Designing Digitally, Inc. created a simulation
for fast food employees to make sandwiches on the restaurant's menu.
As fast food employees push to increase the minimum wage, the former CEO of one chain tells CNBC that could be counterproductive.
Fast food employees and supporters gathered outside a McDonalds on Culver Avenue to cheer the decision.
But the dissonance that may arise for a coffee barista or
fast food employee is likely to be less for workers in caring professions, who typically see the act of caring as part of their professional identity, not a tacked on requirement that otherwise has little to do with the job.
Editor's Note: This blog post was corrected on September 10, 2015, to make clear that workers in caring professions are likely to experience less dissonance than baristas or
fast food employees, not more.
Who would bother to compare the nutritional advice provided by
a fast food employee to that of a PhD in nutrition?
The federal minimum wage rate is $ 7.25 an hour, and the average hourly rate for
a fast food employee is $ 7.75.
At first, working in the paint department didn't seem anything like
a fast food employee.
A recent report on Early Childhood Education: Advancing the Profession from the National Association for the Education of Young Children highlights that, on average across the USA, preschool teachers only earn $ 6 more than
fast food employees.