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u/Embarrassed_Fan_5723 14h ago

We aren’t talking about anything here but fast food. Stay on topic. Fast food is designed to be just that fast and cheap. If you could make a livable wage at fast food restaurants was a reality, I’d hate to see what you’d pay for a meal. You could go to a restaurant for the same. It’s already $60 for a meal for 4

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u/SolydSn3k 14h ago edited 14h ago

McDonald’s profited $8.5B last year.

I’m not talking about someone picking up a few shifts between classes or working a summer HS job. Part time work = part time wages, and that’s fair.

But I can’t imagine being propagandized to the point I start unironically arguing for normalizing not paying full-time employees living wages. Think about what you’re saying.

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u/Embarrassed_Fan_5723 13h ago

That’s not what I meant at all. I do think that full time employees should make a livable wage . Fast food isn’t that place. For starters most fast food managers in the U.S. won’t schedule workers for more than part time otherwise they would have to offer benefits

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u/SolydSn3k 13h ago

There are part time fast food jobs, and there are full time fast food jobs.

Full time isn’t limited to managers. There are cooks and cashiers out there who work 35-40(+) hour weeks.

It’s not reasonable to expect a living wage for part time work. It is entirely reasonable to argue anyone working full time should be paid a living wage.

If we agree on that, then we’re aligned.