McDonald's to Worker's: Need Cash? Sell Your Stuff! - newser.com
Excerpt from this article:
"More
handy financial advice from McDonald's, which recently suggested its
workers might want to get second jobs:
The chain's McResource tip website says readers can make money in a
pinch by selling "unwanted possessions on eBay or Craigslist." The
advice comes in a section on "Digging Out From Holiday Debt," ThinkProgress
reports. A separate suggestion from the site on how to "avoid hunger
& stretch food budget": "Breaking food into pieces often results in
eating less and still feeling full." This comes shortly after it emerged
that McDonald's was advising workers to get on food stamps, the Wire notes."
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This post, like my last on on Costco, is not meant to 'slam' an American business. McDonalds serves good (if not healthy!) food and provides a ton of jobs (at very low wages!). And while I sympathize with those workers who think McDonalds should pay their employees $15 an hour, I've spent most of my life working for farmers and other companies that produce food, and I've never made $15 an hour!
So until President Obama nationalizes the fast food industry (like he is trying to nationalize the health care industry with Obamacare!), McDonald's is basically offering their employees two choices: Take it - or Leave it (and preferably stick around long enough to train your replacement!).
Recommended reading:
Working Man (And Woman's) Blues - my post
Companies Lay Off Thousands, Then Demand Immigration Reform to Get More Workers - washingtonexaminer.com
Supposed Mystery at AP: Economy Isn't Growing Despite Increased Employment (Can You Say 'Part-Timers' and 'Temps'?) - newsbusters.org
