Minimum wage increase in California could lead to layoffs

California will soon begin requiring fast food restaurants to raise their minimum wage from $16 to $20 an hour. But restaurants say a higher wage could mean fewer workers. Robert Handa reports.
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[@michaelfincham2749]

''Could lead to layoffs''. ''WILL lead to layoffs''.

[@tomm1583]

No it won't. All the naysayers give the same excuses and predict higher prices and layoffs. In the end it will work out for everyone.

[@Impozalla]

When the minimum wage went to $16 bucks an hour, The fast food industry also did massive layoff. But they were swamped with customers and had to hire people to cover the shifts. It's going to happen all over again.

[@michaelfincham2749]

McDonald's has started putting in tables in place of cashiers where I live. Since their menu is far smaller than it used to be, its not hard to do. All they need is one cashier to oversee these orders.

[@van6278]

@@tomm1583 You're right. People will still continue to use their credit cards. The next thing we'll hear from our politicians is taxpayers need to pay the credit card bills off, to go along with student loans.

[@Joe-ul3gh]

@@tomm1583You never worked in business management. Less advertising will lead to sales growth! This is the stupidest thing I ever heard!

[@Korloko]

Forgot to mention that Gavin included an exemption for his buddy that owns Panera 🙄

[@7c8f9x]

OF COURSE CAUSE THEY MAKE THEIR BREAD, BIG DEAL, WHEN WILL CA. WAKE UP AND VOTE WITH THEIR BRAINS?

[@eutimiochavez415]

How could he do that,no one will work for them ?😂😂😂

[@buckroger6456]

Yup. He made a loophole in the law the excludes fast food places that make bread that is sold like a bakery. All these places have to do is start offering bread for sale as well according to the new law.

[@daltonoftheyear]

@@buckroger6456 doesn't essentially every place have bread?

[@robkoper841]

@@buckroger6456 Wouldn't that also exempt Panera's direct competition, Subway?

[@jonathnjdm714]

California needs to regualte rent, lower the DAMN TAXES!! And audit the entirety of the claifornia government for misuse of public funds, come on california has the highest taxes and still almost no money for programs to help it's citizens? Big red flag!!!

[@luiscarreon1369]

👏

[@buckroger6456]

If only we the people could stand together for things that really matter like what you stated.

[@ChrisRedfieldChannel]

stop voting democrats period!

[@user-uo8cd6de8d]

California will never do anything that makes sense.

[@directorbeau]

Regulating rent leads to housing shortages. Basic economics.

[@billscott1601]

Fast food work was never meant to be a career.

[@jaysonoweh2227]

Than people shouldn't eat it for their entire life

[@PC4ever]

@@jaysonoweh2227 no they shouldn’t.

[@jaysonoweh2227]

@@PC4ever yet they do

[@freshmclovin4593]

So now you get migrants who work for cheap since its a problem for an American to make a liveable wage right 😂😂😂

[@yell0wberry]

I guess you haven’t looked at this country from the political perspective, A career is based on opportunity, if you pay big bucks to go to a division one school to earn a degree to obtain a career and a career isn’t available because high profile jobs are moving overseas, but the creditors want their money from the loans You applied for, then what the hell are you supposed to do?

[@spiritualvibrations2825]

Fast food restaurants will have robots working/serving instead of humans.

[@joshlidowdie24]

It's already happening. Also LA has the first restaurant using robots and AI. There are no employees in the kitchen.🌋🌋🌋🌋

[@malin7919]

Either robots or expect to pay $20 for a big mac soon.

[@joshlidowdie24]

@@malin7919 Funny thing is, both will happen 😂😂🤣🤣🌋🌋🌋

[@West_Coast]

Why is that a bad thing... go find new work.

[@drockjr]

good. Save humans for real jobs

[@Ingrid777ification]

I stopped eating fast food too expensive! Stay home people!

[@TT-rg6yc]

Yep meal prep it is.

[@piergraham4181]

Home cooking is cheaper and better for you.

[@chris135x]

It's not even about fast food places! Raising the minimum wage over and over only makes it more difficult for anyone to get a minimum wage job.

[@Alarcon664]

Yup its getting out of hand not paying over $10 for crappy food

[@LA-rc7cw]

@@Alarcon664 I agree, we stopped eating fast food during 2020 when everything was going on with covid, we kept doing because of all the inflation. No way, fast food costs what restaurants with decent food used to cost. Now going to a restaurant is out too. It costs sooooooo much for our family of 5 to eat out even with just waters to drink.

[@LuckyCeltic]

Lol they can't even do their jobs correctly at $16/hr you think they can do it at $20?? 😂

[@jaysonoweh2227]

Bot

[@devilshaircut9]

Politicians buying votes ... it does work

[@digitalb4th444]

People still deserve a chance to have a livable wage regardless of what you think. Mistakes happen, i’m sure you’ve made plenty

[@htatesil4192]

😂😂😂​@@digitalb4th444

[@Joe-qm4yv]

@@digitalb4th444you’re not supposed to work minimum wage your entire life if you do you did something wrong

[@coldtruth3944]

Big Mac used to be a dollar. If fast food costs as much as a restaurant, what’s the point of going to fast food?

[@johnfranklin5277]

Well, to be honest, your talking about 40 years ago. We do have to factor in INFLATION, and a dollar 40 years ago was 3.77 in today's money so a big mac today is about 4 bucks more. So basically twice the price today. A big increase.

[@coldtruth3944]

@johnfranklin5277 Fast food workers need to understand customers have other choices and they don't have to eat there.

[@jonathantrujillo3044]

Good luck getting a full 40 hours weekly for regular employees

[@steveurbach3093]

For years, Employers have kept weekly hours under 32. That is Part Time, and exempt from a lot of additional benefit rules that the full timers enjoy.

[@bobbob-vw4cc]

@@steveurbach3093 cry more when you can't get a job.

[@biancagerade4229]

Fast food jobs are already advertising for only 10 hours a week,, sure get your $20 an hour but you'll be doing no more than 10 hours a week so you're going to have to have multiple jobs again😂😂😂

[@snow-uq4gx]

We got the money here🤑🤑

[@donkinea6357]

@@biancagerade4229, multiple jobs with more overhead, such as time to take from one job to another, and gas cost, car maintenance cost, road risk, price hike on everything else. So technically, they are making a heck lot less.

[@ddc2343d]

It's insane that California passed a minimum wage for a specific group of people.

[@kazithecanecorso2724]

Votes

[@JL-gp8bx]

Why do you think it's Insane? They do dumb stuff over there is nothing surprises me.

[@DC-qn4wz]

​@@JL-gp8bx CA has $70 deficit in the past year and we're spending even more on welfare this year!

[@Mike__B]

Ummm plenty of states have passed minimum wage laws for a specific group of people, just look at all the states that allow employees to be paid less than minimum wage as long as they receive tips from customers.

[@lololee24]

What do you mean by a specific group of people? Rent has doubled over the past five years and you expect a "specific group" of people to work while starving just to pay their rent and feed themselves? How nice must it be to be you? Good for you, I guess this means you will be making your own pizza and flipping your own burgers at home?

[@Sh00terMcGavinXL]

😂😂😂😂😂 they never learn, they love voting blue

[@yell0wberry]

But yet, it’s ironic that the candidate running for president on the red side paid over $200 to get himself some fast food, the other day

[@hEXordo]

​@@yell0wberry i must be missing the ironic part

[@Sh00terMcGavinXL]

@@yell0wberry that deflection was nothing but incoherent rambling

[@danielcoronado1757]

Republicans haven't done nothing since 1902. 😂 The Republican party is a joke. Which is why we keep winning. But hey "lets go Trump." 🥴 😂😂😂

[@truthhurts79]

​@@yell0wberryyou're the reason California is so messed up

[@MrGsxrme]

The real problem is taxes and cost of living. They all voted for it

[@chris135x]

Thank you! Someone else who knows what up!

[@user-pw3ji3rn3s]

PIzza is bread baked on site so why isn't it exempt like Newsom's friends?

[@steveurbach3093]

Years ago, my neighbor opened RT #9. Back then, even the dough was mixed from scratch, onsite. Not just BAKED onsite.

[@moejoe1863]

The dough has to be made on site from scratch.

[@user-pw3ji3rn3s]

@@moejoe1863 Interesting. Why did they do that? Seems weird that this is the distinguishing factor between the pay differences. Why would that matter?

[@cassady7169]

Panera also offers pizza don’t they? They just call it flatbread? Lol

[@user-nq8vm2iv9v]

@The1965jsm Naw, it's the same CLUB they belong to. The same club from Christ's days that want to run/enslave the world.

[@ruffriffing247]

Thanks California leaders. I opened and owned a Cafe for 22 years and am happy to say I just closed it! You gave me no incentives or tax breaks for all the hikes. I see illegals and homeless get free health care, paid Cell phones, free food and free housing. No point in continuing this American dream as a small business owner. I'm going to file for Medical now

[@Kikester]

Bring your business to a red state like Florida or Texas. Fuck Commufornia

[@PatrickGotHands]

Nice be a bum 👍🏻 one less person I have to compete against

[@AliceswanUs]

Move to Florida or Texas. Those states will never implement this garabage. Their governors care about their business owners, and will protect them. You'd have to be a fool to stay in California as Newsom systematically destroys the state.

[@user-nq8vm2iv9v]

Newsom = communist.

[@emilyfeagin2673]

So you stopped running your own business because you were jealous of those living on the streets? Makes sense

[@danieljw321]

An acquaintance has 11 McDonald’s restaurants and told me he will be replacing most counter workers with do it yourself kiosks. He is expecting to lay off 36-40 people.

[@Justaeuropeanman]

That’s pure greed. They don’t want to pay people a living wage because they want to make as much profit as possible.

[@dougshankle7946]

@@Justaeuropeanman Who took the risk? If you want a living wage, learn a skill that is in demand. If you are over 25 earning minimum wage you need to look in the mirror and realize you didn't do anything to invest in yourself. Why not go into learning a trade like plumbing that takes skill and will always be in demand?

[@jaysonoweh2227]

Daniel is.a.bot account

[@jesseleeward2359]

Well that is his own doing. Not the 'free market'

[@jesseleeward2359]

​@@dougshankle7946have you considered in any other countryoutside tge USA 🇺🇸 thinking food service workers shouldn't live renders you an asshole?

[@brucel.554]

There will be layoff by half per restaurant being affected. It's common sense. Now you are putting more people on unemployment.

[@Robert_L22]

What the "Living Wage" employees fail to realize is that THEY too will be paying higher prices for every product and service they buy. For some reason, they never seem to grasp how that works.

[@norwegianblue2017]

I don't blame minimum wage workers for not realizing how it works. I blame California politicians who arbitrarily pass laws that are economically illiterate.

[@saidtheblueknight]

@@norwegianblue2017 but who do you think is driving those politicians to pass said laws? Politicians don't just pass laws to pass laws...they pass laws to appease certain groups and to ensure they get re-elected. The minimum wage advocates scream loudly and the politicians listen.

[@emilyfeagin2673]

The minimum wage, started in 1938 and was designed to keep a family out of poverty. Yet it has not done so since 1968 The only thing any of us really have is time. Don’t you think it’s fair for a business to compensate people for the time they give up doing whatever task you have them do?

[@Robert_L22]

@@emilyfeagin2673 Businesses, large and small, don't operate to provide jobs, they exist to produce goods and/or services in exchange for a fee. What most people fail to understand is that every business must operate within a budget to produce a profit. If they fail to remain profitable, they'll cease to exist and every one of their employees will be out of a job. Employees are paid a salary or hourly rate based on their agreed upon value (time and skill/contribution) in producing goods or services. I've been on both sides of the employee/management coin. How many employees do you know who can sit down and accurately hammer out an annual budget 15-18 months in advance AND forecast the economy, the weather, the price of electricity and fuel, insurance rates, insurance costs, deductibles, equipment purchases, building leases, zoning requirements, environmental fees, and changes in the marketplace? Not many, I'm sure. And this doesn't even factor in the number of employees who work for a week and then leave. Hiring and training is extremely expensive in a world where employees are coming and going like they're walking through a revolving door. Try telling Google/Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Disney, and Apple that they need to charge their customers less and pay more to their Minimum Wage employees. They'll laugh. A lot has changed in the 85 years since Minimum Wage was created.

[@freshmclovin4593]

So you want migrants then??? Right 😂😂😂😂

[@GeneralBrave]

This is the price you all pay for $20 hr. Reap The Rewards of Layoffs.

[@CD-hc5ds]

No shit! Who's stupid idea was this??? NEWSOM!!

[@RichardMaginnis]

Actually Companies already announced they have to close shops & layoffs, so that’s definitely happening

[@jameshudkins2210]

It's always Supply and Demand.

[@user-cw2py6wh8l]

Which companies? fake news

[@MangoTroubles-007]

How about get educated so you don't have to live on Fast Food money which is total poverty

[@notafortnitegamer]

@@MangoTroubles-007what job would you suggest einstein

[@Kestrylll]

@@notafortnitegamerI notice you completely ignored the 'get educated' part of his post. Heaven forbid that you might have to actually put in some work to learn a skill or a trade right? Or even worse, work for lower pay while you learn and EARN a raise and promotion.

[@jamesbyrnes1208]

Costco $1.50 Hot Dogs and $11 whole Pizza

[@jaysonoweh2227]

Bot

[@yell0wberry]

Maybe you should go to a ball game and see the price of the same stuff in all 30 MLB stadiums as well as every NBA arena in every NFL stadium. Those vendors aren’t exactly making $20 an hour.

[@Boraxo]

Membership required.

[@RoadDogSteve]

Costco pays very well with good benefits. Almost zero turnover of employees...It can work if done right. Everyone wants cheap labor while corporate profits skyrocket....

[@sophieca6906]

​@@Boraxomembership is 60 bucks per year, not 600. You get a lot more than 60 from Costco.

[@Here1965]

My grandson used to go out once a month to eat fast food. Now we act like McDonald's is in the kitchen. He cuts his own fries. He makes his own hamburgers.😂😂😂

[@coleroberson526]

Every day I see completely dead empty restaurants. Higher minimum wages are leading to a universal problem. It affects both the consumer and the business. Just goes to show that just because it looks good on paper doesn’t mean it will look good when executed.

[@karlhernandez617]

Do any of these Proposition supporters actually have experience owning a business?

[@ExecutiveChefLance]

I am a Chef I don't pay less than 20$ an hour. It is a joke to pay less than that. But see you people are talking about Garbage. Like Burger King.

[@UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart]

No. Just experience barely making it paycheck to paycheck.

[@UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart]

@@ExecutiveChefLancethank you for being standup.

[@dabears1895]

@@ExecutiveChefLance WELL LANCE, YOU HAD BETTER PAY UP MORE THAN THAT MEASLY $20.00 AN HOUR NOW. IF WITLESS NEWSOM IS FORCING BUSINESSES, EXCEPT HIS BUDDY WHO OWNS 25 PANERA’S IN CALIFORNIA TO PAY A START FEE OF $20.00 AND HOUR, YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY WAY MORE THAN THAT IF THEY ARE LINE COOKS AT A NICE RESTAURANT HERE IN COMMIEFORNIA. WHY BUST UR BUT AS A BUSY CHEF WHEN YOU CAN SERVE A FEW LOUSY SUBWAY SUBS EVERY HOUR AND GET THE SAME MONEY. HE JUST SCREWED MANY OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA JOBS TOO. MANY START ABOUT $20 IN PLACES LIKE THE COURTHOUSE. GOOD LUCH GETTING THOSE PEOPLE IN FOR THAT WHEN THEY CAN GET THE SAME AT SOME EASY FAST FOOD JOB WITH WAY LESS CUSTOMERS NOW THAT THE PRICES ARE EVEN HIGHER THAN WHEN OLD JOE BIDEN CAME I TO OFFICE AND KILLED THE USA WITH 22% INFLATION SINCE HE TOOK OFFICE. I CAN’T WAIT TILL NOVEMBER TO GET HIM OUT OF MY COUNTRY.

[@photonbeams80]

In and Out has always paid above minimum wage and they have cars waiting around the block while the Wendy's and Burger King nearby are empty. It's been like that for the 6 years I've lived in San Diego. Republicans just like to cry and bootlick and be greedy mf's. There's also a burger place up in Washington that always paid a few bucks over minimum wage, always busy, been in business for 20+ years

[@RickStorni]

Keep raising the minimum wage and the restaurant owners will keep raising the prices on their goods and people will not be able to afford to eat there so the employee looses their job the restaurant owner looses customers and has to shut down. Sounds like a win win situation here. ( sarcasm )

[@ExecutiveChefLance]

No decent Restaurant pays their employees 16$ an hour. Nor would I as a Chef want to pay my workers that crap of a wage. Maybe in your Boomer Dystopian Fast Food Hell.

[@Isaac_132]

But that lady said they'd save a ton of money on advertising costs so clearly the business can afford to raise the minimum wage.

[@matthewm9261]

We don't have a minimum wage problem, we have a currency problem

[@Isaac_132]

@@matthewm9261 Then the government should just print more. Problem solved.

[@wayneroberts6642]

Keep raising your housing market you're not going to have anybody to work for you.

[@Josf3]

BS, Starbuck charges $8.00+ for a cup of coffee that cost $1.00 including ingredients and labor and the rest is profit. Don’t be fool people, corporate greed crying wolf.

[@n118nw]

Starbucks also pays for tuition, health care benefits, and scholarships for their employees. Do you?

[@davidjamesshaver]

@@n118nw Look, a talking cat. Now I've seen everything 😆

[@duckhunt1902]

I don't go to Starbucks but what I can sat as a business owner is you're mistaken on the profits from a cup of coffee. The government regulation, taxes, workers comp, rent, repairs, lawsuits, etc eat up most profit. So yes the cup of coffee costs $1 for Starbucks to produce but $3-$4 per cup goes to covering their overhead.

[@davidjamesshaver]

@@duckhunt1902 Look, a 102 year-old delusional duck! Now I've seen everything 😆

[@The_Black_Sheep95]

That ones that rallied and protested for this wage hike should be the first to go😂😂

[@Poisonedblade]

I live in CA. There are family owned restaurants nearby, where I can get Great Chinese food for $12 and a great burrito for $10. Why would I spend $18 on McCrap in the drive thru when gas is $5 a gallon?!

[@connordoyle502]

I mean even if mccrap was 11$ and 1$/gal gas with those other options why would you get that anyways?

[@Poisonedblade]

@@connordoyle502 Exactly. Even if McCrap was $8, the real food from the mom and pop places are so much better. But McCrap is more expensive, and not within walking distance. There is a 0% reason for me to eat McCrap.

[@connordoyle502]

@Poisonedblade don't get me wrong. I went to college in San Diego but born and raised in norcal...currently living in Santa cruz. I love me some mcdonalds every now and again but to your point I hardly eat it now when there's so many other better options, namely awesome taquerias up and down the state. SD reigns supreme for domestic mexican food though

[@connordoyle502]

@Poisonedblade I was in japan in August and I bought a big mac in tokyo for the equivalent of $3.80. It seemed to taste better than what you get out here as well. I think in California it's $5.80?

[@Poisonedblade]

@@connordoyle502 Around here, I think it's $5.89, but supposed to go up in April. I love Japan!!! Yeah, the food is great over there. Even McFood and 7/11 food! The USA is full of processed crap. I have to pass by McD's on my way to the gym. Let me check the price of Big Mac and Combo.

[@user-jd2vz4my1w]

"Employers want to pay their employees less and less until having no employees at all. This started in the 1970's when two centuries of surging technology gave rise to a worker surplus - the first time in U.S. history (since 1800). Machines are replacing humans which means the entire employee/employer system is 'swirling down the drain.' The era of worker surplus will only get worse and worse until it ends in universal unemployment." - Richard Wolff (economist).

[@mrsleep0000]

From the 'No Shit, Sherlock' file. Did you notice the kiosks popping up? Order takers will be the first to go, wait till they get AI up and running to take you order at the drive thru. They are going to get it to the point where they need maybe 2 people to run a store.

[@kimtrampus1533]

They already have Ai bots taking orders at the checkers drive thru

[@eastbaykidd8574]

Burger King was using kiosks in Sweden 10 years ago because of high labor costs there. In addition, unlike America where most of our immigrants are willing to work, most immigrants to Sweden are Muslims who would rather collect welfare as it gives them free time to protest all the supposed indignities they suffer from being immigrants to the EU. 😐

[@Scrappyhoops]

So decreasing payroll taxes wasn't a option 😂

[@drockjr]

you are aware what those taxes pay for right?? Seems like your rage is directed at the complete wrong area

[@Scrappyhoops]

@@drockjr what do those taxes pay for? The ink for the money printers?😂

[@pimpinace_175]

Tax to spend on more loosing wars ​@@drockjr

[@drockjr]

@@pimpinace_175 there's a big difference between loosing and losing

[@evilgrimdude]

@@drockjr You didn't answer the question though. Answer it.

[@A.I.Friends]

Layoff all of them. As we learned in the pandemic, there are useless jobs and people.

[@jaysonoweh2227]

Bot

[@marcos-rd1ob]

On the upside we may see less obesity

[@jaysonoweh2227]

It won't sadly

[@qbanb8582]

You get what you vote for.

[@emilyfeagin2673]

And you get what you pay for

[@SeeTheWholeTruth]

They have machines to make hamburgers, box it and deliver it to a window at 24k a piece. How long do you think they will pay these wages?

[@Mike__B]

24k a piece? I think you're being awfully generous with that cost. Plus don't forget the service contract that ends up costing twice as much as having human workers because if that robot every breaks down you're out of a business for a day.

[@RB01.10]

@The1965jsmMachines and technology aren’t perfect either though

[@eastbaykidd8574]

@@RB01.10 You can plan accordingly for that. I have an equipment engineering and machine automation background and would look forward to consulting with fast food restaurant owners and proposing solutions that meet their needs. Putting some money in my pocket while putting Democrat voters out of work would be fine with me. 😆😆😆

[@freshmclovin4593]

Ok and who's gonna to be buying 😂😂😂😂😂 nobody will be working so who will afford it???🤧🤣

[@yell0wberry]

But yet, all of you failed to realize that fast food at every Sports facility cost much more than it does inside of a fast food restaurant food vendor wages haven’t increased , but the athletes that people pay to go see, make more money than ever before….. one of them even has a contract valued at almost $1 billion to do exactly the same thing as his teammates who don’t even make a portion of that

[@desertlandscapecreations577]

Wait!!!! Didn't the president say inflation is going down???

[@ClubAmerica92]

Corporate Greed, $4 minimum wage shouldn’t affect billion dollar corporations. It’s all about showing record breaking profits year by year

[@commonsenseisntcommon1776]

FJB and FGN!!! No one will pay these fking prices!!!

[@drockjr]

They already do.

[@racheljustrachel2732]

Blame NEWSOM on this one he passed the bill.

[@racheljustrachel2732]

Blame gov.NEWZOM he passed the bill on this one. Plus watch they are still going to ask for 15%, 20% 25% tips too.

[@drockjr]

@@racheljustrachel2732 Thats, fine. Blame him. Not biden for some figure-head worshipping reason.

[@MinhNguyen-pk9qk]

​@@racheljustrachel2732Remind me again who voted him in again?

[@wileecoyote5749]

Since when did McDonald's become responsible for someone to be able to pay a fycken mortgage/rent?

[@jaysonoweh2227]

Employer pays employees Mcdonalds was granted essential Buisness rights during covid. Meaning they have a obligation to pay fair wages

[@yell0wberry]

I’ll be sure to discuss that to all the jackasses sitting at the corporate table with golden parachutes

[@Ronniejamesleo]

When gen z became the worthless work force in America.

[@jesseleeward2359]

Since they started employing people

[@Reaper-cm4jr]

@@jaysonoweh2227 OK, so what is "Fair Wages"? How about we tell McDonalds that they have to pay $35/hr. Would that be a "Fair Wage"?

[@lg206]

Please. Has anyone seen the houses and cars of some of these franchise owners? So you get to drive a Corvette and live in LaJolla but your workers can’t even rent a room?

[@TheMoneyMakingMentor]

These jobs are for high school kids. Not a grown person supporting a family. Wake up people

[@jaysonoweh2227]

Yet grown adults rely on fast food? The Irony huh

[@diggingmystyle]

Not everyone can afford your money making mentorship

[@spongeintheshoe]

That’s not how the economy works. Better job opportunities don’t just spawn in once you’ve met the requirements to unlock them.

[@testxxxx123]

The Popeyes near my place, let go 2 cashiers and replace with Kiosks, last week.

[@FrankGallagherr]

Shaniqua James is better off working at Popeyes chicken

[@FloridaMan69.]

great more welfare recipients

[@mrsleep0000]

At a Taco Bell near me they get mad if you come up to the counter and don't use the kiosk.

[@Isaac_132]

To be fair, the kiosks often have better personalities than the cashiers.

[@grimsonforce7504]

@@Isaac_132 Exactly, I don't have an issue using them. Much better than those cashiers with attitude.

[@user-xw9eo4lw8q]

Surprised?? The surprise will be that many won’t get the raise, they won’t have a job!

[@arthurcohen9390]

It’s not just California it’s all states that are raising prices and cutting employees. It’s common sense when this went into effect years ago. You really think business owners will keep prices same and keep paying workers more? Who didn’t know this was coming? If you owned the business would you keep paying the employees more and keep everyone, losing money all the time.

[@robdlc438]

Brilliant... Government people just Do Not understand how businesses operate.

[@atom-by5ur]

Ask the "job creator" woman the same question a year from now. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@justonemori]

the only thing she ever lead was a protest

[@patriciaalvarez3006]

That job creater "women" is a man, baby!!

[@robertbokke]

She'll be out at a job a year from now.

[@christas4767]

@@robertbokke😂😂😂 good one!

[@jakemarlow8998]

I'm old enough to remember when unskilled labor jobs (like in the fast food industry) were occupied by high school kids and recent immigrants. McDonalds was my first job, as it was for my two sisters. It was the entry point of the labor market and no one expected to remain there for more than a few years. $20 an hour for entry-level unskilled labor is insanity.

[@lancetruong4957]

Totally agree.

[@mrsleep0000]

I haven't seen a kid working anywhere at a fast food restaurant in years at this point, it's all middle aged immigrants.

[@Your_mom736]

It’s really just math that clearly most people don’t understand. A wage is just a metric of labor. You can’t increase the metric at the bottom without increasing it all the way up the food chain. If skilled laborers made 20.00 before, they’ll want to now make 25-30. If managers of skilled laborers made 30-40 before, they’ll need 50+. How long before every job that brings you the things you want and need increases by 15-25%. Then we’re back where we started and we do this all over again. Wake up dumb people. It’s just basic math.

[@steveurbach3093]

We also learned to show up ON TIME, ready to work. How to ADD make change (no POS terminals). And sweep / mop floors. From there I went to the 'Mail room'.

[@ExecutiveChefLance]

Maybe we shouldn't subsidize McDonalds through Corn Syrup and other nonsense and we should support actually Chefs like me. I have literally never paid less than 20$ an hour but also your not gonna leave my Kitchen unskilled. Let me tell you I feel sorry for the people who worked in McDonalds versus the young kids who decided to apply to my restaurant and learned how to actually cook. To run a perfect Burger spot you need to know how to Cook. But Americans are obsessed with Trash Can Food what can I say?

[@williamrice71]

20$ an hour is NOTHING still need two jobs ..like 80 hours a week at that rate to even survive.. forget about homeownership or good medical coverage ...if a business can't afford to pay 20$ an hour then maby they need a better business model...

[@miguelabonce8110]

The governor and the legislators should cover the increase from their salaries

[@stultus1789]

A lot of people in California voted for this. I noticed it's not very crowded at fast food places that have $20 and up burgers. But they sure love In-N-Out's burgers for $10. It's always crowded there.

[@lancetruong4957]

Not anymore. Guarantee it will go up from 10$.

[@moejoe1863]

I'm am not aware of any fast food restaurant selling $20 burgers. A Big Mac is $6.39.

[@hector6005]

In N Out already pays $20 hr and they are profitable@@lancetruong4957

[@hector6005]

It depends on the part of California, but here in Los Angeles they make $20

[@lancetruong4957]

@ moejoe1863 April is when they raise the price, the law goes into effect.

[@imathreat209]

If you asked most fast food workers what minimum wage should be, they'd reply saying 40/hr.

[@drockjr]

would you flip burgers for $400k? You would? Oh, so its not a job problem but a pay problem then

[@imathreat209]

@@drockjr what

[@drockjr]

@@imathreat209 WOULD YOU FLIP BURGERS FOR $400K? YOU WOULD? OH, SO ITS NOT A JOB PROBLEM BUT A PAY PROBLEM.. There, I used big letters so you can read. I cannot help your comprehension skills though

[@imathreat209]

@@drockjr hmmmm

[@Wongseifu548]

Most fast food workers do not understand the concept of inflatipn

[@scruffy7443]

Newsome's going to raise the price of rent, gas, electricity, cost of living throughout California.

[@TrestanSKYWALKR]

They say that every time minimum wage is raised. Companies will just pass the cost on to customers as usual. Until restaurants are fully automated with robots, layoffs will not happen.

[@FijiBlueM00gie]

Bruh McDonald’s job is not meant for aldults who have car payments or mortgage lol. Fast food jobs are meant for teenagers high schoolers or college students that’s why wages are low to make food affordable. If you want a good paying job go to an actual restaurant.

[@ExecutiveChefLance]

I was a Sous Chef in College dude. Who TF wants to work garbage fast food? Serious Question? Most Chefs will Mentor any person who has a tiny bit of restaurant experience and a willingness to learn. All the people complaining have never hired for a Crap Restaurant who wasn't willing to pay above like 15$ an hour. Guess what it is insane hard to hire people. And that is why I will never manage any place lowballing wages. Literally the worst job. People complaining here have ZERO RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE. Don't understand what Loyalty means. Which is a Classic Boomer Trait apparently why everyone is walking out on people now a days. No respect for those who were Loyal to the Company.

[@jacknguyen5677]

Or get a living wage skill.

[@hyphydan]

Then why are all the employees Hispanic Adults ?

[@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie]

Exactly. It's a a second or part time job. It was never meant for you to survive on in the begining.

[@ElizabethQueenLord]

Exactly! My first job at 16 was in fast food - didn't take me long to find a better paying desk job either 😂 ended up working there until i finished HS - can't imagine depending on a fast food job as a grown adult.

[@ronaldwong6092]

There is more choices of less expensive food in a grocery store.

[@BlueDroneBlues]

Whether the minimum wage increases or not, there are always layoffs! If it isn't this for the reason there are plenty of others to do layoffs. Costs like aways will go up like they always do for so many other reasons besides the occasional wage increase. (Same sheet, different day!)

[@user-cw2py6wh8l]

Just add bread to your menu and avoid the wage increase.

[@carribgirl007]

People need to boycott all fast food. Health will improve and people will have more money.

[@danc2014]

Not everyone can bring food from home or eat at a real restaurant. You will now make people eat per packaged snacks instead. bag of chips and can of soda with a donuts. what ever thy can find at the 7 11.

[@manuelsoriano2896]

News networks saying this don’t surprise me they don’t want people to get a decent pay

[@LunaLapin-ho5tk]

If a company cannot afford to pay the "decent wage" because the employee is not worth then you go without a job.

[@wam7484]

You bet. I say pay everyone $100 an hour. What could go wrong?

[@LunaLapin-ho5tk]

@@wam7484 California is eyeing a $50 an hour min wage within the next decade. LOL, there will be no more businesses in Cali. but that's what they want. Dems claim business is destroying the country and the US is better off without businesses.

[@timward3116]

It won't lead to layoffs. Every restaurant owner makes sure that there are only the minimum necessary people on staff and that they are paid only the minimum amount to stay - and many just leave anyway and are replaced by someone who has to learn the job all over again. I've managed in fast food companies. It's all just smoke and mirrors, empty threats designed to keep maximizing profits while maintaining slave wages. All they'll do is raise their menu prices a bit, blame it on the workers, and pocket the increase.

[@XwoooahX]

Instead of raising the wages, why doesn't their state government lower payroll taxes? Oh wait.... that would put the cost on the government and not the business. Maybe California government can make up for the loss in tax revenue by ending the South Bay Labor Council.

[@MezzaMorta357]

How ironic, they wanted more money and now they getting no money.

[@rocknrobert1]

The good news is you'll never see a line of customers at these places anymore

[@timjohnshort]

Yes, how else are you going to keep up with governments endless spending and money printing without raising minimum wage for fast food employees???

[@BrianYamabe]

Ah, Fast Food Council, in other words politicians paying off their buddies. That's the real money making job.

[@bobbykimble6358]

Isn't this obvious it would happen?

[@jashannon]

Regarding California's fast food wage hike to $20 from $16, a worker at McDonalds told me the franchise owner cut hours -- especially overtime hours which was $24 and now is $30, nobody was laid off, the prices were not increased, the restaurant didn't go out of business, and the workers are happier as they have a bigger paycheck without working overtime hours to pay their bills. You could even guess that the only major change is that the workers have to work more efficiently -- but they are able to due to not being as tired having 8 hour shifts rather than 12 hour shifts. Or 32 hour weeks compared to 40 hour weeks.

[@jasonx409able]

What about us warehouse workers???? Are job is physical and demanding tooo??

[@chadmcginney1600]

I worked fast food as a teenager in SoCal. My experiences motivated me to go to college and work in an industry where there would be unlimited opportunities and promotions. Life is all about choices, pick wisely!!! I sure as hell didn’t want to flip burgers, scoop fries and clean pots and pans the rest of my life. Sone jobs were not meant to provide a Living Wage. They were meant to teach responsibility and provide for lesser needs. I mucked horse stalls too! I knew I didn’t want to do that forever either and I love being around horses! 🇺🇸

[@jaysonoweh2227]

It's not meant to pay a livable wage, yet people rely on fast food/ eat fast food their entire life. Can't have it both ways

[@patdough7515]

I stopped eating at fast foods long ago … sky rocketing prices, lower quality food.

[@chervang4461]

$20 minimum? It is killing the small businesses .

[@frozenlama23]

Blame the cost of inflation😅

[@anthonygermano9363]

Hell we all need a God Damn Raise. Who the hell couldn’t use more money on their paychecks? I say we all make 50.00 a hour. That should be enough, Right? Starting April 1, I will be bringing my own lunch to work. So good luck with your new pay, I hope your job sticks around.

[@HabibTheHeeb]

At Carl’s Jr they already got you talking to a robot when ordering in the drive thru

[@joeyGalileoHotto]

Most likely because of that and because they hired an influx of illegals who dont speak English

[@NeverTooLate546]

holy shit. Really?

[@davidjamesshaver]

No source.

[@joeyGalileoHotto]

Most likely because they hired an influx of illegals who dont speak English

[@CalvinMorris-cf8jk]

how on earth can you pay a teenager 22 to 26 dollars a hour to flip hamburgers . mind boggling.

[@markcourson3151]

That is what the minimum wage should be, PERIOD. You act like that is a lot of money. What king of economic fool are you? Money put in a the bottom is what make an economy thrive!

[@Deebo277]

How much should you pay adults that flip hamburgers? Who cares how much their getting paid, if you don't like the increase in prices don't order your hamburger if you can't afford it.

[@wayneroberts6642]

How can you be having rent at 2800 a month..

[@boofert.washington2499]

only a fool would pay that much for a burger.@@Deebo277

[@Deebo277]

@@dokedoker3340 You had to edit your comment and I'm the flunky👏👍. Yes prices go up and if burgers go up then I suck it up and either pay if I can or don't if I can't. What I don't do is blame the worker by telling Congress that fast food workers should get paid whatever the company decides to pay. You obviously have never worked in fast food or any customer service job otherwise you'd understand. Real flunkies like you defend the corporations and then demand quality service at the lowest cost to you. So enjoy that .99¢ value menu burger. And if you're feeling extra good today, super size it! You deserve it.

[@Awol95555]

That lady does not know what she is talking about.

[@prasadquests.007]

Prayers for All businesses.

[@BayawKhem]

Flipping burgers get paid more than flipping diapers.

[@tripledelight8104]

The more money you make, the more you pay taxes.....the California government will get a huge payout, and most people fail to see that.

[@jerradwilson]

And the California government will be able to pay for more teachers and other jobs and contractors to build and improve our infrastructure and educational system. Seems like a win-win to me.

[@BobJones-nk6nl]

@@jerradwilson CA public schools rank #34 in the country and CA has the highest income tax in the country. Try again.

[@jerradwilson]

@@BobJones-nk6nl We can thank Republican Howard Jarvis for giving us Prop 13. That's why our schools are so bad and why our income taxes are so high. They had to make up the shortfall somewhere, even partially.

[@tripledelight8104]

In 2022-23, state, local, and federal funding for California K-12 public schools was roughly $127 billion, compared to roughly $133 billion in 2021-22 (estimates as of July 2023). “Roughly, a $24 billion erosion in revenues corresponds to a $15 billion increase in the budget problem. This would expand the $58 billion estimated deficit to $73 billion under our updated revenue forecast,” the LAO report read. That means lawmakers are going to have to find “new budget solutions” to ensure a balanced budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year. The LAO said solutions could include increasing revenue, reducing either - or both - one-time and ongoing spending, and exploring the possibility of cost shifts or dipping into reserves. Department of Finance director Joe Stephenshaw said in January one early action item would involve increasing the managed care organization tax by $1.5 billion to help fund a Medi-Cal expansion for undocumented immigrants. Newly enacted state law providing free health care for all illegal immigrants residing in California could cost taxpayers between $3 billion and $6 billion per year, according to recent estimates by state and federal lawmakers.

[@BobJones-nk6nl]

Yeah I'm not surprised. Keep blaming others for your failure.

[@saulreyes6169]

Rent is got higher because of the property taxes going up.

[@jadetiger88888]

Play stupid games get stupid prizes

[@taubevictor8989]

If they get the raise, will employees stop getting government assistance

[@hyphydan]

If you work more than 20 hours a week in California you will probably exceed income limits for most of those programs.

[@WarofThoughts]

The government doesn't want to keep paying for these programs but is trying to frame it as they are being moral by raising the minimum wage. The plebs will praise the government without realizing that the government is shifting the costs onto business.

[@marshapelo9830]

So what if they layoff. Everybody still better off with higher wages.

[@JeffC-fq1be]

The biggest non-story of the year. People will complain about prices at first but then they will return, as they always do. Fast food joints will have full employment. Employees at smaller places will have to stay where they are. I avoid fast food and California like the plagues, but that's how I see it.

[@RavagHer]

meanwhile all the other minimum wage job workers are like, "wtf is this bullshit?"

[@dougshankle7946]

BINGO! My lady is in social work and people like nurses aids or caregivers literally look at this rate hike for a skill less job like flipping burgers as a slap in the face. We reward people's bad decisions (being 25 or 30 and earning min wage) and give folks who went into meaningful but low paying jobs the Heisman.

[@yell0wberry]

Tell me about it, a POS place such as Autozone still pays minimum wage and customers walk in the store, expecting these people to be parts experts. The jackasses at corporate should clearly understand, you get what you pay for.

[@Medicbobs]

​@@dougshankle7946exactly right! Complete bullshit.

[@hankl6897]

the impeach Gov N...PUTTING SMALL FOOD BUSSINES OUT OF CALIFORNIA..SHAME ON THE GOV😮😮

[@peterbedford2610]

Small, cheap bread makers will be installed in many of them. Problem solved

[@danc2014]

you actually have to sell the bread too as a large % of your sale. Plus because you sell bread dose not make the workers stop looking for the higher paying jobs next door.

[@elcompaish2141]

How about lower taxes?

[@DMarshallSR]

Imagine getting more upset about a fast food worker earning what is still below a living wage in many areas of the state than about tax breaks for billionaires.

[@pimpinace_175]

How about tax breaks for all no more tax commie

[@connordoyle502]

Billionaire tax breaks dont affect me. Cool Bill Gates didnt pay his 1 billion he should've to fund Israel bombing gaza and to give migrants money. But the price of food affects me.

[@eastbaykidd8574]

Stop it with the ignorant trope, the top 1% of all income earners pay about 35% of all individual income taxes. How much are you paying again?

[@spongeintheshoe]

@@eastbaykidd8574 And the top 1% own 90% of the wealth.

[@eastbaykidd8574]

@@spongeintheshoe Grow up and learn some real job skills instead of crying like a baby.

[@Thomas23-tu8gj]

This is entirely foreseeable. Raising the "fast food" minimum wage above the "regular" minimum wage has to be one of the stupidest things California has ever done (and that is a LONG list!). Closures and increased automation are the inevitable results.

[@jaysonoweh2227]

Bot account

[@nejo4664]

Minimum wage jobs needs to stay under $15 /hour. They're jobs that don't require any education or a highschool diploma. I suggest getting a better job that pays better. If fast food workers is demanding a higher minimum wage, it effects other goods/services. Expect fewer customers to eat at fast food places since the prices will go . Restaurant closures will be coming. I wouldn't want to pay those ridiculous prices. I have been cooking more at home to get more of my money's worth.

[@josephlalock8378]

it needs to be under $10.

[@nejo4664]

​@@josephlalock8378I agree, my first job was at Walgreens and minimum wage then was around $9/hr.

[@middleguy1776]

No minimum wage is needed at all.

[@steveurbach3093]

@@middleguy1776 Not a good plan. There are Employers that would not even pay a quarter if they could get away with that. Just look at all the Wage Theft (stealing tips from workers under Tip rules), or requiring meetings / training that we 'off the clock'

[@BobJones-nk6nl]

Why not let the free market decide? If they cannot get people to work for low wages, they would need to pay more. I don't think that will happen because we have plenty of labor supply offsetting demand.

[@ktloz2246]

More taxation without representation.

[@erikh9991]

Can that counsel lady get fired if she is wrong?

[@Autotad]

We asked to solve the tipping issue... but we got this...

[@Tyrantking7]

Oh noes, if only someone could have predicted that drastically increasing the minimum wage would lead to massive layoffs.

[@bc3685]

The fast food stores will soon start shutting down!

[@chrisbarrington798]

Less workers means slower/longer line up

[@justinwilliams7148]

I remember when they did this with health care. Requiring businesses to give all full time workers health benefits. Surprise surprise you now work 30 hours and don't qualify and the smug politicians when confronted with the reality told us that working 30 hours gives us more free time to explore ourselves.... while forgetting the whole health care issue.

[@sjacks3281]

Employees only started providing health care benefits because they didn’t want to pay their workers more

[@jesseleeward2359]

Why are poor American people cheering on the very rich against the struggling and desperate?

[@spongeintheshoe]

@@jesseleeward2359 Because they imagine _they’ll_ be rich one day.

[@jesseleeward2359]

@@spongeintheshoe This is all so stupid. Americans don't mind living in poverty? And only having educated and highly trained professionals able to live off their wages? I lived there I know they do. It is all too obscene.

[@spongeintheshoe]

@@jesseleeward2359 A lot of the Americans living in poverty consider themselves to be “temporarily-embarrassed millionaires.” And they imagine that once that passes, they’ll be the ones benefiting from that obscenity.

[@poopingwhilestanding5801]

Why did Gavin Newsome give an exemption to Panera Bread? Was it because the owner gave him campaign money???? Nah, he'd NEVER DO THAT!

[@yell0wberry]

I guess you didn’t read the fine print, Panera is not exempt because they do not make bread in their restaurants, it is shipped to them

[@DarkstarDarth]

It's easy to cut payroll. Sad for workers

[@novatsi979]

Why not $100 an hour? That way the business shuts down.