Why Do Employees Benefit High-Profit Fast Food Workers?
The fast food industry is one of the fastest-paced industries in America, employing and having employed about one in every eight Americans. Despite making millions of dollars each day, fast food corporations pay the some of the lowest wages. Americans need to become aware of this and protest. This is pointed out by Schlosser in Fast Food Nation: “The roughly 3.5 million fast food workers are by far the largest group of minimum wage earners in the United States the only Americans who consistently earned a lower hourly wage are migrant farm workers," (Schlosser 14). The workers that prepare and make our fast food from the time it leaves farms and factories, as basic ingredients, to the moment it is handed to us are not being paid fair wages for the amount of work that goes into their jobs. Their jobs do not require extreme mental skill, but they do
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The employees must be able to politely interact with any types of customer -whether they be rude, angry, or impatient- and serve them. Due to the low-cost, high-profit attitude of the fast food corporations, employees are not given what they deserve, whether that is money, a new position, or benefits: "The industrialization of the restaurant kitchen has enabled the fast food chains to rely upon a low paid and unskilled workforce. While a handful of workers managed to rise up the corporate ladder, the vast majority lack full-time employment, receive no benefits, learn few skills, exercise little control over their workplace, quit after a few months, and float from job to job," (Schlosser 14). As consumers, we should choose to eat a restaurants that pay their workers reasonable wages, as well as offer opportunities to promote and receive benefits. The workers are the base of a company and should receive and earn what they bring in for the company.the fast food industry must rethink how they treat their workers regarding wages, promotions, and
The employees must be able to politely interact with any types of customer -whether they be rude, angry, or impatient- and serve them. Due to the low-cost, high-profit attitude of the fast food corporations, employees are not given what they deserve, whether that is money, a new position, or benefits: "The industrialization of the restaurant kitchen has enabled the fast food chains to rely upon a low paid and unskilled workforce. While a handful of workers managed to rise up the corporate ladder, the vast majority lack full-time employment, receive no benefits, learn few skills, exercise little control over their workplace, quit after a few months, and float from job to job," (Schlosser 14). As consumers, we should choose to eat a restaurants that pay their workers reasonable wages, as well as offer opportunities to promote and receive benefits. The workers are the base of a company and should receive and earn what they bring in for the company.the fast food industry must rethink how they treat their workers regarding wages, promotions, and