I was a 20-something dethroned dotcom ceo that went to work at mcdonald's (2000)

Post by SoftTalker » Tue, Aug 06, 2024, 9:13 PM UTC

soulofmischief wrote: post #94

SoftTalker wrote: post #86

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> McDonalds can fire you for any reason in my state. At any time. Yeah but if you show up for your scheduled shifts and are on time, sober, don't steal, and are moderately competent, they won't.

The crossover between people with those qualities and the people who find themselves in a position where McDonald's is a good deal is quite small. Often times these people have been failed by society on a number of fronts and have a very different perspective on the arrangement. This isn't to absolve people of personal responsibility, but we are much more of a product of our environment than most of us realize.

Post by brailsafe » Tue, Aug 06, 2024, 9:20 PM UTC

bluGill wrote: post #96

sandspar wrote: post #72

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Guy who makes $200,000 a year is aghast that some people actually work at McDonald's

I'm haven't worked at McDonalds for 20+ years, but I think that the top manager at each store is making $200k, and the top 4 are over $150k - it goes down fast below that though. I'm reasonable sure that if I had stayed at McDonalds I'd have never had a year where I made less than I made in tech. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to be out, but they pay those they care about well enough, and there were some good things I…

Post by abduhl » Tue, Aug 06, 2024, 9:43 PM UTC

klyrs wrote: post #78

oceanplexian wrote: post #68

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Agree that’s kind of *^%% move, I’d have too much self respect to start working somewhere for a few weeks than bail. Doesn’t matter if it’s a food service job or a FAANG. McDonalds was doing him a solid by offering some kind of employment for a person presumably down on their luck with zero experience. Hiring people is a huge expense and risk even for a small franchise.

I dunno. Sounds like you've never bitten off more than you can chew. I have found myself in a situation before, where my continued participation would be an immediate low-grade harm and my rate of improvement was slow because I had volunteered for something well out of my wheelhouse. So I had a dilemma: give up and disappoint today, forcing my replacement; or carry on in my incompetence and risk the whole endeavor. Q…

Post by wccrawford » Tue, Aug 06, 2024, 9:55 PM UTC

SoftTalker wrote: post #86

AndyNemmity wrote: post #85

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McDonalds can fire you for any reason in my state. At any time. When you're renting yourself to authoritarian institutions like corporations, there is no "self respect" required for you to always take the best deal for yourself whenever possible.

> McDonalds can fire you for any reason in my state. At any time. Yeah but if you show up for your scheduled shifts and are on time, sober, don't steal, and are moderately competent, they won't.

Post by Apocryphon » Tue, Aug 06, 2024, 9:58 PM UTC

jandrese wrote: post #80

sobelius wrote: post #17

Honestly, I think he’s living the dream — no tech headaches, just flipping burgers and taking it easy. Really makes me think...

You've never worked in fast food have you? "Taking it easy" is not how it works. You're on the clock 100% until you clock out, no rest, no breaks, if a burger takes more than 60 seconds to land on the customer's tray the boss is on your ass. If you miscalculate how many patties to slap on the grill and either run out or you have to toss some because they've sat in the steamer for more than 15 minutes you are in for s…