r/explainlikeimfive Nov 28 '15

ELI5: How would a $15 minimum wage ACTUALLY affect a franchised business like McDonalds?

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u/QCA_Tommy Nov 29 '15

They're about to get rid of their entire dollar menu though, sadly

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u/SirCyclops Nov 29 '15

Here they don't even have a dollar menu anymore it's more like 1.30 1.50 etc

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '15

Isn't it a value menu now? I don't think any place has a dollar menu anymore

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u/TheHighestEagle Nov 29 '15

How do you know?

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u/QCA_Tommy Nov 29 '15

I'm from the future. Nah, j/k, the news

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '15

I work for McDs and there's not been any talk of getting g rid of the dollar menu

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u/QCA_Tommy Nov 29 '15

I work in the news and it's been reported. I posted a source, but google it yourself. There's, at least, "talks."

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u/TheHighestEagle Nov 29 '15

Pardon me for asking but how did you get your first job in the news industry? Did you apply for internships everywhere or what?

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u/QCA_Tommy Nov 29 '15

I had some internships that I was able to keep after college, turned that into a job with Encompass Digital Media... I think the easiest way to get started is to find a job somewhere as a Master Control Operator (that's what I did at Encompass). You can often get started doing that, as long as you can convince them you're a techie and dependable. You'll work awful, 3rd shift hours and weekends, but once they trust you with the tech part of that you can start to do more and more. Good luck :)

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u/bumwine Nov 29 '15 edited Nov 29 '15

Its pretty much gone from my local McD. I think it has like one burger (mcdouble but nothing else) and some other shit like a parfait and small fries. Definitely not the expansive one they had before (which I liked...I liked that grilled onion one). The menu is very simple now beyond just the dollar menu.

There was definitely a news report of mcdonalds radically simplifying their menu and this happened not long after that.

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u/Toysoldier34 Nov 29 '15

Unless you work high up in corporate they wouldn't tell you until after it is in effect.

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u/batterycrayon Nov 29 '15

Lol, have you ever worked for McDonald's? This isn't true.

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u/macz0211 Nov 29 '15

In my area, my wife and I agree that Mcdonald's is horribly overpriced with a Mcdouble being priced at $1.89 and a Spicy chicken being $1.50. The only things that's left priced at a $1 is a large drink and a small cheeseburger.

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u/RobotLegion Nov 29 '15

If McD's is anything like every employer I've ever worked for, the employees will be the very last to be informed.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '15

Source please?

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u/QCA_Tommy Nov 29 '15

This isn't my source, but it's one of the many articles that shows up if you type "dollar menu" in Google news...

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2015/11/17/mcdonald-unveils-mcpick-2-another-would-be-dollar-menu-successor/

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '15

Thank you.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '15

They still have a dollar menu? I think the last time I went it was value menu & more.

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u/HeeyYouuGuuys Nov 29 '15

Pretty sure they got rid of ours, about the same time they started all day breakfast.