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TheRecent hike ToMcDonalds can come with involuntary consequences, warned old CEO RENSI in a recent interview withFox business. The growing labor costs hastened McDonald's plans for automated driving, technology that will make some employees at work.

Ressi's comments just one week after McDonald's current CEO, Chris Kempczinskispoke at an investor conferenceconfirming that society wasTest of voice recognition technology on the rise of ten places in Chicago. Kempczinski confirmed a strong initial performance of the new system, which corresponds to an accuracy of about 85% in the processing orders. Providing regional calibrations, it predicted that technology would be implemented in the chain within five years.

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McDonald's could not provide an estimate of the number of its employees who would be affected by technology, but may not have any doubt about what the immediate impact will look like: "Fast service restaurant workers ... [ are] will lose jobs ", he said. "Technology is always cheaper than people."

For RENSI, the investment of the chain in automation is linked to recent developments in its salary scale. The pressure of labor organizations has seenMcDonalds Commit to 10% of salary increases from crew members and post managers. Hiking can benefit the short-term employees, but will only prevent McDonald's automation plans, francs speculated.

As he sees it, the increase in salary will leave most McDonald franchisees in a bond, blurring to offset the increased cost of work. Conventional corrections such asIncreased menu price Will not be feasible for most franchisees, he believes. Do not want to sacrifice companies for higher prices, franchisees will promote cost reduction approaches and may opt in automated driving.

In its criticism of the increase in McDonald salaries, RENSI appealed intriguing small business owners. In his opinion, the large-scale drive-throo implementation automated only includes the playground for "major institutional guys", on the interests of small businesses.

McDonald's had an automation in the works since at least 2019 when sheFirst apprentice acquittedThe voice recognition technology company behind its recent Drive-Thru upgrades. May can overestimate the impact of wage hikes on McDonald's current thrust to automation, but the underlying claim, that AI is finally cheaper than work, just seems to money.

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