McDonald's outsourcing drive thru window jobs

[Whaleboy]

Outsourcing

[Shi Huangdi]

This is likely to continue as a trend, as more types of jobs are put under pressure from international labor markets, which should put a downward pressure on wages and employment in the US.

[Zoid]

This is seriously ****ed up. I mean, really...it´s like a Dilbert strip. And it would be hilarious if it weren´t true...

[Whaleboy]

But increase it in the third world

[Flubber]

I find the idea that this particular outsourcing can be efficient to be amazing.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Whaleboy
But increase it in the third world

Not really, because there is so much underemployment. They could take all of our jobs and that would just be a drop in the bucket.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Dissident
it's still more people to do the same job as they are currently doing!

Yes but apparently they are paying the Indians such a low wage that even with long distance charges and new equipment to get this system up and running they still expect to save money.

[Zkribbler]

And so the solar flare that knocks out satillite communications will also KO every McDonald's drive-thru in the nation.

[Ted Striker]

I really don't know what to say about this.

McDonald's has turned into some sort of crazy science fiction company.

[Whoha]

Re: McDonald's outsourcing drive thru window jobs

Originally posted by Kidicious
I just heard about this in class. When you drive through McDonald's for an order a person in another country will take it. Anyone heard this yet?

I think it is to south dakota for right now.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
And so the solar flare that knocks out satillite communications will also KO every McDonald's drive-thru in the nation.

I hope it happens just to teach these bastards a lesson. They've already proven how bady they treat their US employees since they literally start everyone out on minimium wage and almost never give people raises plus they've been caught deliberately hiring illegal aliens because the aliens aren 't in a position to argue for higher wages. It is apparently cheaper for them to just pay the joke fine to the department of labor then it is to actually pay what it would take to get legal workers because here in So Cal it seems like a very large percentage are still foreigners who can't speak English.

The only fast food burger place I go to is In & Out Burger vecause not only is all of their food made fresh, instead of frozen like McDonalds, but they actually use better cuts of meat, better quality breads, real cheese (instead of that oil based crap the other places use), and they actually pay their employees a living wage. Yep, In & Out Burger starts out their zit faced teens at $11.50 and mangers get $15 per hour yet their burger meals are only $1.50 more then McDonalds and that price difference includes hugely better better ingredients.

In & Out also abides by the immigration laws and doesn't hire illegal aliens or abuse workers the way McDonalds does.

[Barinthus]

I hate drive thru.

In n Out

The book Fast Food Nation gave In n Out glowing raves for how they treat their employees and the quality of food they serve.

Dammit I can't find my copy, I must have borrowed it to someone.

Anyway IIRC, average length of time an employee work at McD - 3 to 6 months. For In n Out it's 5 years. That alone says a lot.

Again, In n Out

[pchang]

Makes no sense

unless order takers currently do nothing else but take orders. I have seen the order takers also taking the money and handing out the food. I don't see how this eliminates jobs or saves money.

[Flubber]

I'm just imagining the fun the first time a customer says they will have the kids meal but only if you have the elmo toy-- will the person a million miles away know if they have any elmos left ??

Kinda tough for a manager to assess and manage the order taker-- If they are screwing up you have a peeved off cutomer in Ohio and a manager that probably can't even tell who took the order

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Barinthus

The book Fast Food Nation gave In n Out glowing raves for how they treat their employees and the quality of food they serve.

A bit of an exageration.