NYC restaurants using remote hosts to seat guests

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  • Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
  • Remote work may be reaching a new level, as restaurants in New York City are beginning to use hosts and hostesses that operate live via Zoom. FOX 5 NY's Arthur Chi'en has the story.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 67

  • @niel546
    @niel546 5 місяців тому +24

    But when a lifeless vendo takes your order in japan, everybody is amazed...

    • @mcgeorgeofthejungle6204
      @mcgeorgeofthejungle6204 4 місяці тому

      Which is very rare you may find there is only a handful in the whole of Japan if lucky. And those are designed for people with anxieties so they can order without speaking to someone real which would kick them off. In other words in Japan they do that to adapt to customers, not to save money.

  • @RachelScottDance
    @RachelScottDance 2 місяці тому +3

    Restaurants need to do what they have to in order to stay open. I say it is innovative and resourceful.

    • @qjtvaddict
      @qjtvaddict Місяць тому

      And the remote worker is probably working other jobs IN addition to this restaurant gig lol they are probably making MORE than in person hosts.

  • @ca60453
    @ca60453 5 місяців тому +9

    Time for Americans to order food from other countries. Outsource their business and make it hurt them right in the wallet.

    • @FakeEgirl
      @FakeEgirl 4 місяці тому +5

      You do realise 99% of everything you own whether its clothes or electronics has been outsourced from other countries? If you wanna get mad at this dont be a hypocrite and get mad at the fact borderline everything you own wasnt made in america.

    • @giansideros
      @giansideros 4 місяці тому +2

      ​@@FakeEgirlyour logic is incongruous, for example a sweatshop in Bangladesh operates in Bangladesh and sells their commodities to a US retailer who sells them to you, these Zoom cashiers are effectively working in the US and should be entitled to US labour rights and entitlements.
      The services provided in that restaurant are not being provided in the Philippines for Filipino Pesos, they are being provided in the US in USD where the customer is paying for and receiving their service in situ.

  • @Maxed2
    @Maxed2 5 місяців тому +16

    Well more job loses and they tell us the economy is doing good .

    • @lv7603
      @lv7603 4 місяці тому +1

      This is inevitable wages go up and that incentivizes innovation. If we had tackled multiple of the current problems maybe people wouldn’t be demanding higher wages to cover increased living expenses.

    • @giansideros
      @giansideros 4 місяці тому +2

      ​@@lv7603what innovation is this? This hasn't saved any human labour like a robot in a factory does, this is just exploitation.
      I'm all for automation making human labour redundant and obsolete but this is not that.

    • @theredscourge
      @theredscourge 4 місяці тому

      The rich are doing good enough for the both of us

    • @leftifornian2066
      @leftifornian2066 4 місяці тому

      @@giansiderosresult of bidenomics, be thankful

  • @basictears
    @basictears 3 місяці тому +2

    Human-race needs a restart. They shouldn’t never gave us technology

  • @jeffrey7160
    @jeffrey7160 5 місяців тому +14

    They are paying them atleast $6-9 an hour which is good in their country.

    • @mawan5678
      @mawan5678 4 місяці тому +2

      Nope, $5

    • @whatzurexcuse3035
      @whatzurexcuse3035 4 місяці тому +6

      Please 3 they get paid by the day not the hour

    • @I-will-teach-you-1to1
      @I-will-teach-you-1to1 4 місяці тому

      As someone who lived in the Philippines and has friends there, $2 an hour would be considered VERY good for an entry level waitress in a small city, or about right if you add computer & Zoom skills.

    • @spectreapex2803
      @spectreapex2803 Місяць тому

      I'd be honest, $9/hr would be fair considering that they're not covered by any Philippine law benefits for working remotely and having a facecam all the time. People say that's $3-4/hr but nobody will ever take that.

  • @harpieclan1950
    @harpieclan1950 5 місяців тому +15

    This is ridiculous.

    • @abel1955
      @abel1955 4 місяці тому +1

      That’s really smart, people don’t want to work for 15$ and you don’t want to pay more for food. That’s life

    • @rageagaintsthepotato927
      @rageagaintsthepotato927 4 місяці тому

      restaurants can't anymore afford to pay $16 an hour to their employees, that's why they just outsource people or else they will just close their business.

    • @legioparati2711
      @legioparati2711 4 місяці тому +3

      No, it's not, you're just upset people across the world are taking away your jobs.

  • @rageagaintsthepotato927
    @rageagaintsthepotato927 4 місяці тому +2

    $4 an hour wage here in the Philippines is already godsend... If you compare that to our minimum wage of $10-$12 per day (capital rate)

  • @hibiscushoney3759
    @hibiscushoney3759 5 місяців тому +4

    😂They complaining about 16 an hr. Meanwhile in NY thats not even a livable wage. For anyone To support bills & responsibilities

    • @qjtvaddict
      @qjtvaddict Місяць тому

      F it move to the Philippines and work remotely lol😅

  • @Foxfried
    @Foxfried 4 місяці тому +5

    I actually love this, just like when tech support was outsourced to India, the consumer is 100% to blame, they want champaign on a beer budget well the market will deliver because at the end of the day paying $10.00 for a bowl of ramen with remote Filipino is better than paying $23.00 for the same bowl from a pissy American server that is going to expect a $15.00 dollar tip on top of it.

    • @boartank
      @boartank 4 місяці тому +2

      That tip is higher than my daily salary

    • @harissays4597
      @harissays4597 3 місяці тому

      yohoo 😭😭 😅​@@boartank

    • @spacejunk2186
      @spacejunk2186 3 місяці тому

      Minimum wage does not help.

  • @dexybanez2518
    @dexybanez2518 4 місяці тому +2

    Slight error from the reporter regarding the minimum wage in the Philippines. They pay us per day here so minimum wage is $10/day, divide that up and it’s atleast $1/hour.

    • @CalvinCarlo
      @CalvinCarlo 14 днів тому

      Right… Not 4 dollars.
      640 pesos is like 11 usd per day which is 1.40 or so per hour

    • @dexybanez2518
      @dexybanez2518 7 днів тому

      @@CalvinCarlo my man, 640 is for the more developed cities and provinces. You go to less developed ones and the minimum wage drops to PHP 400 💀

  • @Fiaw1
    @Fiaw1 4 місяці тому +4

    It's not to save money. Restaurants are doing it to SURVIVE.

  • @lindalopez1645
    @lindalopez1645 3 місяці тому +2

    So just don’t order from there and they will lose more money than they are saving without in person workers.

  • @brianeminicrude60
    @brianeminicrude60 4 місяці тому +2

    If she's nice and friendly and the food is good I'm all about it! New York 🗽 is a shit hole now so this is certainly welcome

  • @skjor1989
    @skjor1989 4 місяці тому +1

    The problem is the technology that enables this, and its cheaper. If you're an owner of a restaurant would you choose to pay $140 for a full shift over the $24 one? if you're a restaurant owner you could have spent it to somewhere else to improve your service and maybe make the food cheaper or make it better

    • @qjtvaddict
      @qjtvaddict Місяць тому

      It’s actually a win win cause the remote workers can do multiple jobs at THE SAME TIME making more than what they can work doing one in person job at a time

  • @XC11301991
    @XC11301991 4 місяці тому +2

    It only works if the prices drop

  • @rtdaytona
    @rtdaytona 19 днів тому

    Boycott all businesses that do this!!!

  • @legioparati2711
    @legioparati2711 4 місяці тому +4

    Maybe it's time to re-evaluate your value and think if you really deserve that much wage, when a person across the world can do it just like you for *much less* money.

    • @armvextheforgetful73
      @armvextheforgetful73 3 місяці тому +1

      To be fare here in the Philippines has cheaper standard of living.

  • @koraho8924
    @koraho8924 Місяць тому

    the saying they are taking our jobs to a whole new meaning, I wonder who they will chastise now

  • @VOAN
    @VOAN 4 місяці тому +2

    Soon managers and cashiers will be replace by remote worker oversea. They will just appeared digitally.

  • @qjtvaddict
    @qjtvaddict Місяць тому

    I see no problem with this they can stack jobs and make more money this way via remote over employment

  • @ricardosoca7380
    @ricardosoca7380 4 місяці тому

    "still waiting to hear back" you'll be waiting for a long time.... NY Daily news did a similar story on interpreters in Latin America being paid $4 per hour. they did work for NYC hospitals and schools... local rates would be over $30 per hour

  • @zvoidx
    @zvoidx 5 місяців тому +5

    Ai will replace them.

  • @TaterActual
    @TaterActual 2 місяці тому

    Probably get someone with better attitude and service.

  • @ThroughTheHaze
    @ThroughTheHaze 4 місяці тому +4

    I hate it. I wouldn't go to the restaurant.

    • @tgo007
      @tgo007 4 місяці тому

      what if because the restaurant doesn't have to pay an expensive employee, the food normally cost $20. It's now $4.

    • @LastWerd98
      @LastWerd98 4 місяці тому +1

      @@tgo007 prices for customers will not reflect whatever savings the business might get by using these remote worker services.

    • @Cookieboy70
      @Cookieboy70 4 місяці тому +1

      @@LastWerd98 They would though. Part of the reason fast food cost so much these days is directly related to the increase in local wages for these workers.

  • @hibiscushoney3759
    @hibiscushoney3759 5 місяців тому +1

    😂how does she seat them. So odd. Cheaper labor. Cell phones company do it. Outsource

  • @GregoryKrynski
    @GregoryKrynski 4 місяці тому +2

    Let's be honest, each zoom cashier should require a work visa for the country they are working in, also be subject to minimum wage laws of where they are working in.
    Cause this is the same as illegal immigrants working in usa.

    • @letingrad
      @letingrad 4 місяці тому

      now you get it!, you outsource the shit you dont want and then complain that theres no Americans doing the job, this is the convenience that you wanted, if an undocumented migrant takes your job with no studies and does it better what do you think happens. This is your own cultural doing, being in a call center is degrading, send it to another country, then complain about the accent barriers. you are here because of your own country. dont complain when you got your convenience in return.

    • @mcgeorgeofthejungle6204
      @mcgeorgeofthejungle6204 4 місяці тому

      Wish people would stop using that term it shows ignorance, all immigrants are legal because they have a visa to work or study in the country of choice, they don't receive benefits and pay for everything and pay taxes in 2 countries. There is no such thing as illegal immigrants it is an oxymoron you cannot be legal and illegal at the same time. Those come in over borders and boats etc are refuges or asylum seekers, they are NOT immigrants.

  • @awilliams4543
    @awilliams4543 5 місяців тому +4

    outsourcing american jobs 2 china

  • @joshlidowdie24
    @joshlidowdie24 Місяць тому

    😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @alfietorres
    @alfietorres 5 місяців тому

  • @EB-zn4hs
    @EB-zn4hs 4 місяці тому

    "I prefer face-to-face" except when that increases the cost of your meal.

    • @ricardosoca7380
      @ricardosoca7380 4 місяці тому +1

      newsflash... the cost of meals has been rapidly increasing with our without cashiers.... McDonalds is now charging as much as $18 for one of their crappy burgers.... now why people still buy that crap is beyond me