Former McDonald's CEO warns jobs will go to robots under $15 minimum

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Washington Examiner:

Entry-level McDonald's jobs will go to self-service kiosks rather than to humans under a $15 minimum wage, a former chief of the fast-food giant has warned.

 

In a guest article written on the Forbes site, former McDonald's USA CEO Ed Rensi wrote that instituting a $15 minimum wage would mean "wiping out thousands of entry-level opportunities for people without many other options."

 

Arguing that McDonald's franchisees would not be able to absorb the additional labor costs that would come with a minimum wage of $15, Rensi suggested that the restaurant instead would turn to self-service kiosks to replace some employees. Customers don't mind the kiosks and they have been successfully implemented in Europe, he said.

 

Rensi was writing in response to the campaign for a $15 minimum wage that has seen success in recent months. California and New York have passed laws to gradually raise their hourly wage floors to that level, joining several large cities.

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A lot of people will fail to listen to the warning.