I am looking for a Science Fiction Short story which appeared as an
article link on slashdot at one point. I believe that the story was
named "mana" though I don't seem to be able to find it under that
name. The plot of the first several chapters was that A fast food
restaurant was using a voice recognition system and computer to tell
each of its employees what to do, and act as there manager (this
computer system was named MANA). Because it would tell them what to do
at each step the fast food employees were entirely fungible, and
became even lower class citizens. This devolved into a very distopian
haves/have-nots vision of the future. Then the main character is
rescued by some sort of austrialian group and taken to austrialia
which has become some sort of robot utopia, though that part was
published significantly later.

I believe your story is actually called "Manna" rather than "Mana."

The story begins here, and you can follow links to subsequent chapters:

Marshall Brain: Manna, Chapter 1
http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm

I hope this is precisely what you're looking for. If this is not the
correct story, or if the link doesn't work for you, please request
clarification; I'll gladly offer further assistance before you rate my
answer.

My Google search strategy:

Google Web Search: manna story
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=manna+story

Best regards,
pinkfreud

Thanks a lot. That was fast and exsactly what I was looking for.