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The Real Reason Workers Aren鈥檛 Running Back to Restaurant Jobs | The Daily Show - YouTube
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when restaurants shut down during the
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pandemic many of the people who worked
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there
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lost their jobs which sadly was probably
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unavoidable
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i mean think about it you can't pay a
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bunch of people
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if they're not doing any work i mean
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this is a business it's not congress
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but what was less expected is that now
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that these places are reopening
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many of the workers aren't coming back
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this morning
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restaurants across the country are
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struggling to keep up with demand
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business is starting to boom but hiring
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is not
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hotels and restaurants say there aren't
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enough people
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applying for jobs restaurants are
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getting busier and we're finding it
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really harder to find staff
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there is definitely a glut of jobs and
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a lack of hands to fill positions in
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january
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seven percent of restaurant operators
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named recruitment and retention as their
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top challenge
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by april that number was 57 percent
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some restaurants are even turning to
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robots to flip burgers and make french
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fries
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one restaurant owner put jobs on the
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menu literally
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advertising for staff below the daily
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special a chicken express in texas
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sported signs on their drive-through
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windows warning customers
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to be patient with them given that quote
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no one wants to work anymore
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god damn that's an angry sign like most
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signs are trying to inform you
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that sign is just trying to drag you
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into some drama
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i'm like hey man i don't want to get
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political i just want to buy six nuggets
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to eat in traffic
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but that's right restaurants like
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chicken express
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are finding out that their workers want
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to be there as much as the chickens do
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and instead of doing right by their
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workers they're now turning to robots
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to do the job which i actually think is
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a brilliant idea
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yeah think about it instead of hiring
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people in these jobs
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just get robots to do it and then
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you also get robots to raise the
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chickens and deliver the food
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and then and then you can get robots to
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market these companies and create the
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ads we see on tv
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right oh you don't even need people for
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those ads right you can use robots for
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that too
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and then like wall street can become
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robots and police can be robots
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teachers doctors lawyers or robots
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and then because no human has a job they
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can't afford to buy anything
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so we just make robot consumers and then
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the cycle is complete
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and humans are no longer necessary
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terminate
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terminate terminate terminate terminate
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so why is it so hard for restaurants to
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find workers
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well to some people who have never
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worked in one the answer
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is obvious business groups and
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republicans say the enhanced
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unemployment benefits
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are encouraging out of work americans to
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stay home
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and leading to a labor shortage the
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unemployment benefits
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are too generous people don't want to go
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back to work we've
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sent them so much money texas indiana
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and oklahoma
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are joining 17 other gop-led states and
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ending the pandemic relief the 300
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weekly federal boost to unemployment
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benefits republican governors claim that
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these benefits are keeping americans
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from going back to work
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human nature kicks in do i want to get
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the same amount of money by going to
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work every day and working hard do i
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want to get that amount of money by
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sitting at home why work if you can get
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that kind of money and stay home in
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netflick
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all these kids are watching netflix and
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then having sec
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get a job and look man i get where these
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pundits are coming from
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if the average person could have their
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jobs
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that'd be crazy not to take them i mean
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who wouldn't want to spend 10 minutes a
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day
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sitting in a chair complaining about how
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other people don't want to work i mean
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that's a great gig
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and you know what these republicans
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might be right about one thing
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generous unemployment benefits really
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might be one reason people aren't
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rushing back to their old jobs
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but that doesn't mean they're just
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sitting around netflicking
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first of all it's been over a year
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they've already finished netflix
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and i mean sure they could subscribe to
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paramount plus which has an extensive
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library of classic films
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and hit shows i think they're going to
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subscribe
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but the point is those unemployment
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checks are not subsidizing laziness
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they're giving workers the rare
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opportunity to look for a job
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that's more than just a way to survive
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to their next paycheck
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the pandemic gave restaurant workers a
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chance to reinvent themselves
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choosing to leave for what they believe
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are better situations
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following pandemic shutdowns when
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workers have been forced into overdrive
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coronavirus exposing industry flaws
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restaurant workers are considered
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essential workers but we're not treated
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like essential workers
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there's definitely issues with wages i
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think there's issues with child care i
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think there's
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issues with benefits health insurance
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where you're having to work like 50 plus
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hours a week and it's just
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it's still not enough to pay your bills
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and to be able to take care of your
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family
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many restaurant workers left the
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industry over the past year
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taking jobs in sectors such as the
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construction business with higher pay
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and better hours people move to things
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like warehouse jobs which offer
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more regular schedules more pay and
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health care medical marijuana
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it's an industry that's growing and it's
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attracting workers from a particular
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sector of the economy
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seeing a lot of cooks cocktail servers a
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lot of people from the restaurant
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industry coming here and i just i think
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it's a quality of life issue
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yeah i mean who wouldn't rather work in
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the weed industry
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it's the most chill job in the world
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customers are always relaxed nobody's in
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a hurry
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the only bad thing about the job is the
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drug test you know that's where they
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give you a bag of edibles and you got to
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eat it all right there
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i failed that like three times but
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people it makes complete sense that
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restaurant workers are looking for
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better jobs
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right because these are tough jobs
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they're on their feet all day
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they take care of everyone they pretend
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not to hear when you guys are breaking
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up at the table and after all of that
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they have to rely on tips i mean you
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know a job isn't paying enough when
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every
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meal ends with a mini gofundme and aside
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from giving workers the opportunity to
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look for jobs
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that they can actually live on these
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unemployment benefits are also giving
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them leverage to use against their
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former employers
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and it seems like it might actually be
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working
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restaurant and fast food chains are all
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ramping up hiring
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and beefing up employee benefits to
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attract workers starbucks olive garden
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announcing new benefits or increased pay
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in just the last few months mcdonald's
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increasing its minimum wage
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company-owned restaurants will now pay
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workers between 11 and 17 dollars an
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hour depending on location
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mcdonald's hoping to attract 10 000 new
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employees whataburger is adding 50
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000 workers adding emergency pay and
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increasing
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a 401k matching tackle bell is giving
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its store managers paid family leave
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chipotle is increasing its wages to an
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average of 15 dollars per hour
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other chipotle benefits include mental
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health care
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401k and debt free college restaurants
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trying to bring workers back sometimes
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offering cash incentives
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applebee's taking a rather different
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approach you fill out an application to
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applebee's and you get a free
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appetizer damn applebee's is
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confident in their onion rings yeah
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they're out there like
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forget the 401k guys just have them eat
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these bad boys yeah get ready to meet
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your new co-workers everybody
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equal rights more like equal spice but
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the point is
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many restaurants are getting workers
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back by raising wages
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and offering benefits so i guess it
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turns out that when they were saying
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nobody wants to work what they actually
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meant was
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nobody wants to work for the starvation
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wages that we were willing to pay them
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and apparently they were able to afford
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this the whole time
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it just took some pressure from the
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workers to force their hand
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and look i know that some restaurants
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can only afford to pay their workers so
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much
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but i honestly believe that that's your
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responsibility as a business owner to
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figure it out
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like if you need more revenue i don't
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know
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try adding a side of guac to the menu
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that's one thing i've learned in america
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is you can charge whatever you want
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and customers will pay for it if it's
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guac it doesn't even matter if it makes
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sense for your restaurant just add guac
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seafood place out a side of guac indian
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place out of side of guac
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walk place well i mean you're already
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boiling you don't need advice from me
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player
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the point is if your business can only
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get by on the backs of workers who can't
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then that's not a sustainable business
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because everyone
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deserves a job that lets them afford the
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necessities of life
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housing healthcare and at least
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one netflix
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you
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