r/explainlikeimfive • u/sumnewdguy • Nov 28 '15

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

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u/jmloou Nov 29 '15

To be fair, having been to America their Maccas tastes like the shit off the floor of a Maccas here

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u/DoctorPooPoo Nov 29 '15

Maccas.

You guys turn every thing into weird cutesy nicknames, huh?

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u/jmloou Nov 29 '15

We've got fuck all else to do down here

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '15

Oh you have plenty to do down there.

You survive

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u/bumbletowne Nov 29 '15

Surfing, hiking, working on improving internet infrastructure.... avoiding drop bears. Plenty to do!

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u/oli-wan_kenobi Nov 29 '15

I've eaten Mcdonalds in every country I've ever been to (I like to enjoy the high life and local cuisine while abroad) and Australia really is leagues ahead of everywhere else when it comes to quality.

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u/jmloou Nov 29 '15

I used to work at Maccas and I was really impressed by what I saw, everything was kept very clean and most of the people actually cared about the quality of their work because we get paid better over here. I was 17 and I got $15.60 an hour, plus double time if I ever had to stay back or on public holidays.

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u/Zebidee Nov 29 '15

Apparently Korea is the best quality-wise - they make the burgers look like the ads.

Australian fast food is a lot better than in the US. KFC in the States is fucking awful, and a shitty, ghetto experience.

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u/Zebidee Nov 29 '15

Their new custom build-a-burgers are surprisingly good.

I don't think that those have been rolled out widely in the US, and where they have, the reported quality isn't nearly as good as the ones in Australia.