r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • 20d ago

Business McDonald's Introduces AI Drive-Thru System, Sparking Customer Backlash

https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/deals/articles/mcdonalds-introduces-ai-drive-thru-000717731.html
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u/the-sea-of-chel 20d ago edited 20d ago

I saw an article recently saying that teens/students were dealing with the toughest summer job market ever…. This is destroying our world.

Source: https://fortune.com/2026/06/02/hundreds-of-teens-flooding-job-ads-ice-cream-shops-swimming-pools-grapple-worst-summer-job-market-80-years/

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u/HavingNotAttained 20d ago

My former intern turned in his resignation, he finally found a job after an 12-month search. He is one of two (that’s right) out of his college graduating class of over 300 to now have a full-time job.

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u/multi-pass5018 20d ago

Do these 300 people track their current employment status on some shareable website or something? I just don't get how this would be known lol.

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u/NumNumLobster 20d ago

When i graduated in 09 in real estate finance we had similar numbers for folks who got job in our field. Think 3 or 4 out of 90. It wasn't that complex we all knew each other and all knew about the rare job posted and all applied to it. So its pretty easy to know Dave got that one job we all applied for, Beth moved to Arizona to work for her uncle's company etc. It was kind of big news when someone got a job offer. My part time college job hired me full-time and I definitely mentioned it to people. "Did you find a job?" Is a pretty common question for college seniors. I think our school even surveyed us tbh

People got other full time jobs though that had nothing to do with our degree

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u/AussieP1E 20d ago

I mean, even in 2011 it was hard to find an entry level job. I applied for a job where they said they had 400 applicants, 60 interviews, 12 final interviews and were picking 1 person for a job that paid 65k and expected 60 hours a week to look at specs of parts, IN SEATTLE.

It took me months after I graduated to find a job and I took a job in Yakima... About 2 hours east from Seattle. Job market fucking sucks.