pacifica Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 "Would You Like Fries With That?"(AP) _ The McDonald's restaurant in Hermiston, Oregon is outsourcing customers drive-thru meals to North Dakota. The restaurant on Highway 395 has outsourced one of the most important jobs at the drive-through window -- order taking. When a customer drives through, they'll be patched through to Grand Forks, North Dakota to place the order. Why? Because the minimum wage in North Dakota is five-dollars and 15 cents, compared to Oregon's seven-dollars and 25 cents. Tim Nesbit is head of Oregon A-F-L-C-I-O. He says this undercuts Oregon's minimum wage by more than two-dollars an hour. A McDonald's media relations person in Illinois, where the corporate headquarters is based, never returned a phone call to the A-P. McSource let the comments begin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 ding! round 1 FIGHT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoneAvail Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 i dont get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacifica Posted February 8, 2005 Author Share Posted February 8, 2005 i dont get it 585436550[/snapback] you drive up to the micky d's in oregon. you talk into the box and you're patched through to north dakota where they ring up your big mac and happy meal. apparently the guys taking the order in ND are two bucks and some change cheaper than the workforce in oregon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Player Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Hah, at least they're not making them call India :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadiz Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Hah, at least they're not making them call India :rolleyes: 585436714[/snapback] Give it time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macrosslover Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 this is truly sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favvi Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Give it time... 585436720[/snapback] :laugh: yeah it is sad... :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 that is so stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VGVL Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 this is truly sad 585436725[/snapback] Why? They must have researched it quite a bit and came to the conclusion that it would increase their profits. Its what companies do and there's nothing wrong about it. I'm pretty sure this was just a test location, if it works they'll probably implement it in other places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planetik Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JK1150 Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 i thought John Kerry said that higher wages would prevent outsourcing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 And it begins : Ding! ROUND 2.... FIGHT! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macrosslover Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Why?They must have researched it quite a bit and came to the conclusion that it would increase their profits. Its what companies do and there's nothing wrong about it. I'm pretty sure this was just a test location, if it works they'll probably implement it in other places. 585436760[/snapback] it's wrong cause it's a race to the bottom. the ONLY reason they are doing this is because they wage is lower thereby increasing their profit. it has nothing to do with worker productivity or customer service just their bottom line. based on your thinking, if they can get some people to do it for 3/hr would that be wrong then? or would it be explotive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacifica Posted February 8, 2005 Author Share Posted February 8, 2005 And it begins :Ding! ROUND 2.... FIGHT! :D 585436782[/snapback] LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marduk Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 What a retarded concept, they really are racing to the bottom as macrosslover said, but I mean this is really low, it's VERY retarded if they can't bite off minimium wage for their drones then I'd say watch your asses big wigs of McD's. Mostly all you hear of outsourcing is with real jobs that actually pay. If Mc Donalds does this everywhere then they'll be raping the country more than maybe even WalMart has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Fish Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Investors in People, I think not... Considering all the advertising McDonalds spends money on, you would think that this money would be best spent on keeping jobs within the local community and building community links. But, being McDonalds and knowing their past this, sadly, doesn't surprise me. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Floyd Veteran Posted February 8, 2005 Veteran Share Posted February 8, 2005 I always thought pricing was standard in all restaurents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webeagle12 Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 next stop INDIA thank god they dont send helicopter with your burger from North Dakota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyout Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 I can see them going to get sued by that state for trying to subvert taxes or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Wow. Now that is just sad. And all that work just to save like $50 a day. I wonder how much it costs to patch the calls through all day long. I don't know about the McDonalds, or any fast food store for that matter in America, but up here in Canada, the person who takes the drive thru orders also works cash at the front and in the kitchen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkyoshi Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Wow. Now that is just sad. And all that work just to save like $50 a day. I wonder how much it costs to patch the calls through all day long. I don't know about the McDonalds, or any fast food store for that matter in America, but up here in Canada, the person who takes the drive thru orders also works cash at the front and in the kitchen. 585437652[/snapback] True, we don't have any of those talk to the speaker drive-thru's anymore. At night when it's quiet you order and get your food from the pickup window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelly2003 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 next stop INDIAthank god they dont send helicopter with your burger from North Dakota 585436890[/snapback] LMAO!!! The scarey thing is that it is definatley possible today. Heck with the communications technology of today, I right here in Australia could start taking the drive through orders for the McDonalds resturants in question. I could easily imagine someone with an Indian accent taking my order at a drive through. This is low, McDonalds has such a positive image for employing young people, its amazing that would even think about doing something like this, which would ruin that image, and make them loose customers at the same time. It wold be a lot harder for them to implement oursourcing in Australia, because just about every McDonalds drive through Au actually has a person in a window that takes your order, then you drive through to the next window and pick up your order. They got rid of all their speaker system drive through about 5 - 10 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssvegeta384 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Dumbest thing ever. I was wondering why all the McD's in Oregon closed thier DT windows. Now it's just a sad empty box in the middle of nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNay Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 OMG thats so pathetic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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