McDonaldization and low-wage work--what does it mean??

The Four principles:

1. Efficiency
2. Calculability
3. Control
4. Predictability

Some outcomes of a trend toward more low-wage, and an increasingly Mcdonaldized, workforce:

• Little opportunity for advancement—low wage, low-security, low human capital, low social mobility
• McDonaldized workers (or employers?) need for public subsidies--are taxpayers picking up the tab between wage and cost of living?
• More control, less creativity--control, specialization, and . . . . family values???
• Work and satisfaction--is this an unrealistic expectation? Do some just have to work for da man?
• Feminization of low-wage work? In the film Fast Food Women, a few interesting statements are made:
  • 'Men won't apply for these jobs, especially if they've got a wife and kids at home'
  • These workers don't need benefits, cuz Dad's got all the benefits 'under the sun' (or did until he was laid off)
  • Women may be doing more of the low wage work, especially in economically depressed areas where poverty may be chronic if not endemic
• Drive to efficiency--does this dilute the quality of product, work? Are people being replaced by machines? Is labor perceived by management as a cost?
• Applied to the welfare state--are parts of this McDonaldized as well (apply the four principles)?