The #FightFor15 Whiners Must Have Regrets as Sales of Robot Workers Smash Records

It doesn’t seem like all that long ago that the #FightFor15 movement continually screamed that if business owners simply paid them a higher hourly wage, all of the labor issues plaguing the entry-level job industry would be solved overnight. There would never be a shortage of willing employees, they said, if only the wages were higher.

A “living wage,” they demanded.

Now, a company can offer the same group of would-be burger flippers and shelf-stockers $25 per hour, and they still wouldn’t show up for work. Just go to your favorite local restaurant or small business. They’re all short-handed no matter how much they pay and what incentives they offer.

That’s why it’s no surprise that companies are largely turning to automated solutions like robots more than ever before.

According to an eye-opening Reuters report this week, the demand for robot replacement workers is skyrocketing, so much so that the industry sales numbers for robot workers smashed a new record in 2022.

From Reuters:

Companies, overwhelmingly located in the United States but including some in Canada and Mexico, ordered just over 44,100 robots in 2022, an 11% increase over the previous year and a new record, according to data compiled by the Association for Advancing Automation, an industry group also known as A3. The value of those machines totaled $2.38 billion, an 18% increase over the prior year, according to the data.

So what happened? Where are all of the workers who demanded $15 per hour, who now have access to much higher wages for entry-level, mindless jobs? They’re sitting at home playing video games, smoking the devil’s lettuce, and living off the handout-heavy U.S. government under President Joe Biden. That’s where they are.

While Biden continues to tell falsehoods and spread misinformation regarding the latest jobs numbers, which were mostly backfilled jobs from the shutdowns during the pandemic days, industry leaders know the truth: today, reliable workers are as rare as an affordable carton of eggs.

Jeff Burnstein, president of A3, told Reuters that the “labor shortage doesn’t seem to be letting up.”

The answer? Automate. Just look at your local McDonald’s owners or any other fast-food chain businesses. They’re no longer sitting around and begging for slackers to show up and click buttons on a screen.

Robots are now the logical and increasingly affordable solution to the ongoing labor shortage problem.

Sure, it’s more expensive up front than hiring a 16-year-old kid, but robots never take off work, never come in late, and never whine about how hard the job is. And they never need a raise, benefits, unemployment insurance, or any of the other headaches that come along with traditional workers.

Oh, and robots aren’t interested in forming unions, which also happens to be quite attractive to both small and large companies attempting to stay alive in Biden’s inflation-ridden, supply-chain-disaster of an economy.

The #FightFor15 movement really shot itself in the foot years ago when defiant business owners who were merely trying to keep their businesses afloat turned to automation as waves of minimum wage strikes unfolded across the country.

Now, throw in a shutdown-heavy pandemic, multiple government handout checks, and welfare programs that resulted in millions of entry-level workers clocking in at their couches in the morning instead of the workplace, combined with the exponential advancement in computer technology, and here we are.

With the emergence of AI-driven automation incorporated into worker robots (think ChatGPT and its ability to converse with humans), the unskilled employment sector is on the verge of a complete revamping. It will happen much sooner than later.

Of course, there is a lot to debate and figure out about the budding reality that machines are increasingly taking over, but it’s definitely happening right in front of our eyes.