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Other Discussion Boards => Philosophy, Religion & Society => Topic started by: Lord Dave on May 19, 2021, 04:22:48 PM
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https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/04/25/one-florida-mcdonalds-offers-50-to-anyone-who-interviews-for-a-job/
Short answer:
Unemployment pays more than McDonalds. So why would anyone want to interview, get instantly offered a job, and lose unemployment?
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https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/04/25/one-florida-mcdonalds-offers-50-to-anyone-who-interviews-for-a-job/
Short answer:
Unemployment pays more than McDonalds. So why would anyone want to interview, get instantly offered a job, and lose unemployment?
Are you aware that jobs provide additional benefits than monetary compensation?
https://employeebenefit.info/mcdonalds-employee-benefits/
McDonald’s Restaurants offers numerous McDonald’s Perks and Benefits for its Employee which makes the staff happy and loyal towards the company. McDonald’s Restaurants offers the following benefits to its employees –
- McDonald’s Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Occupational Accident and Life Insurance
- McDonald’s 100% 401 (k) plan and Performance-based bonuses
- Flexible Hours, Employee Discount, Job Training, and Tuition Assistance
- Family Medical Leave and Maternity & Paternity Leave.
So, if you are an employee at McDonald’s, then check this mcd employee benefits and Perks details which you can enjoy. Here is a brief account of McDonald’s Employees Benefits 2020.
If you have ongoing health issues you might want to keep the job to keep your benefits, even if those benefits are poor and only provide catastrophic coverage. That way you are getting paid enough to survive while living in your paren't basement and have benefits. With unemployment you get only the money to survive in your parent's basement and would have to use that survival money to pay for your own benefits without McD's help.
Also, unemployment has a time limit attached.
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https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/04/25/one-florida-mcdonalds-offers-50-to-anyone-who-interviews-for-a-job/
Short answer:
Unemployment pays more than McDonalds. So why would anyone want to interview, get instantly offered a job, and lose unemployment?
Are you aware that jobs provide additional benefits than monetary compensation?
https://employeebenefit.info/mcdonalds-employee-benefits/
McDonald’s Restaurants offers numerous McDonald’s Perks and Benefits for its Employee which makes the staff happy and loyal towards the company. McDonald’s Restaurants offers the following benefits to its employees –
- McDonald’s Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Occupational Accident and Life Insurance
- McDonald’s 100% 401 (k) plan and Performance-based bonuses
- Flexible Hours, Employee Discount, Job Training, and Tuition Assistance
- Family Medical Leave and Maternity & Paternity Leave.
So, if you are an employee at McDonald’s, then check this mcd employee benefits and Perks details which you can enjoy. Here is a brief account of McDonald’s Employees Benefits 2020.
If you have ongoing health issues you might want to keep the job to keep your benefits, even if those benefits are poor and only provide catastrophic coverage. That way you are getting paid enough to survive while living in your paren't basement and have benefits. With unemployment you get only the money to survive in your parent's basement and would have to use that survival money to pay for your own benefits without McD's help.
Also, unemployment has a time limit attached.
Seems like its changed since I worked at McDonalds back in 2008. But... not really buying it.
-I'd need to see the details of their medical coverage, for example, because it could have such a high deductable as to be pointless. Or the cost for the employee (yeah, it'll cost em in the paycheck) is alot.
-The 401K is match. Which is great but requires the unskilled, minimum wage person to pay into it themselves first.
-Job training is not a benefit. It is literally what every buisness does with new employees.
- Flexible Hours.... yeah... if possible. Because, ya know, staffing.
- Employee Discount. Again, encourges the employee to eat their own food, which basically means they take their McDonalds paycheck and put it back into McDonalds.
- Tuition Assistance (for select colleges). I'd like to see that list too.
The sad thing is, these all sound great to someone like YOU, but odds are, they're just ways to get people in the door. Like if you can get Health and Medical but it costs $100 a week... not really good, is it? And, of course, restaurant staff and office staff are treated differently.
*Reading Glassdoor.com comments, sounds like it's cheap but very high deductable for managers. So regular kitchen staff are probably shafted even worse.
Remember Tom: Deductables are the devil.
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Dave, you've got to play the long game...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9rhkPxvnR8
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Seems like its changed since I worked at McDonalds back in 2008. But... not really buying it.
-I'd need to see the details of their medical coverage, for example, because it could have such a high deductable as to be pointless. Or the cost for the employee (yeah, it'll cost em in the paycheck) is alot.
No, it's not pointless. The maximum costs for the insured are regulated. The total out-of-pocket expenses for an individual plan, including deductibles and co-payments, can't be more than $6,900 for an individual.
https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/high-deductible-health-plan/
For 2020, the IRS defines a high deductible health plan as any plan with a deductible of at least $1,400 for an individual or $2,800 for a family. An HDHP’s total yearly out-of-pocket expenses (including deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance) can’t be more than $6,900 for an individual or $13,800 for a family. (This limit doesn't apply to out-of-network services.)
These are catastrophic plans. If you have a serious health condition it can absolve you of medical bankruptcy, as the real costs for a serious health condition can easily run into six figures. Some people need that peace of mind that they are covered by insurance if the worst happens and that their family will not become bankrupt over it.
It is possible that the young people working at McDonalds already have housing and food to take care of their main needs through family, and only want benefits such as this and some spending money.
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Jesus Christ your healthcare system is so fucked up.
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That's a pretty good sales pitch though: "work for us! You'll get 50% off all the McRibsTM you want and if you're appendix blows up, you'll only be out 10 grand!"
Is McHealthcare better than Obamacare?
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Seems like its changed since I worked at McDonalds back in 2008. But... not really buying it.
-I'd need to see the details of their medical coverage, for example, because it could have such a high deductable as to be pointless. Or the cost for the employee (yeah, it'll cost em in the paycheck) is alot.
No, it's not pointless. The maximum costs for the insured are regulated. The total out-of-pocket expenses for an individual plan, including deductibles and co-payments, can't be more than $6,900 for an individual.
https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/high-deductible-health-plan/
For 2020, the IRS defines a high deductible health plan as any plan with a deductible of at least $1,400 for an individual or $2,800 for a family. An HDHP’s total yearly out-of-pocket expenses (including deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance) can’t be more than $6,900 for an individual or $13,800 for a family. (This limit doesn't apply to out-of-network services.)
Thanks Obamacare!
Still, $6 grand is alot. And it doesn't cover out of network, which you may not know you get until its too late. Also, the insurance is great as long as you have a job. you could, in fact, be fired for not showing up because you are hurt or sick.
Ex: you break your arm.
You go to the ER. The doctor see's you, x-rays your arm, and you get a cast. You get billed for your deductable AND its out of network. Why? Because the doctor who saw you was out of network. He just never told you and you didn't ask. (Yes this is real. Happened to me)
And you can't work safely for a few weeks so... McDonalds fires you.
No more insurance. Guess who owes the full cost now?
These are catastrophic plans. If you have a serious health condition it can absolve you of medical bankruptcy, as the real costs for a serious health condition can easily run into six figures. Some people need that peace of mind that they are covered by insurance if the worst happens and that their family will not become bankrupt over it.
And if you have something minor like a broken bone or a wound needing stiches?
It is possible that the young people working at McDonalds already have housing and food to take care of their main needs through family, and only want benefits such as this and some spending money.
Which would mean they're under their parents insurance (if they are under 26 years old) and thus, the benefit is irrelevant anyway since they won't be offered it (or take it if they were).
Odds are they're paying for college so they can get a better job, like I did. Do you know how much college is a month?
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If you think that you will be going in to the Dr. on a more minor and regular basis to where you would spend under 10K in medical costs a year then there are alternative plans available. If you are a McDonalds worker and don't want a catastrophic plan then you get something like a mini-med plan:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/HealthCare/mcdonalds-fights-back-report-drop-health-care-plan/story?id=11764596
"Nearly 30,000 McDonald's employees currently participate in the plan, which provides a maximum of $2,000 to $10,000 a year in basic medical coverage at a cost of $14 to $32 a week, according to the company. Home Depot, Disney, Blockbuster, Staples and other big retail chains with large populations of hourly employees offer similar plans."
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If you think that you will be going in to the Dr. on a more minor and regular basis to where you would spend under 10K in medical costs a year then there are alternative plans available. If you are a McDonalds worker and don't want a catastrophic plan then you get something like a mini-med plan:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/HealthCare/mcdonalds-fights-back-report-drop-health-care-plan/story?id=11764596
"Nearly 30,000 McDonald's employees currently participate in the plan, which provides a maximum of $2,000 to $10,000 a year in basic medical coverage at a cost of $14 to $32 a week, according to the company. Home Depot, Disney, Blockbuster, Staples and other big retail chains with large populations of hourly employees offer similar plans."
You uhhh... Might wanna find a more recent article.
11 years is a long time.
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Jesus Christ your healthcare system is so fucked up.
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If you think that you will be going in to the Dr. on a more minor and regular basis to where you would spend under 10K in medical costs a year then there are alternative plans available. If you are a McDonalds worker and don't want a catastrophic plan then you get something like a mini-med plan:
... or you could take a small contribution from each taxpayer, each year, spend a little less on other govt spending, and finance a medical system where the general public don't have to worry about whether or not an illness will bankrupt them, and can just go to the doctor or hospital for free.
As was said earlier, your healthcare system is so totally and utterly effed up....
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Not going to stand for this.
America is #1 at everything. Our healthcare system is the best. Any information to the contrary is just more of the RE coverup. If you really want to argue about it we'll add another $500 trillion to our military budget and come blow you off the face of the earth just to prove how great we truly are.
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Further commentary with billing examples on the American Healthcare System/Business
https://imgur.com/gallery/bKeKvwI
https://imgur.com/gallery/6ThlU
https://imgur.com/gallery/iG2TMzl
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If you think that you will be going in to the Dr. on a more minor and regular basis to where you would spend under 10K in medical costs a year then there are alternative plans available. If you are a McDonalds worker and don't want a catastrophic plan then you get something like a mini-med plan:
... or you could take a small contribution from each taxpayer, each year, spend a little less on other govt spending, and finance a medical system where the general public don't have to worry about whether or not an illness will bankrupt them, and can just go to the doctor or hospital for free.
As was said earlier, your healthcare system is so totally and utterly effed up....
Oh, so the McDonald's employee has to change their entire government and health care system around for their personal benefit. Sounds like practical advice.
McDonalds is a stepping stone for most people, a job typically for young people to get spending money while they are in school and living with their parents, and not a career that is supposed to support them in whole. They know that it's just a temporary job for them. People in actual careers after McDonalds can afford normal insurance, and the massive socialized system that you think people in the US are desperate for quickly becomes unnecessary.
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If you think that you will be going in to the Dr. on a more minor and regular basis to where you would spend under 10K in medical costs a year then there are alternative plans available. If you are a McDonalds worker and don't want a catastrophic plan then you get something like a mini-med plan:
... or you could take a small contribution from each taxpayer, each year, spend a little less on other govt spending, and finance a medical system where the general public don't have to worry about whether or not an illness will bankrupt them, and can just go to the doctor or hospital for free.
As was said earlier, your healthcare system is so totally and utterly effed up....
Oh, so the McDonald's employee has to change their entire government and health care system around for their personal benefit. Sounds like practical advice.
Well... it would benefit everyone in society so... I mean... not just personal.
Also, imagine the money businesses would save by not having to entice people with medical benefits?
McDonalds is a stepping stone for most people, a job typically for young people to get spending money while they are in school and living with their parents, and not a career that is supposed to support them in whole. They know that it's just a temporary job for them. People in actual careers after McDonalds can afford normal insurance, and the massive socialized system that you think people in the US are desperate for quickly becomes unnecessary.
I've seen this argument before.
Ok, tell me something: What is the progression of career that you think happens? What kind of economic progress do you assume is the normal?
Also: Why is a job, that is needed, for "young people"? You do know that McDonalds didn't start their business to give young people a job, right? They started it to sell burgers. And if young people don't take the job (as seen by the OP), the job doesn't get done(because older people can't love off the wages) and the restaurant closes. So... why do you think its for "young people"? Because the way I see it, its not FOR young people, but rather the only jobs(expanding to the service industry as a whole) young people are qualified to perform.
Like saying "Used Cars are for young drivers". No, Used cars are the cars those with little money can afford. Which happens to fit poor old people and poor young people.
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The average age of a McDonald’s employee is 27.
https://www.zippia.com/mcdonalds-crew-member-jobs/demographics/
Times have changed and McJobs are no longer for the high schooler. They entrench lower class people in low mobility situations so that multi-billion dollar companies can continue to depress their wages and prospects. Sacrifices at the altar of eternal profit growth.
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Zippia? McD claims that the average age of an hourly employee is 20. Presumably we are talking about the cooks and cashiers earning an hourly rate.
https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/help/faq/18338-what-is-the-average-age-of-a-mcdonalds-employee.html
(https://i.imgur.com/ZkqFVLM.png)
But if you're in your late 20's or older and still working the kitchen and drive through at McDonald's, that's your own fault.
Well... it would benefit everyone in society so... I mean... not just personal.
I can afford insurance just fine. It's not going to benefit me if the government increases taxes to support people to supplement the lives of twenty year-olds with temp jobs and people who failed in life with this new massive socialized healthcare system.
You want to take from me and provide nothing in return? What a compelling proposal. ::)
I've seen this argument before.
Ok, tell me something: What is the progression of career that you think happens? What kind of economic progress do you assume is the normal?
I think it's normal for people to pick up menial jobs early in life and work to make something better of themselves.
Also: Why is a job, that is needed, for "young people"? You do know that McDonalds didn't start their business to give young people a job, right? They started it to sell burgers. And if young people don't take the job (as seen by the OP), the job doesn't get done(because older people can't love off the wages) and the restaurant closes. So... why do you think its for "young people"? Because the way I see it, its not FOR young people, but rather the only jobs(expanding to the service industry as a whole) young people are qualified to perform.
McD is a business and doesn't care if its workers are young or old. The workers trend younger because it is a norm to work menial unskilled jobs early in your career as you try to make something of yourself. McD managers know it's just a temp job. The workers know that it's just a temp job. I know that it's just a temp job. I'm not sure what your deal is.
If low paying unskilled jobs didn't exist then those young people would probably be leaching off of their parents even more than they are. It serves a purpose which the parents appreciate.
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Zippia? McD claims that the average age of an hourly employee is 20. Presumably we are talking about the cooks and cashiers earning an hourly rate.
https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/help/faq/18338-what-is-the-average-age-of-a-mcdonalds-employee.html
That’s the UK.
But if you're in your late 20's or older and still working the kitchen and drive through at McDonald's, that's your own fault.
Classic retarded conservative talking point. Only an idiot thinks all of your employment conditions are under your control. Are you an idiot?
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I can afford insurance just fine. It's not going to benefit me if the government increases taxes to support people to supplement the lives of twenty year-olds with temp jobs and people who failed in life with this new massive socialized healthcare system.
Does the phrase "I'm alright, Jack" have any resonance for you?
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Zippia? McD claims that the average age of an hourly employee is 20. Presumably we are talking about the cooks and cashiers earning an hourly rate.
https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/help/faq/18338-what-is-the-average-age-of-a-mcdonalds-employee.html
That’s the UK.
No, it doesn't specify that the age is only for UK restaurants. The mcdonalds.com website is also the USA website.
(https://i.imgur.com/rQ5gcya.png)
And if McD's statistics are wrong or don't apply to the US, it could be because in recent years they have been trying to hire much older seniors and retirees, skewing some averages since they are much older:
https://www.ibtimes.com/mcdonalds-hire-older-employees-aged-fifty-above-hopes-seniors-take-morning-shifts-2787757
Business
McDonald’s To Hire Older Employees Aged Fifty And Above, Hopes Seniors Take Morning Shifts
By Kalyan Kumar
04/24/19 AT 10:40 PM
Fast food giant McDonald’s is throwing open its workforce to people at 50 and above in a bid to address the shortage of young workers on morning shifts. The apparent shortage of adequate young workers on morning shifts will affect the breakfast and lunchtime business.
For the new initiative, the company has joined hands with AARP—a non-profit supporting aged Americans. Under the partnership, all U.S. job postings from Mc Donald’s will appear on AARP’s job board.
So just the opposite now, people who have spare time to earn some spending money.
It also says in that 2019 article:
"At present, 11 percent of the workers at McDonald’s restaurants are in the age band of 50 and above with teen workers constituting 40 percent of the workforce."
40 percent are teenagers. Young people clearly make up a very large percentage of the workforce.
It's a job for kids. Always has been.
But if you're in your late 20's or older and still working the kitchen and drive through at McDonald's, that's your own fault.
Classic retarded conservative talking point. Only an idiot thinks all of your employment conditions are under your control. Are you an idiot?
In most cases your employment conditions are under your control. People don't just wake up one day and find that they are highly paid programmers. ::)
Does the phrase "I'm alright, Jack" have any resonance for you?
Yes. The people wanting free education, housing, and medicine are acting only in their own best interest and not the interest of society who would otherwise have to foot that bill for them. Grow up and take care of your own self.
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A source from U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics for 2020:
https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11b.htm
Fast food and counter workers
[Number in thousands]
Total, 16 years and over: 655
16 to 19 years: 262
20 to 24 years: 166
25 to 34 years: 91
35 to 44 years: 55
45 to 54 years: 39
55 to 64 years: 31
65 years and over: 12
Median age: 22.4
Obviously it's mostly young people aged 16 - 24.
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Zippia? McD claims that the average age of an hourly employee is 20. Presumably we are talking about the cooks and cashiers earning an hourly rate.
https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/help/faq/18338-what-is-the-average-age-of-a-mcdonalds-employee.html
That’s the UK.
No, it doesn't specify that the age is only for UK restaurants. The mcdonalds.com website is also the USA website.
(https://i.imgur.com/rQ5gcya.png)
Notice the link here has “en-us” and the one you posted has “en-gb”? Probably not. The very next card in the FAQ talks about how they are the largest first employer in... the UK.
And if McD's statistics are wrong or don't apply to the US, it could be because in recent years they have been trying to hire much older seniors and retirees, skewing some averages since they are much older:
https://www.ibtimes.com/mcdonalds-hire-older-employees-aged-fifty-above-hopes-seniors-take-morning-shifts-2787757
Business
McDonald’s To Hire Older Employees Aged Fifty And Above, Hopes Seniors Take Morning Shifts
By Kalyan Kumar
04/24/19 AT 10:40 PM
Fast food giant McDonald’s is throwing open its workforce to people at 50 and above in a bid to address the shortage of young workers on morning shifts. The apparent shortage of adequate young workers on morning shifts will affect the breakfast and lunchtime business.
For the new initiative, the company has joined hands with AARP—a non-profit supporting aged Americans. Under the partnership, all U.S. job postings from Mc Donald’s will appear on AARP’s job board.
So just the opposite now, people who have spare time to earn some spending money.
It also says in that 2019 article:
"At present, 11 percent of the workers at McDonald’s restaurants are in the age band of 50 and above with teen workers constituting 40 percent of the workforce."
40 percent are teenagers. Young people clearly make up a very large percentage of the workforce.
It's a job for kids. Always has been.
So the majority aren’t teens. Thanks for confirming.
But if you're in your late 20's or older and still working the kitchen and drive through at McDonald's, that's your own fault.
Classic retarded conservative talking point. Only an idiot thinks all of your employment conditions are under your control. Are you an idiot?
In most cases your employment conditions are under your control. People don't just wake up one day and find that they are highly paid programmers. ::)
I’m not sure why you think that’s relevant but... ok, boomer.
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Notice the link here has “en-us” and the one you posted has “en-gb”? Probably not. The very next card in the FAQ talks about how they are the largest first employer in... the UK.
It's the USA and UK website. There is not a USA-Specific FAQ. The number is either 20 or close to 20. US Bureau of Labor and Statistics says the median age of fast food workers in the US for 2020 is 22.4. Looking at those statistics by age shows that the bulk of the workers are aged 16 - 24. This trumps whatever source you are trying to dig up claiming that the average age of fast food workers is 27.
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More evidence that fast food work is just a temporary job for people:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/29/fast-food-restaurants-in-america-are-losing-100percent-of-workers-every-year.html
Panera is losing nearly 100% of its workers every year as fast-food turnover crisis worsens
PUBLISHED THU, AUG 29 2019 8:45 AM
- Panera Bread loses close to 100% of its workers every year.
- For fast-food chains employee turnover runs as high as 130% to 150%, according to industry measures.
- McDonald’s is spending nearly $1 billion in 2019 to add ordering kiosks and other tech to stores.
- Some experts believe it is inevitable that fast food will be the first job sector ruled by robots.
If you think it sounds like a mathematical impossibility for a company to lose more than 100% of its workers every year, you’ve never worked in the fast-food industry. At fast-food restaurants, losing 100% of employees — and then losing still more of the employees hired to replace those workers — is a common, and worsening, labor problem.
The case of Panera Bread shows just how deep the employee turnover issue is for restaurant companies. Panera loses close to 100% of workers every year, and by fast-food industry standards that’s considered good.
“In the restaurant industry, turnover is 130%, turning over more than a full workforce every year,” said Panera bread CFO Michael Bufano at CNBC’s @Work Human Capital + Finance conference in July. “We are a little under 100%, but still a huge number.”
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Abraham Pizam, chair in tourism management and the founding dean of Rosen College of Hospitality Management at the University of Central Florida, says his position is not popular among academic peers, but he is convinced the fast-food industry is on a path to be the first to fully automate.
Low wages, lack of career paths and an overwhelming belief among the working public that fast-food jobs should only ever be temporary all contribute to the worsening turnover issues. “You talk to an employee here in the U.S. and it is nothing to be proud of,” he said. “It’s a job until I graduate or until I’m back on my feet,” he said. “No one who thinks of a job as temporary is motivated.”
There are no other job segments in the U.S. that have higher turnover than the fast-food and fast-casual segments of the restaurant industry, according to DiPietro at the University of South Carolina’s School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management. “Not even retail.”
Yeah, some menial unskilled temporary job that people work at for a few months definitely needs to give leading insurance and wages. ::)
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Not leading, living.
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It sure sounds like those people working there had a choice over their work situation, considering that they tend to quit for better things after some short time. They are only using the job as a temporary in-between. It's not a career. It's not meant to support you.
Everyone knows that except for a few fakes, who create ridiculous scenarios where McD is enslaving people.
Ignoring minimum wage laws, if a teenager wants to accept $25 for watching a dog for four hours as they do homework one evening, why not? The teenager is in a position to where their living situation is financed by their parents and don't need to work a living wage. Obviously this is morally congruent to offer that and to accept that, and no one would really care or complain, even though that is below US Federal minimum wage. When the teenager actually wants to earn a living wage to support themselves they will go out and find that job, just like people leave fast food as soon as they can.
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As you pointed out, the majority of McDonalds employees are not teenagers so don’t make disingenuous arguments.
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As you pointed out, the majority of McDonalds employees are not teenagers so don’t make disingenuous arguments.
There are lots of adults who would like $25 to watch a dog for four hours too. If there were a source of that maybe you shouldn't knock their side job by screaming about living wage, insurance, minimum wage, etc. They know it's just a side job.
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As you pointed out, the majority of McDonalds employees are not teenagers so don’t make disingenuous arguments.
There are lots of adults who would like $25 to watch a dog for four hours too. If there were a source of that maybe you shouldn't knock their side job by screaming about living wage, insurance, minimum wage, etc. They know it's just a side job.
Hey nice work making up that its their side job. Debating is easy when you make things up I hear.
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Reading between the lines, Tom seems to be in a time-warp intersecting the 1950s and 1960s.
Temporal anomaly alert.
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Zippia? McD claims that the average age of an hourly employee is 20. Presumably we are talking about the cooks and cashiers earning an hourly rate.
https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/help/faq/18338-what-is-the-average-age-of-a-mcdonalds-employee.html
(https://i.imgur.com/ZkqFVLM.png)
But if you're in your late 20's or older and still working the kitchen and drive through at McDonald's, that's your own fault.
Unless your only source of income to pay for college is working at McDonalds, which isn't paying enough for tuition....
Well... it would benefit everyone in society so... I mean... not just personal.
I can afford insurance just fine. It's not going to benefit me if the government increases taxes to support people to supplement the lives of twenty year-olds with temp jobs and people who failed in life with this new massive socialized healthcare system.
You want to take from me and provide nothing in return? What a compelling proposal. ::)
First off, as you've said, most people get insurance through their jobs. So technially, you're not affording it either: your employer is. If you lost it right now, how much would your plan cost out of pocket?
And you'd get the national health care plan as well. So you would lose the payment to your employer (unless they pay for it 100%) and still have insruance. You'd also lose Medicare and Medicaid taxes on your paycheck. Probably merging them into one payment, which would benefit you directly since you'd get the insurance your taxes are paying for.
Your employer could then take all the money they save from not having to pay your insurance premiums every month and give it to you as a pay increase.
And the best part?
Your taxes don't have to go up. Know how much I pay in taxes? 34%. My big, bad, evil national healthcare system isn't even a separate tax. Its just part of the 34% income tax I pay on all my income. But I guess none of that benefits you, huh?
I've seen this argument before.
Ok, tell me something: What is the progression of career that you think happens? What kind of economic progress do you assume is the normal?
I think it's normal for people to pick up menial jobs early in life and work to make something better of themselves.
How expectedly vague.
So, how do they better themselves? School? Because last I checked, college isn't free. Ya need money. Which most people get by working a job. Oh wait.... the job doesn't pay enough for the hours you can work after school. (Been there, done that. And I went to community college).
See Tom, I have ACTUAL experience with this. Do you? Have you ever worked at McDonalds or some service job? Ever had to make car payments on a used car, insurance, and tuition to a community college on a McDonalds Salary? (not to mention gas driving to work and school) Because I bet you haven't.
And before you cry "Scholarships!" remember: Of the hundreds of thousands of people who may be applying... only a few get it. So odds are, you're not getting it.
"Loans!" you say to counter: Yeah. Great. Oh wait no... you need to prove you can pay it back WHILE IN SCHOOL. Yeah, good luck with that on a McDonalds salary.
Or, you know, have parents who will thrown down their house as collateral.
See, maybe, just maybe, having a decent wage would give these "young people" capital they can save and invest in education so they can give themselves a good jump start on their career while having no experience or job skills yet. Instead of, you know, being a burden on their parents even after they get a job.
Also: Why is a job, that is needed, for "young people"? You do know that McDonalds didn't start their business to give young people a job, right? They started it to sell burgers. And if young people don't take the job (as seen by the OP), the job doesn't get done(because older people can't love off the wages) and the restaurant closes. So... why do you think its for "young people"? Because the way I see it, its not FOR young people, but rather the only jobs(expanding to the service industry as a whole) young people are qualified to perform.
McD is a business and doesn't care if its workers are young or old. The workers trend younger because it is a norm to work menial unskilled jobs early in your career as you try to make something of yourself. McD managers know it's just a temp job. The workers know that it's just a temp job. I know that it's just a temp job. I'm not sure what your deal is.
If low paying unskilled jobs didn't exist then those young people would probably be leaching off of their parents even more than they are. It serves a purpose which the parents appreciate.
1. McD managers were employees so... not a temp job for them.
2. You have it backwards. You assume that they take these jobs because they want them. Trust me, we do not. We take them because we can't get anything else. Because being 18 with no education beyond High School means you need a job that has no skills. Its not "Norm to work menial unskilled jobs" it's literally "the only job we can get". Its not a cultural thing, it's a literal "We can't do any other jobs yet".
If low paying unskilled jobs didn't exist, we wouldn't have McDonalds, dumbass. Or movie theaters. Or restaurants. Or bars. Or department stores. Or grocery stores. Or any other business that relies on unskilled jobs. Hell, we wouldn't have fresh picked strawberries either.
These aren't jobs given out of some pity. They are essential for whatever business venture needs them. Every job is important. Go to McDonalds and try to make your own Big Mac and Fries. See how that goes. Or head to Macy's and see how easy it is to shop if no one has stocked the shelves.
These jobs exist because they are needed, because something needs to be done. It may not require great skill, but it requires a human. And that human is worth being paid enough to actually be able to live until they can move on in their career.
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If low paying unskilled jobs didn't exist, we wouldn't have McDonalds, dumbass.
Are you aware that there are unskilled jobs that do pay a living wage? The simple fact is that you just didn't want to do them. You could have joined the military, become a police officer, fire fighter, gone into construction or roofing, sales, waste management, become a flight attendant.
But no, you wanted to stand around and push some buttons and put some things into machines and hand things to people. An "easy" job for a lazy young adult.
The people working in fast food typically have someone else paying for their living situation, and this is just a way to get some spending money for them. You were obviously incapable of selling burgers to people on your own, and had to rely on McDonald's reputation and brand and built up infrastructure to bring in the customers for your wages. You should be grateful that they offered that opportunity to profit off of their hard work.
And you did have a choice of being there. That's why you worked there for a short period of time and then left like everyone else after you had some time to get your bearings. You should be thanking them for feeding you in that situation and rough patch you were in, rather than complaining about it. No large employer will hire you for any kind of job with an attitude like that.
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You believe these jobs listed are unskilled?
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No more skills than are expected in a high school classroom or PE class, no. When you joint the military they train you on the specifics, just as McDonalds trains you for the specifics of that work. You aren't expected to know how to fire a bazooka to get employed by the military.
The drop out rate in basic training is only 11 - 14 percent; you don't need to be a world class athlete:
https://www.thebalancecareers.com/united-states-military-basic-training-attrition-4052608
"The Navy, Army, and Marines have recruits drop out at roughly the same rate as each other, between 11 and 14 percent annually. Contrary to what many think, the goal of officers in basic training isn't just to push recruits to drop out."
If young fast food workers wanted to pursue this and get better benefits, they largely could. The military is known for excellent tuition assistance. They just don't want to. They just want some quick cash with minimal commitment/travel/effort. That's all they are looking for. Lazy. That's why they are paid as they are. The pay for local fast food jobs is that way for a good logical reason, and not because of some grand scheme to enslave the destitute.
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I'm so curious how many hours per week you worked throughout your youth, at what wage(s) you were paid, and whether that allowed you to do things like pay tuition, buy a house/car shortly after etc.
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I didn't have a problem in my youth. I went directly to skilled office jobs and I didn't wait until I had a postsecondary degree. My earnings ranged from 4 times the federal minimum wage at age 16 to 14 times the federal minimum wage at age 24, without any postsecondary credentials at that time whatsoever.
Target a skill that is in rarity, build a resume, convince people that you are technically and professionally competent, pretend that you are teaching them something in an interview. Get a related professional certificate if you need a piece of paper for HR. Actually improve and add value to their company, or start your own company with those special skills you have accumulated, which I would expect a young talented person should be able to do competently and creatively by age 24.
Continue going to college, certainly, but it should ideally be for your own fun and education.
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Target a skill that is in rarity, build a resume, convince people that you are technically and professionally competent, pretend that you are teaching them something in an interview. Get a related professional certificate if you need a piece of paper for HR. Actually improve and add value to their company, or start your own company with those special skills you have accumulated, which I would expect a young talented person should be able to do competently and creatively by age 24.
Continue going to college, certainly, but it should ideally be for your own fun and education.
This is all around good advice, regardless of your field or interests.
I didn't have a problem in my youth. I went directly to skilled office jobs and I didn't wait until I had a postsecondary degree. My earnings ranged from 4 times the federal minimum wage at age 16 to 14 times the federal minimum wage at age 24, without any postsecondary credentials at that time whatsoever.
This part, based on my experience, and that of all the students I TA'd in university over a 7 year span, is extremely rare these days. Companies have gotten away with offering stagnant minimum wages, and the consistent push to get everyone to get a degree has led to a vast surplus of graduates compared to available jobs. It's a shit show of a trickle-down of recent grads forced to take entry level jobs to build their resume and (hopefully) allow them to stay out of their parents' basements after graduation.
I was lucky to make several dollars an hour over minimum wage throughout high school, working 25-30 hours a week during the school year and 36-40 during the summers between 2002-2006. I saved up 22k over that span, then I enrolled in university, and in a single day, over 15k was gone after writing three cheques: tuition, residence, meal plan, then heading to the library to spend a stupid amount on (used) textbooks.
I'm glad you were able to make money in your youth, and I agree your advice is absolutely still applicable today, but that kind of employment environment simply doesnt exist anymore.
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I didn't have a problem in my youth. I went directly to skilled office jobs ...
When was this?
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I'm glad you were able to make money in your youth, and I agree your advice is absolutely still applicable today, but that kind of employment environment simply doesnt exist anymore.
Sure it does. Have you ever seen the show Shark Tank? You know, the one where it appears that every 24 year old is making hundreds of thousands of dollars?
Well, it has always been that way, regardless of whether the year is 1951 or 2021. A certain segment of young people take the motivation to either build their own company and product or can convince a company that they can improve their services or product significantly.
Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard. He built skills and identified an opportunity on his own. Gates could have also dropped out to use his skills to help build an OS for IBM, to enjoy a relatively high salary and maybe some stock ownership for the rest of his life (but probably not resulting in becoming a billionaire). Many thousands of others did the same of joining companies to revolutinize them or by starting their own company to lesser, but still relatively significant success.
If you want to do a mindless activity day after day like a robot, well no, that's not going to make you successful, and it never has been that way. The best you can hope for with that tactic is to make enough to make a livable wage. And if you think that a degree guarantees success you are fooling yourself. You will most likely just be doing repetitive activities related to that field day after day at a slightly more livable wage. If you actually want the nice house you have to go out and do it yourself through your own ingenuity without relying on "going into a system".
No one is just going to "give" that nice life to you. You have to really and truly earn it.
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MFW when Tom thinks Shark Tank is a good sample of the modern job market.
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MFW when Tom thinks Shark Tank is a good sample of the modern job market.
No, it's not a good sample because a lot of people don't need venture capital to grow, and can qualify for loans based on the business revenue.
But it's public evidence that twenty four year olds can do pretty well, and that companies want that ingenuity. You can either do that or you can continue to be disillusioned that you will have a wonderful life by believing in the system and doing what everyone else is doing.
Your first mistake is to believe that there is a system that wants you to be successful.
Your second mistake is to believe that the right to take out a thirty year mortgage and live in a home owned by the bank means that you are successful.
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MFW when Tom thinks Shark Tank is a good sample of the modern job market.
No, it's not a good sample because a lot of people don't need venture capital to grow, and can qualify for loans based on the business revenue.
But it's public evidence that twenty four year olds can do pretty well, and that companies want that ingenuity. You can either do that or you can continue to be disillusioned that you will have a wonderful life by believing in the system and doing what everyone else is doing.
It's an edited TV show. It isn't evidence of anything to do with how business works in the real world.
Your first mistake is to believe that there is a system that wants you to be successful.
Your second mistake is to believe that the right to take out a thirty year mortgage and live in a home owned by the bank means that you are successful.
I guess it didnt take long for you to fabricate someone's position.
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It's an edited TV show. It isn't evidence of anything to do with how business works in the real world.
Wrong. The people appear on the show and the business is often already making sales. They are not lying about that.
That's what you're supposed to do to become successful. Develop a skill, service, or product that society values; not go into a "job market". That's literally the difference between the rich and poor, and why they exist. So please do not complain about not becoming successful while working at local book shop chain store.
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It's an edited TV show. It isn't evidence of anything to do with how business works in the real world.
Wrong. The people appear on the show and the business is often already making sales. They are not lying about that.
See, you're making shit up again. I never said anyone was lying.
That's what you're supposed to do to become successful. Develop a skill, service, or product that society values; not go into a "job market". That's literally the difference between the rich and poor, and why they exist. So please do not complain about not becoming successful while working at local book shop chain store.
There is an obvious and terrible flaw in this logic. Literally every successful company could not exist without a job market. Once your philosophy can actually incorporate reality, it will be worth talking about.
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Man, this thread went off the rails, after starting off the day with a pretty fair point.
Millenials are lazy because they dont all just become billionaires. That's how it works, because Bill gates and Mark Zuckerberg, and shark tank exist. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps, youngins, and go be a professional athlete or movie star!
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There is an obvious and terrible flaw in this logic. Literally every successful company could not exist without a job market. Once your philosophy can actually incorporate reality, it will be worth talking about.
I didn't say anything about abolishing the job market. Obviously the innovators of society need a pool of people focused on living wages and who want to do repetitive tasks.
You are clearly one of the unmotivated fellows. So my advice is to keep on truckin', cross your fingers, and hope that your situation will change.
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There is an obvious and terrible flaw in this logic. Literally every successful company could not exist without a job market. Once your philosophy can actually incorporate reality, it will be worth talking about.
I didn't say anything about abolishing the job market. Obviously the innovators of society need a pool of people focused on living wages and who want to do repetitive tasks.
You just don’t think people should do that.
You are clearly one of the unmotivated fellows. So my advice is to keep on truckin', cross your fingers, and hope that your situation will change.
You have no fucking idea what you’re talking about, clearly. Stop making shit up about me and try and learn. I believe in you.