

But the companies are working on the theft angle.

I'm curious about this - some of the stores around here have self-checkout and it looks like it would be pretty easy to steal stuff.

What are the stores doing to prevent it?

They usually have one person overlooking the self checkouts and also help customers with problems they run into. I don't know how it is anywhere else, but after you scan the item, you have to put it in the bag on the scale. I guess they have it figured out what each item weighs as they do what each item costs. If you don't put the scanned item into the bag on the scale, it gives you an alert and won't let you scan the next item.

 

[idb]

I guess it's the same as Carrier deciding to automate their factories because Trump wouldn't let them move to Mexico.

 

[Moonglow]

I'm calling bullshit.

They would have done the kiosk thing anyway.

How long does it take to design and develop the kiosks and computer programs? How long to install them nationwide?

This has been in the works longer than the call for wage increases.

2 years to develop. Same time KKKalif passed the min wage increase.
Have a nice day!

And places like around here where they pay 8 bucks an hour is getting them also..So it blows your concept away...

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

I guess it's the same as Carrier deciding to automate their factories because Trump wouldn't let them move to Mexico.

Trump can't stop any company from moving where they want to. He can make deals......yes, but not force somebody to stay here that doesn't want to.

 

[idb]

I guess it's the same as Carrier deciding to automate their factories because Trump wouldn't let them move to Mexico.

Trump can't stop any company from moving where they want to. He can make deals......yes, but not force somebody to stay here that doesn't want to.

Don't tell Trump that...he'll be Twitting you in no time.
Sad.

 

[Rustic]

I guess it's the same as Carrier deciding to automate their factories because Trump wouldn't let them move to Mexico.

Trump can't stop any company from moving where they want to. He can make deals......yes, but not force somebody to stay here that doesn't want to.

Don't tell Trump that...he'll be Twitting you in no time.
Sad.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Smart for McDolands.

This is why any humans that work for them need a law limiting how much they give the ceo and demand that the workers get that money instead.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Smart for McDolands.

This is why any humans that work for them need a law limiting how much they give the ceo and demand that the workers get that money instead.

Yes, after all, that's what free societies do; have government decide on pay rates for employees in private industry.

 

[ColonelAngus]

I love the innovation that the push for a $15.00 federal minimum wage was fostered! Thanks, Service Employees International Union, for speeding up the process of convenience to the customer.

I'd rather buy a cheeseburger from a kiosk than a shithead snowflake who thinks this is a career anyways.

I had a couple I rented an apartment to. They moved out about a year ago. They were with me for several years, and both worked restaurant jobs. She worked at Pizza Hut and he at McDonald's.

It's not like there were no other opportunities around, it's just that they smoked pot and couldn't get a better job because better jobs drug test employees.

They were always late with the rent, drove beat up cars, but they always paid and were good kids. It was my hope that one day when financial interests became more important than pot, they's smoke their last bag and concentrate how to be more productive in life.

If we ever had a huge increase in minimum wage, that day might come a lot later if at all. They would be professional pizza flippers and french fry makers, and never pursue a better life for themselves.

This is exactly what entry level jobs are not supposed to be....a career.

Jobs that anyone can do pay very little...as they should.

The basic way to determine if you have a "job" or a "career" is what happens when you are not at work. If you are a cashier at BEST BUY, customers do not wait in line until you return to work. That is a job.

It's fine to stay in those types of jobs, but there should not be an expectation of a high salary for a job that anyone can do with a few hours of training.

 

[ScienceRocks]

This is why we need to ban golden chutes for upper management if their workers are under paid. Minimum wage isn't enough and won't fix the problem.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

I love the innovation that the push for a $15.00 federal minimum wage was fostered! Thanks, Service Employees International Union, for speeding up the process of convenience to the customer.

I'd rather buy a cheeseburger from a kiosk than a shithead snowflake who thinks this is a career anyways.

I had a couple I rented an apartment to. They moved out about a year ago. They were with me for several years, and both worked restaurant jobs. She worked at Pizza Hut and he at McDonald's.

It's not like there were no other opportunities around, it's just that they smoked pot and couldn't get a better job because better jobs drug test employees.

They were always late with the rent, drove beat up cars, but they always paid and were good kids. It was my hope that one day when financial interests became more important than pot, they's smoke their last bag and concentrate how to be more productive in life.

If we ever had a huge increase in minimum wage, that day might come a lot later if at all. They would be professional pizza flippers and french fry makers, and never pursue a better life for themselves.

This is exactly what entry level jobs are not supposed to be....a career.

Jobs that anyone can do pay very little...as they should.

The basic way to determine if you have a "job" or a "career" is what happens when you are not at work. If you are a cashier at BEST BUY, customers do not wait in line until you return to work. That is a job.

It's fine to stay in those types of jobs, but there should not be an expectation of a high salary for a job that anyone can do with a few hours of training.

My first job when I got out of school was a car wash for minimum wage back in the 70's. When I found a better job, I left the car wash. When I wanted something better, I left that job to get something better.

Who knows how long I would have stayed at the car wash if liberals back then got a huge minimum wage increase. What kept me moving forward is not making enough money and being easily replaced if the company didn't like me.

If you dangle a carrot in front of a horse, the horse will move. Give him the carrot, and the horse just stands there and eats.

 

[ColonelAngus]

I love the innovation that the push for a $15.00 federal minimum wage was fostered! Thanks, Service Employees International Union, for speeding up the process of convenience to the customer.

I'd rather buy a cheeseburger from a kiosk than a shithead snowflake who thinks this is a career anyways.

I had a couple I rented an apartment to. They moved out about a year ago. They were with me for several years, and both worked restaurant jobs. She worked at Pizza Hut and he at McDonald's.

It's not like there were no other opportunities around, it's just that they smoked pot and couldn't get a better job because better jobs drug test employees.

They were always late with the rent, drove beat up cars, but they always paid and were good kids. It was my hope that one day when financial interests became more important than pot, they's smoke their last bag and concentrate how to be more productive in life.

If we ever had a huge increase in minimum wage, that day might come a lot later if at all. They would be professional pizza flippers and french fry makers, and never pursue a better life for themselves.

This is exactly what entry level jobs are not supposed to be....a career.

Jobs that anyone can do pay very little...as they should.

The basic way to determine if you have a "job" or a "career" is what happens when you are not at work. If you are a cashier at BEST BUY, customers do not wait in line until you return to work. That is a job.

It's fine to stay in those types of jobs, but there should not be an expectation of a high salary for a job that anyone can do with a few hours of training.

My first job when I got out of school was a car wash for minimum wage back in the 70's. When I found a better job, I left the car wash. When I wanted something better, I left that job to get something better.

Who knows how long I would have stayed at the car wash if liberals back then got a huge minimum wage increase. What kept me moving forward is not making enough money and being easily replaced if the company didn't like me.

If you dangle a carrot in front of a horse, the horse will move. Give him the carrot, and the horse just stands there and eats.

Exactly. There is a need for those jobs to be done, but they are not career employment.

If someone washes cars for 40
years, that is on them.

As we already explored, this push for a Federal minimum wage of $15.00/hour is only helping to innovate alternative labor solutions. It is guaranteeing the inevitable obsolescence of these jobs even sooner.

 

[OnePercenter]

Thanks to the left, now even high school kids can't get jobs.

Thanks To 'Fight For $15' Minimum Wage, McDonald's Unveils Job-Replacing Self-Service Kiosks Nationwide

I also call bullshit. The same person that takes your order brings you your food. How would an automated order system reduce staff?

 

[initforme]

1). Its McDonalds...big whoop
2). That crap they serve is nasty. Want to know what drives up health care? Overweight obese losers who dine there....its slop....toxic

 

[OnePercenter]

I'm calling bullshit.

They would have done the kiosk thing anyway.

How long does it take to design and develop the kiosks and computer programs? How long to install them nationwide?

This has been in the works longer than the call for wage increases.

2 years to develop. Same time KKKalif passed the min wage increase.
Have a nice day!

Why do you continue to rally against American workers making a living wage?

 

[ColonelAngus]

Thanks to the left, now even high school kids can't get jobs.

Thanks To 'Fight For $15' Minimum Wage, McDonald's Unveils Job-Replacing Self-Service Kiosks Nationwide

I also call bullshit. The same person that takes your order brings you your food. How would an automated order system reduce staff?

You order and pay through the kiosk.The food is prepared in the kitchen and is delivered to the customer from the kitchen without the need of cashiers and someone to hand you the food.

McDonalds, Panera, Wendy's, and Hardee's are all moving to use locations with significantly less employees.

Wendy's CEO commented: ""We've been able to create some efficiencies on labor across the restaurant ... like customer self-order kiosks, mobile order, and mobile pay," Penegor said. Kiosks could possibly "mitigate any of the inflation" seen on the wage front for Wendy's, and could for other chains as well."

Andy Puzder, the CEO of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, is convinced. "If you're making labor more expensive, and automation less expensive - this is not rocket science."

 

[OnePercenter]

1). Its McDonalds...big whoop
2). That crap they serve is nasty. Want to know what drives up health care? Overweight obese losers who dine there....its slop....toxic

What drives up healthcare costs are insurance companies that own the majority of providers.