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RE: Want To Force A $15 Minimum Wage For Your McDonald Job? Be Prepared To Be Replaced By A Robot!
a wake up call like this is needed for most jobs. Everyone has this sense of entitlement that they're owed something or they're worth a certain amount (wage) . You're worth what the market is willing to pay for your services... and if you're willing to settle for a skill-less job.. tic toc, tic toc, you're number will be up sooner than you think.
don't worry about new jobs - platforms like Steem will be a huge source of freelancer Jobs now & in the future.
With each year there are more & more creative ways for people to earn money without the need for a 9 - 17 job.
People should be rewarded constantly for every positive thing that they do :))
"Money" itself may become obsolete by 2020. ;)
Maybe sooner...
Well said. The problem is exactly what you said - an entitlement to "I deserve x amount of dollars and x amount of vacation time and freedom to create my own work schedule". However, these people fail to consider their consequences when reality is, employees are already very expensive. Right from the beginning a company loses money training an employee for given job. During and after training, the employer has to pay their share of the employees part of social security, they have to pay workmans comp, unemployment, as well as that hourly wage or salary. Remember, a person doesn't open a business so you live can live comfortably - they open it so they can live comfortably and you as the employee are there to assist in a (hopefully) smooth operation.
Now lets look at a kiosk. Lets say a kiosk costs $8-10,000 each. So that's a big upfront expense plus maintenance and subscription for repair etc. See where this is going? In a few months, the kiosk has already paid for itself and the employer isn't paying into workmans comp, unemployment, social security etc. The only concern is potential kiosk down time which will only cost a few hundred per month rather than a few thousand per month.
best of all, robot's don't check their txt messages & social media during work hours :)