"McDonald’s Corp. went on the offense Tuesday against critics who complain that it’s a lousy place to work.
The world’s largest hamburger chain held its first National Hiring Day and was awarded with a strong response from job seekers. Thousands showed up at restaurants nationwide to apply for jobs mixing shakes and serving Happy Meals. The company planned to hire 50,000 new workers in one day, boosting its staff by about 7 percent.
McDonald’s painted the event as a boon for an economy where more than 13 million Americans are looking for work. But the real purpose, industry experts said, is that McDonald’s needs to portray itself as a decent employer.
That will be a challenge for a company whose name is often synonymous with “you-want-fries-with-that” jokes. “McJob” even has a place in The Oxford English Dictionary, defined as “an unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects.”"
It looks the Obama economy is rockin now! 50,000 hamburger flipper jobs. That stimulus is really paying off now! And since the community organizer gave McDonald’s a waiver, they don’t have to provide them health insurance.
In McDonalds you may not make much if you sweep the floor. The moment that you started to wash lettuce, that’s the time you started to make big money.
I have not worked for McDonalds but I have worked for Kentucky Fry Chichen before. My wage started from $1.50 an hour (back in 1972). A year later I was raised to $1.60 an hour. It help me to finish my college back then.
I don’t give money to those beggars on the street corner. I’m sure if they want to work in any fast food place, they can always find a job there.
wtf does Obama have to do with the goofy hiring policies of McDonalds?
Nothing.
McDonalds is creating a crap load of meagre shifts and shortening hours for employees who are already there, effectively lowering pay across the board because hours are lost.
More part time employees = less benefits distributed as well.
I would say this is a republican model for running a business by all the looks of it. the GOP sure is trying to pass some anti-american stuff. It’s like they hate america or something and they hate their fellow americans.
[QUOTE=YouKnowWho;1090244]…I have worked for Kentucky Fry Chichen before. My wage started from $1.50 an hour (back in 1972). A year later I was raised to $1.60 an hour. It help me to finish my college back then.
I don’t give money to those beggars on the street corner. I’m sure if they want to work in any fast food place, they can always find a job there.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=David Jamieson;1090357]wtf does Obama have to do with the goofy hiring policies of McDonalds?[/QUOTE]
He doesn’t. But that wasn’t my point. My point was that while good jobs are being lost left and right in his economy, McDonalds is one of the few companies hiring.
FYI, this is what happened under Carter. Upper tax bracket jobs actually decreased, while the lowest tax bracket jobs increased the most of any tax bracket.
[QUOTE=David Jamieson;1090357]McDonalds is creating a crap load of meagre shifts and shortening hours for employees who are already there, effectively lowering pay across the board because hours are lost.
More part time employees = less benefits distributed as well.[/QUOTE]
So thank the community organizer for that. This didn’t happen under Bush.
As to benefits, I already pointed out the community organizer gave McDonalds a healthcare waiver, so what benefits are you talking about?
[QUOTE=David Jamieson;1090357]I would say this is a republican model for running a business by all the looks of it. the GOP sure is trying to pass some anti-american stuff. It’s like they hate america or something and they hate their fellow americans.
drink the kool aid 1 bad, there is no escape. lol[/QUOTE]
Do what?! It’s the business model thats happening under YOUR GUY! Keep trying to blame the GOP all you want. This is happening under his watch, and for a year of it he had a supermajority in Congress. The GOP had little to no say in policy during that time, yet you find a way to blame them. That, my friend, is drinking the Kool-Aid.
[QUOTE=BJJ-Blue;1090392]
Do what?! It’s the business model thats happening under YOUR GUY! Keep trying to blame the GOP all you want. This is happening under his watch, and for a year of it he had a supermajority in Congress. The GOP had little to no say in policy during that time, yet you find a way to blame them. That, my friend, is drinking the Kool-Aid.[/QUOTE]
Uh, GOP controls congress. Congress makes laws, not the president. This is happening under GOP watch. Smacks of GOP to me.
[QUOTE=MasterKiller;1090442]Uh, GOP controls congress. Congress makes laws, not the president. This is happening under GOP watch. Smacks of GOP to me.[/QUOTE]
You are incorrect. They only control one Chamber of Congress.
That’s a total cop out. So the last 2 years were Bush’s fault, but the second the GOP takes over one half of Congress it’s their economy and now its their fault after just 3 months?
Talk about a double-standard.
And it was the Obama Administration that gave McDonalds the healthcare waiver, not Congress. On that line, notice how the companies getting exempted from Obamacare seem to be the ones doing the most hiring.
out of the 50,000 how many of them speak English?
I can’t stand going to the drive through, and having to repeat my order several times, say,“What?” another several times, only to have my order botched anyway.
When I go to a drive through, and they speak English, I’m actually surprised. I feel as if I want to thank them.
Then, of course, they still botch my order…
[QUOTE=TenTigers;1090462]out of the 50,000 how many of them speak English?
I can’t stand going to the drive through, and having to repeat my order several times, say,“What?” another several times, only to have my order botched anyway.
When I go to a drive through, and they speak English, I’m actually surprised. I feel as if I want to thank them.
Then, of course, they still botch my order…[/QUOTE]
Those burgers are $1 for a reason. You are worried about your order being botched? I’d be more concerned about what they are feeding you. And I’d CERTAINLY be concerned about the dangers of the processed paste instead of whether or not you got something that looks and sort of tastes and smells like meat the way you wanted it.
i think of mcdonalds the same way i think of a crack dealer… yeah you arent forcing anyone to take your product, but you are knowingly putting something out there that is far more negative than it could ever be positive… although i do have a lil more love for crack dealers since they usually dont sell to kids… whereas mcdinks is all about selling to kids…
but whatever, its everyones right to **** themselves over beyond repair… the only issue i have with that is when i have to pay for the health cost in the end when i dont eat that sh1t and do exercise… im all for universal healthcare and i love that i can get almost anything i need for free, but it does p1ss me off a bit that some people eat themselves into the grave and make the rest of us pay for it… its companies like mcdonalds that is bankrupting canadas public healthcare system… well, that and the overwhelming amount of boomers near their end… cant blame it all on mcdinks
[QUOTE=Syn7;1090601]but whatever, its everyones right to **** themselves over beyond repair… the only issue i have with that is when i have to pay for the health cost in the end when i dont eat that sh1t and do exercise… im all for universal healthcare and i love that i can get almost anything i need for free, but it does p1ss me off a bit that some people eat themselves into the grave and make the rest of us pay for it…[/QUOTE]
You really put yourself in a tough position there. You obviously can’t have both. You either take care of people who don’t give a darn, or you tell people to be responsible for their own choices. Take your pick.
And fyi, you are getting nothing for free if you are paying taxes. Only those who pay no taxes get it for free. You’re a sharp guy, I’m stunned you haven’t figured this one out years (or decades) ago.
[QUOTE=Syn7;1090601]its companies like mcdonalds that is bankrupting canadas public healthcare system… well, that and the overwhelming amount of boomers near their end… cant blame it all on mcdinks ;)[/QUOTE]
No, it’s people being irresponsible that are bankrupting the system.
That, and the fact that socialism NEVER works. But some people just can’t fathom (or accept) that fact.
mcjob isnt in reference to the quality of employement… “Mc” anything is equated with the food which has a very low standard of quality… so the term Mcjob, or Mc anything, isnt a diss on Mcdonalds as an employer, its a knock on the food…
[QUOTE=Syn7;1090928]mcjob isnt in reference to the quality of employement… “Mc” anything is equated with the food which has a very low standard of quality… so the term Mcjob, or Mc anything, isnt a diss on Mcdonalds as an employer, its a knock on the food…[/QUOTE]
Then… from where do you think that term is derived?
[QUOTE=Syn7;1090928]mcjob isnt in reference to the quality of employement… “Mc” anything is equated with the food which has a very low standard of quality… so the term Mcjob, or Mc anything, isnt a diss on Mcdonalds as an employer, its a knock on the food…[/QUOTE]
Mc·Job noun \mk-jäb: a low-paying job that requires little skill and provides little opportunity for advancement
yeesh, this just spins off into the air doesn’t it…lol
ok, here’s a drop for ya-
McDonalds = crappy food that you really really shouldn’t eat regularly at all and definitely shouldn’t let yoru kids grow up on it. It’s garbage, treat it the same way your treat chocolate bars, you don’t eat those everyday do you?
McDonalds jobs= Ok for a teenager and a sign of a terrible economy and poor governance when it’s your second job and you need it to pay for your house and your kids and you’re 35 with a bachelors degree in something.
McDonalds exists and thrives because of…get this, a great deal of people, likely, the majority of people are lazy, lack motivation and simply are filled with so much desire that they don’t care about themselves really, their health or their general well being.
This is how the business model was built. It looked at just how lazy, just how demotivated and just how stupid we all were collectively and then it provided something that would be serviced by those determining factors.
They are still going strong and they serve as a barometer for huamn stupidity to this day.
