Quote from Elleanior;1141995:
Like I said, you're making yourself look like an asshole right now. While working at a fast foods restaurant may not require a lot of the prerequisites required for other jobs that you'd consider worth more money, that doesn't mean that they're not worth much more per hour, and unless you've worked in a fast-food restaurant, you're not really one who can talk. You don't need a lot of experience, but that doesn't mean that it's a job where you can breeze through like a walk in the park. Also, a lot of people who work at fast food restaurants can't get a better job and their household budget greatly suffers because of it.
"Responsible for taking and delivering food and beverage orders to diners in an institutional setting. Ensures correct and prompt delivery of food. May require a high school diploma or its equivalent and 0-2 years of related experience. Has knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job. Works under immediate supervision. Typically reports to a supervisor."
Vs.
"Reviews, analyzes, and modifies programming systems including encoding, testing, debugging and installing to support an organization's application systems. Consults with users to identify current operating procedures and to clarify program objectives. Requires a bachelor's degree in area of specialty and 6-8 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. May lead and direct the work of others. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected."
Even someone fresh out of high school should be able to tell which job would make more money. I mean, the prerequisites DO have a large impact on the salary whether you like it or not. If you spend 10 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in college to be able to do your job, you should obviously make more money than someone whose job can be done by someone fresh out of high school with no training or experience needed. It's just common sense.
Sure, a fast food employee may have to deal with customers yelling at them for screwing up but how hard is it to say "yes sir, sorry sir I'll fix it right away sir." and move on? And it's not like they are the only ones who have to do that. Even the people who do have complicated jobs that make more money get yelled at when they screw up. And screwing up someone's hamburger and costing the company $2 is a lot less than screwing up someone's surgery and killing them, or screwing up the million dollar program that some company ordered.
That's why they make less, they are easily replaceable and any mistakes they make are barely noticeable in the cogs of McDonalds. For every one who quits because they don't think they are being paid enough there are 5 more starving going "7.50 an hour? I'll work for half that!"
Again, I'm not saying they shouldn't make more. They're definitely underpaid, but so is most of the world. I'm simply saying that $15 an hour is too much for what they do. Maybe $10/hr. That seems about right. Still more than what most people are making.
While we're at it professional athletes make way too much money. 10 million dollars to play a game? Really? Fuck that. Give that money to a firefighter or cop or something.