[quote]H factor wrote:
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
[quote]H factor wrote:
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
[quote]pittbulll wrote:
OH MY F–KING GAWD the sky is falling McDonalds will have to sell their 3/4 pounder with cheeze and 5 lb freyes and a plastic milk shake for a Dollar fifty rather than a Dollar . The world will ceases to exist [/quote]
Actually it is a 1/4 pounder and the value meal is around $5-6. If you have a double in pay then your burger will have to increase by about 50%. So they will now cost $7.50-9. The poor people will no longer be able to afford the value meal. Think about the poor.
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Why does that have to happen again? McDonald’s had the money to triple it’s CEO pay to 13.8 million. AFTER sales had fallen.
But by all means, get REALLY pissed off about minimum wage workers trying to get a raise.
Whether it works or not is irrelevant to me just like what they pay their CEO is to me. I don’t work or eat at McDonald’s. It just seems as if some people are weirdly upset that these poor workers are even attempting this.
McDonald’s might fire them all, that is the risk you take here as a worker I guess, but I can’t see why some people seem to be so mad at their attempt.
I would also like someone to explain to me why an increase in wages HAS to equal an increase in prices. How many millions did the quarter pounder go up when they paid their CEO that much more again? You guys are treating that as if it HAS to happen. McDonald’s gives raises all the time without changing their menu prices.
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According to your numbers and total payroll the CEO’s pay only accounts .29% of the entire payroll. This man is in charge of a multinational multibillion dollar corporation with all of these peoples livelihoods in his hands. You do not think he should be paid that much? How much should he be paid?[/quote]
Wait, YOU’RE the one who has decided the wage the workers are trying to get is too much. I have no idea how much he should or should not be paid same as the McDonald’s workers. I was merely pointing out the laughable idea that McDonald’s HAD to raise prices if it raised wages. It does not.
And he got the raise AFTER sales fell.
McDonald’s can pay him or their workers whatever. I’m not mad if he tries to get more money or if the burger flippers do. Why would I be? [/quote]
Cost will have to go up if wages go from $7.25 to $15 since a large portion of their 1.7 million employees make less than $15/hr.