Current Events > Due to automation, fast food chains are hiring more workers

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https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/iron-chefs/546581/
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So which automation/robotics stock should I buy!?
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BignutzisBack posted...

So which automation/robotics stock should I buy!?

Amazon, Tesla, Google, Microsoft. Maybe even Walmart.
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FLUFFYGERM posted...

BignutzisBack posted...

So which automation/robotics stock should I buy!?

Amazon, Tesla, Google, Microsoft. Maybe even Walmart.

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going from a cook to a waiter basically
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BignutzisBack posted...

So which automation/robotics stock should I buy!?

Invest in tattoo removal.
As robots take over the back, a neck or face tattoo means you're completely unemployable now, unless automats take off again.

can you highlight the part of the article that backs the claim made in the topic title? the article talks about how the industry is certainly changing, but i couldn't find anything directly showing that more workers were hired in the restaurants with automation. granted, i skimmed and didn't read every single word, so if it was in there i missed it.
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Giant_Aspirin posted...

can you highlight the part of the article that backs the claim made in the topic title?

It's buried in there pretty deep, hidden by all the meandering.

Less dystopian was the scene at Zume Pizza, in Mountain View, California, where I watched an assembly line of robots spread sauce on dough and lift pies into the oven. Thanks to its early investment in automation, Zume spends only 10 percent of its budget on labor, compared with 25 percent at a typical restaurant operation. The humans it does employ are given above-average wages and perks: Pay starts at $15 an hour and comes with full benefits; Zume also offers tuition reimbursement and tutoring in coding and data science. I talked with a worker named Freedom Carlson, who doesnt have a college degree. She started in the kitchen, where she toiled alongside the robots. She has since been promoted to culinary-program administrator, and is learning to navigate the software that calculates nutritional facts for Zume pizzas.

That's not even "more" workers though, just "more valuable" workers.

Shortly after, though, is this:

The better hope for workers might be that automation helps the food-service and accommodation sector continue to thrive. Paneras Hurst told me that because of its new kiosks, and an app that allows online ordering, the chain is now processing more orders overall, which means it needs more total workers to fulfill customer demand. Starbucks patrons who use the chains app return more frequently than those who dont, the company has said, and the greater efficiency that online ordering allows has boosted sales at busy stores during peak hours. Starbucks employed 8 percent more people in the U.S. in 2016 than it did in 2015, the year it launched the app.

Hell of a lot of cherrypicking possible here, for pretty much every bias.

Is Zume a chain or a single store in a wealthy neighborhood in Silicon Valley

CruelBuffalo posted...

Is Zume a chain or a single store in a wealthy neighborhood in Silicon Valley

Does it matter?

BignutzisBack posted...

So which automation/robotics stock should I buy!?

BOTZ, ROBO
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Questionmarktarius posted...

BignutzisBack posted...

So which automation/robotics stock should I buy!?

Invest in tattoo removal.
As robots take over the back, a neck or face tattoo means you're completely unemployable now, unless automats take off again.

Says you.

I'm going to make a killing by tattooing a script injection on my face and signing up for any kind of facial recognition anything.
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Questionmarktarius posted...

CruelBuffalo posted...

Is Zume a chain or a single store in a wealthy neighborhood in Silicon Valley

Does it matter?

Well the topic title says fast food chain so Im trying to see how big TC wanted to stretch the truth to shitpost

CruelBuffalo posted...

Questionmarktarius posted...

CruelBuffalo posted...

Is Zume a chain or a single store in a wealthy neighborhood in Silicon Valley

Does it matter?

Well the topic title says fast food chain so Im trying to see how big TC wanted to stretch the truth to shitpost

Ah.
The "more employees" does apply to Panera and Starbucks, though, which are definitely chains.

Please ignore IlliterateBuffalo
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Of course, whether automation is a net positive for workers in restaurants and hotels, and not just a competitive advantage for one chain over another (more business for machine-enabled Panera, less for the Luddites at the local deli), will depend on whether an improved customer experience makes Americans more likely to dine out and stay at hotels, rather than brown-bagging it or finding an Airbnb

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once they automate the kitchen and have robots taking out the trash, topic creators statement will no longer be true

Questionmarktarius posted...

CruelBuffalo posted...

Questionmarktarius posted...

CruelBuffalo posted...

Is Zume a chain or a single store in a wealthy neighborhood in Silicon Valley

Does it matter?

Well the topic title says fast food chain so Im trying to see how big TC wanted to stretch the truth to shitpost

Ah.
The "more employees" does apply to Panera and Starbucks, though, which are definitely chains.

I dont see the part where it says Panera got more workers just that workers are now doing more greeting than cashier work. Doesnt say if hours were cut.

Starbucks comment also doesnt take into account of new stores opening and of their hours changing. But the cashier part is probably the least value added activity at Starbucks since more of the harder work comes from making their drinks.

Btw proud, Im an actual engineer, not a just programmer. Im very familiar with automation and costs

CruelBuffalo posted...

I dont see the part where it says Panera got more workers just that workers are now doing more greeting than cashier work. Doesnt say if hours were cut.

The better hope for workers might be that automation helps the food-service and accommodation sector continue to thrive. Paneras Hurst told me that because of its new kiosks, and an app that allows online ordering, the chain is now processing more orders overall, which means it needs more total workers to fulfill customer demand. Starbucks patrons who use the chains app return more frequently than those who dont, the company has said, and the greater efficiency that online ordering allows has boosted sales at busy stores during peak hours. Starbucks employed 8 percent more people in the U.S. in 2016 than it did in 2015, the year it launched the app.

I was kind of hoping automation would eradicate labor and society would be forced to implement basic income.
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CruelBuffalo posted...

Btw proud, Im an actual engineer, not a just programmer. Im very familiar with automation and costs

that's a cool story bro. have you considered learning how to read?
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Questionmarktarius posted...

CruelBuffalo posted...

I dont see the part where it says Panera got more workers just that workers are now doing more greeting than cashier work. Doesnt say if hours were cut.

The better hope for workers might be that automation helps the food-service and accommodation sector continue to thrive. Paneras Hurst told me that because of its new kiosks, and an app that allows online ordering, the chain is now processing more orders overall, which means it needs more total workers to fulfill customer demand. Starbucks patrons who use the chains app return more frequently than those who dont, the company has said, and the greater efficiency that online ordering allows has boosted sales at busy stores during peak hours. Starbucks employed 8 percent more people in the U.S. in 2016 than it did in 2015, the year it launched the app.

Ah I didnt see the Panera part thank you. The Starbucks one I saw and I dont see it contradicting what I said.

People need to stop fear mongering over automation. It's going to come whether you like it or not, and it's not going to turn every low skill worker into a homeless person overnight.

Ironically enough, the people I see fighting it the hardest are the same people that claim to be the party of progress.
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