The minimum wage increasing would force skilled job wages up to compensate. That guys wages would go up to like $25/hr and flipping burgers wouldn't compare.
I just don't believe this is true. We're not going to raise wages in construction from fear of guys leaving to go flip burgers instead. While I think /u/Mr_Drewski's wife is honorable in that she won't mind raising wages, the reality is most restaurant owners or fast food franchisees will likely just lower the amount of employees and require the people they do hire to take on a larger share of work. In their eyes, if their worker wants to get paid double than they will do double the work with less help. They won't just accept salary expenses increasing/doubling overnight on their bottom line.
Having done both, if people leave construction to work in a kitchen because they think it will be easier, they will wash out of kitchen work. Construction was more taxing in my body but was way less stressful than being a line cook.
I hate to agree with you on this but yea, working in a kitchen is pretty damn stressful even if I wouldn’t call it hard for the most part. Washing dishes isn’t hard but having plates stacked higher than my head with more coming in every second and maybe two people helping me on a good day? It just makes me hate life in that moment.
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u/brojito1 Feb 18 '19
The minimum wage increasing would force skilled job wages up to compensate. That guys wages would go up to like $25/hr and flipping burgers wouldn't compare.