Well duh. Of course the robots will eliminate the competition. How else will we get skynet?
this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2024
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Thats ok... Idiotic hiring practices will filter out the worst companies
They won't, though. Because these are cost-saving tools for multi-nationals with enormous capital footprints.
McDonalds isn't going anywhere, no matter how bad their hiring practices get. The only real risk they run is in their poor ability to bring people on quickly resulting in storefronts more vulnerable to unionization or other labor actions. But this is a business that's been vertically integrated for decades and subsists on enormous direct and indirect subsidies from every layer of government. They'll keep being fine unless the political conditions in this country change significantly.
McDonalds isn’t going anywhere, no matter how bad their hiring practices get.
I disagree. Screwing up your hiring process is a Darwin Award level mistake for a company. McDonalds is very very good at hiring people and a big part of that is their willingness to hire people who aren't good enough and then giving those people the training they need to succeed at work.
Choosing not to hire someone because they like baseball is insane and there's no way that would fly at McDonalds.
I disagree. Screwing up your hiring process is a Darwin Award level mistake for a company.
Its only a screw-up if it upsets your investors. And it does not seem like the McDonalds EBITDA has suffered over the past few years.
Choosing not to hire someone because they like baseball is insane
The AI tool - according to the article - is using baseball and softball as a proxy for determining whether the applicant is a man or a woman, and biasing its selection accordingly. That's not insane. Its just prejudiced in a manner that evades our comically ill-enforced nondiscrimination enforcement codes.
McDonald's actually did suffer in some regard recently. Execs have admitted they need to lower prices or they'll lose business.
I think the thing is, companies always go too far eventually. At some point, they cross the line and have to walk it back. We'll probably see the same thing here. Recruiters will use more and more AI until someone crosses the line, and then there'll be a rapid retreat.
Have been for MILLENNIUMS