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I'm in the USA. Worked for McDonalds starting as a junior in high school and through college. It was a great job for a young kid, I learned a lot about business

I'm in the USA. Worked for McDonalds starting as a junior in high school and through college. It was a great job for a young kid, I learned a lot about business and restaurant operations. Pay wasn't super, but it was spending money. Never intended to be the sort of job to support a family.

black_13 5y ago
“Never intended to support a family” why not ? Why is this job more or less important than another? There are a lot of these franchises so they must be important.
alphabettsy 5y ago
Where does this idea of “Never intended to be the sort of job to support a family.” come from? Half or more of the people I see working at any given fast food chain are adults, which makes sense considering they need some mature people around and people to work during the day when kids are at school. What about those people?
- strawdynamics 5y ago
  They are poor.
  - catlikesshrimp 5y ago
    "Even poor families" need support.
- refurb 5y ago
  Managers can make good money, I think OP was referring to the entry level positions. And I would agree, they aren’t intended to provide a wage to support a family. That doesn’t stop people who are doing just that to work those jobs. And there are also plenty of adults who don’t need to work who do those jobs. I know a few older guys who work part time at Home Depot making peanuts but they don’t need to the money, they need some routine and interactions.
  - js8 5y ago
    > they aren’t intended to provide a wage to support a family What are these jobs good for then? How is society benefiting from having people doing this for so little, as opposed to them getting a proper job (that is supposed to support a family)?
    - refurb 5y ago
      Because not everyone needs to support a family? If a 16 year old needs a job are you saying the jobs should support a family?
      - alphabettsy 5y ago
        The people quitting their jobs to find a living wage and consistent reasonable working hours at McDonald’s aren't 16 though. They’re the people who these jobs aren’t “intended” for. Now that they’re gone where are all the 16 year olds that these jobs are “intended” for?
        refurb 5y ago
        They’ll either find people at that wage or they won’t. I’m not sure I understand the handwringing. If some guy opens a used computer shop and asks $1,000 for an old 486 chip I don’t worry about “who is going to buy it?”.
  - alphabettsy 5y ago
    > And I would agree, they aren’t intended to provide a wage to support a family. That doesn’t stop people who are doing just that to work those jobs. Still wondering why or who intends this?
    - refurb 5y ago
      Because not everyone needs to support a family?
  - johnny53169 5y ago
- MomoXenosaga 5y ago
  Maybe McDonald's hires the kind of people who can't get a job elsewhere? The employer of last resort. There's no welfare system in the US.
LogonType10 5y ago
>Never intended to be the sort of job to support a family. I don't intend any disrespect, but you're repeating revisionist history.

black_13 5y ago

“Never intended to support a family” why not ? Why is this job more or less important than another? There are a lot of these franchises so they must be important.

alphabettsy 5y ago

Where does this idea of “Never intended to be the sort of job to support a family.” come from? Half or more of the people I see working at any given fast food chain are adults, which makes sense considering they need some mature people around and people to work during the day when kids are at school. What about those people?

strawdynamics 5y ago
They are poor.
- catlikesshrimp 5y ago
  "Even poor families" need support.
refurb 5y ago
Managers can make good money, I think OP was referring to the entry level positions. And I would agree, they aren’t intended to provide a wage to support a family. That doesn’t stop people who are doing just that to work those jobs. And there are also plenty of adults who don’t need to work who do those jobs. I know a few older guys who work part time at Home Depot making peanuts but they don’t need to the money, they need some routine and interactions.
- js8 5y ago
  > they aren’t intended to provide a wage to support a family What are these jobs good for then? How is society benefiting from having people doing this for so little, as opposed to them getting a proper job (that is supposed to support a family)?
  - refurb 5y ago
    Because not everyone needs to support a family? If a 16 year old needs a job are you saying the jobs should support a family?
    - alphabettsy 5y ago
      The people quitting their jobs to find a living wage and consistent reasonable working hours at McDonald’s aren't 16 though. They’re the people who these jobs aren’t “intended” for. Now that they’re gone where are all the 16 year olds that these jobs are “intended” for?
      - refurb 5y ago
        They’ll either find people at that wage or they won’t. I’m not sure I understand the handwringing. If some guy opens a used computer shop and asks $1,000 for an old 486 chip I don’t worry about “who is going to buy it?”.
- alphabettsy 5y ago
  > And I would agree, they aren’t intended to provide a wage to support a family. That doesn’t stop people who are doing just that to work those jobs. Still wondering why or who intends this?
  - refurb 5y ago
    Because not everyone needs to support a family?
- johnny53169 5y ago
MomoXenosaga 5y ago
Maybe McDonald's hires the kind of people who can't get a job elsewhere? The employer of last resort. There's no welfare system in the US.

LogonType10 5y ago

>Never intended to be the sort of job to support a family. I don't intend any disrespect, but you're repeating revisionist history.