McDonald’s to outsource more human jobs to machines as human workers become increasingly irrelevant

Monday, June 26, 2017
By Paul Martin

by: JD Heyes
NaturalNews.com
Sunday, June 25, 2017

A decision this week by McDonald’s to replace thousands of human employees in its workforce with self-serve ordering kiosks in the coming months portends bad times ahead for entry-level workers and others who are stuck in low-skilled jobs.

As reported by Zero Hedge, industry analysts estimate that the fast food giant will add around 2,500 electronic ordering kiosks by the end of this year, and add 3,000 more by the end of 2018. Mobile ordering is also on the way, coming to 14,000 locations around the U.S. by year’s end.

The ordering kiosks will replace human cashiers, and you can be certain that those jobs are never coming back.

The example set by McDonald’s will no doubt be replicated throughout the fast food and restaurant industry, and why not? Getting rid of human workers solves many problems — poor employee attitudes toward customers, chronic tardiness, sick days, theft, and, most importantly, rising pay, thanks to far-Left “progressives” who think low-skilled burger-flipping and fry-making ought to pay as much as a skilled technical job.

Lowering labor costs is especially important in the fast food industry because the profit margins are so slim as it is. This will help restaurant owners immensely with their bottom lines, but it will take hundreds of thousands of jobs (eventually) permanently out of circulation.

But there are many more jobs that are going to disappear — replaced by electronic kiosks, robots and other machines.

As Robotics.news reported in late May, one new alarming report estimated that the loss of retail jobs in the coming years will surpass 7 million:

A report by investment advisory firm Cornerstone Capital Group revealed that nearly half of all retail workers in the U.S. face job insecurity as use of automation technology continues to rise across the country. According to the report, around 16 million people in the U.S. work in the retail industry. This equates to about one in 10 American employees, the 56-page report showed.

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