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A quarter-century ago, there were 56 teenagers in the labor force for every "limited service" restaurant — that is, the kind where you order at the counter.
Today, there are fewer than half as many, which is a reflection both of teenagers' decreasing work force participation and of the explosive growth in restaurants.
But in an industry where cheap labor is an essential component in providing inexpensive food, a shortage of workers is changing the equation upon which fast-food places have long relied. This can be seen in rising wages, in a growth of incentives, and in the sometimes odd situations that business owners find themselves in.
Too many restaurants, not enough teens to work in them.
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A Fast-Food Problem: Where Have All the Teenagers Gone?
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(Score: 4, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday July 20 2018, @12:46AM (4 children)
It's not an either/or thing. There are more jobs teenagers used to take and less of them willing to work.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 20 2018, @05:09AM (1 child)
Yet another awful uninformed opinion by our resident troll! Try RTFA for once in your uneducated life.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday July 20 2018, @10:12AM
You must be new here.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Friday July 20 2018, @02:01PM (1 child)
Bingo. Something you and I are old enough to notice, but apparently most of our other respondents are not.
Also, as the AC says, this is more about getting voters spun up for the midterms than it is about realworld economics.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday July 20 2018, @02:15PM
It's something that mystifies me. I'm gen-x, we're supposed to be the apathetic slackers but a big damned chunk of us worked at least half of our teenage years. Kids today don't seem to want to get a job until after college for the most part.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.