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Re: McDonald’s fresh hope to turn around slumping sales: Ordering burgers from a mach
3% is, as described, a small fraction
No one made that assertion. You are exaggerating again.
when people call in sick, they don't get paid and they call in someone else so there's no overstaffing or additional expense.
No, it didn't address the point at all because the point was that the labor expense associated with taking orders at McD's is a very small part of their expenses. Nothing you said contradicts that. All you did was show that there's some level of expense. You did not show that the level is high.
And how much does that person bring in? The average McDonald's franchise grosses around $2.5 mil per year. $70k is almost 3% of that. That is not insignificant for a single employee. People often mistake an individual franchise with the megacorp; individual franchises are, for all intents and purposes, small businesses.
3% is, as described, a small fraction
The assertion was made that minimum wage employees are completely expendable fodder whose wage isn't felt by any given business. This is false. The labor cost of running a 24 hour operation (two positions) runs well in excess of $140k per year. This is just a fact. If a business wanted to halve that cost, they could eliminate a position.
No one made that assertion. You are exaggerating again.
People do call in sick, which adds a cost to the business (overstaffing to cover shortfalls, potential overtime, etc). Individual franchises run differently, but the one I worked at in high school offered a weeks paid vacation after one year, and I wasn't a manager or anything.
when people call in sick, they don't get paid and they call in someone else so there's no overstaffing or additional expense.
It all addresses the point. People who advocate for nearly doubling the minimum wage usually display untold ignorance of how businesses actually run. I recommend remedial math classes with an emphasis on fractions and percentages.
No, it didn't address the point at all because the point was that the labor expense associated with taking orders at McD's is a very small part of their expenses. Nothing you said contradicts that. All you did was show that there's some level of expense. You did not show that the level is high.