Discussion: Is $15 unreasonable for fast food workers?

AlphaOmega

Before my software position now, I used to work at a fast food place where I started off at $7 three years ago. To me, it is IMPOSSIBLE to live off of a $7/hour wage working close to 40 hours a week. I even witnessed people trying to support their families off of that wage and felt nothing but sympathy for them.

The #Fight415 movement is going strong, but from all the comments I see on the videos, people are ridiculously critical about their fight. I see a lot of comments claiming that the work "isn't worth" the money. Well, in my opinion, having to deal with the most disgusting of people, easily justifies a mere $15/hour.

Lots of strong opinion out there, what is your take?

Cannon

$15 is unreasonable for fast food workers! I think their wage should be raised, but not to $15. What they do doesn't warrant that high of a paycheck

AlphaOmega

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Originally posted by Cannon

$15 is unreasonable for fast food workers! I think their wage should be raised, but not to $15. What they do doesn't warrant that high of a paycheck

Maybe $12? I'd agree with that too. Also, it's another form of customer service.

Dessy Fenix

Yes. I'd give like $10 or something. Increase to $15 over time.

blairwaldorff

Yes, especially when they can't even remember to put the damn cheese on a double CHEESEburger.

Haunter

I think $10 is reasonable... I mean my cousin first teaching job was $15 an hour. 💀💀💀

iLays

Once upon a time I was offered $15 an hour for a Help Desk position, no. If companies are still throwing that around for Tech jobs, fast food workers better get it together and find something better, i'm sorry.

Beatfreak

In 2016, it isn't up for debate. This is necessary across the board. If someone is unwilling to pay their employee a fair wage, I'll play the world's saddest song on the world's smallest violin.

Haus

Fast food should be an entry level career that you spend ~5 years max in to build work experience and save for/work through college. Any job you're going to find paying $15 an hour is going to have qualification/experience requirements. It's not fair to those working their asses climbing the ladder in another business that fast food workers could get the same wage with no qualifications. $10 an hour, sure, but certainly not $15.

I can just imagine the losers from my high school that would work at McDonald's their whole lives knowing they can make that much without having to do any work to get to it.

Buddy

1 order = 10 dollars usually which is made in less than 2 minutes so nah, it really isn't. At all.

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Originally posted by Haus

Fast food should be an entry level career that you spend ~5 years max in to build work experience and save for/work through college. Any job you're going to find paying $15 an hour is going to have qualification/experience requirements. It's not fair to those working their asses climbing the ladder in another business that fast food workers could get the same wage with no qualifications. $10 an hour, sure, but certainly not $15.

I can just imagine the losers from my high school that would work at McDonald's their whole lives knowing they can make that much without having to do any work to get to it.

Not 5 years, but a year or two.

Speezy

I've heard people with associates degrees don't even make that much

10 would be alright 15 for a manager
Or 15 dollars depending how long you've been with the company

Adonis

Fast food workers have to deal with people all day everyday so I think they deserve $15/hr for that alone. Why do managers get paid more than everyone else? The common answer you'll hear is they have to deal with people all day long.

bleuwaffle

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Originally posted by Haus

Fast food should be an entry level career that you spend ~5 years max in to build work experience and save for/work through college. Any job you're going to find paying $15 an hour is going to have qualification/experience requirements. It's not fair to those working their asses climbing the ladder in another business that fast food workers could get the same wage with no qualifications. $10 an hour, sure, but certainly not $15.

I can just imagine the losers from my high school that would work at McDonald's their whole lives knowing they can make that much without having to do any work to get to it.

You can't seriously expect everyone to support their family and go to college on a fast food wage.

NX127

That's like $32k a year as a full time job, enough to live comfortably in the US when they're not really doing anything extraordinary

blairwaldorff

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Originally posted by Adonis

Fast food workers have to deal with people all day everyday so I think they deserve $15/hr for that alone. Why do managers get paid more than everyone else? The common answer you'll hear is they have to deal with people all day long.

You have to deal with people all day in 99% of all jobs. What kind of logic

AlphaOmega

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Originally posted by Haus

Fast food should be an entry level career that you spend ~5 years max in to build work experience and save for/work through college. Any job you're going to find paying $15 an hour is going to have qualification/experience requirements. It's not fair to those working their asses climbing the ladder in another business that fast food workers could get the same wage with no qualifications. $10 an hour, sure, but certainly not $15.

I can just imagine the losers from my high school that would work at McDonald's their whole lives knowing they can make that much without having to do any work to get to it.

Well that's what most people do. It's usually for high schoolers and college students. However, the majority of the population rely on entry level positions for main source income.

Why is there a hierarchy on customer service positions? There are a lot of factors that go into working/managing a restaurant..and way more intense customer service situations than a regular customer service desk job.

I agree with Dessy, there should be a base of around $10 and working up.

Also, those "losers" in your school probably had no choice BUT to work to help pay for their education. Which the VAST majority of the United States is doing right now.

Mimie

NOT when y'all keep ****ing up my order

#RobotsDoItBetter

Adonis

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Originally posted by blairwaldorff

You have to deal with people all day in 99% of all jobs. What kind of logic

I make a gazillion dollars already and I don't have to put up with the kind of treatment fast food workers get.

Rico Shameless v2

Nah. I worked McDonald's for 3 years and the work is overwhelming at times but not $15 worth. The people there are kind of lazy trash, just from my experience. I used it for building work experience and eventually moved to grocery and now retail, where I'm at $12/hr. My checks be around $800.. can't imagine fast food workers getting that or more.

This movement is kind of pointless. With the way fast food places are moving towards kiosks and restaurant-style settings, soon there won't be much need for a large staff.

Another thing they'll do is pick up on hiring people as to cut hours drastically so they won't even be able to make more money.

So yeah, just find a new job.

TayDine1989

15$ is way high. Here in our country, the salary's usually 5-8$ for a fastfood worker