Last job for which pmp is qualified will disappear.
http://illinoispolicy.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=6204
Recently, unions have been encouraging fast food workers to hold out for a $15 per hour wage in Chicago and other cities. Proponents have argued that fast food employees deserve more than they have been getting, and that the pay boost will improve the economy. But if they succeed, a different effect could take place: the accelerated mechanization of restaurants.
There’s already a burger-cooking robot in the works. San Francisco-based Momentum Machines has created Alpha, a robotic hamburger-making machine that the company claims can produce 360 high-quality burgers in an hour with minimal human supervision.
The McDonald’s around the corner from the Illinois Policy Institute’s Chicago office usually has about half a dozen employees working at any given time – more during the lunch rush. I’ve done stints in fast food, and can say that making a decent burger does take a bit of skill, so I would guess that even with the most advanced robotics your average mechanized restaurant – let’s call it RoboBurger – would need a couple of people on staff when the joint is open to make sure the machinery runs smoothly. Those two people would probably be worth $15 an hour – or maybe even more. But that leaves at least half the old staff looking for new jobs
http://illinoispolicy.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=6204
Recently, unions have been encouraging fast food workers to hold out for a $15 per hour wage in Chicago and other cities. Proponents have argued that fast food employees deserve more than they have been getting, and that the pay boost will improve the economy. But if they succeed, a different effect could take place: the accelerated mechanization of restaurants.
There’s already a burger-cooking robot in the works. San Francisco-based Momentum Machines has created Alpha, a robotic hamburger-making machine that the company claims can produce 360 high-quality burgers in an hour with minimal human supervision.
The McDonald’s around the corner from the Illinois Policy Institute’s Chicago office usually has about half a dozen employees working at any given time – more during the lunch rush. I’ve done stints in fast food, and can say that making a decent burger does take a bit of skill, so I would guess that even with the most advanced robotics your average mechanized restaurant – let’s call it RoboBurger – would need a couple of people on staff when the joint is open to make sure the machinery runs smoothly. Those two people would probably be worth $15 an hour – or maybe even more. But that leaves at least half the old staff looking for new jobs
