My nephew moved in with me the other day so he could save what little he makes at a fast food joint, for an apartment with a room mate. I won’t take rent or charge him for gas to take him to work so he can get on his feet.
The fact is, fast food restaurants are not the kind of place a person should work if they plan to raise a family. They’re for young people just getting started.
And yet it’s what passes for job creation these days.
I could make a comment about the job issue but i don’t feel like answering 1000 flaming messages. (Not saying you would but the last time i made a statement to you i was harassed all day by the selective readers here.
Sorely tempted though.
The fact is, fast food restaurants are not the kind of place a person should work if they plan to raise a family. They’re for young people just getting started.
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Like my first job, a few decades ago, as a dishwasher. It’s a first step on the employment ladder.
It’s not meant to be a career. Well, unless you move into management or something like that. But I can’t imagine raising a family on a McD’s cashiers wages.
And any young person worth their salt will quickly move to supervisor, then shift manager, and so on. And once they've got managerial experience they can parlay that to somewhere higher paying.
I think these folks are forgetting if they move to $15/hour (30k per year), they'll be on the hook for their own food (no food stamps), their own heat (no LIHEAP), and they may even have to pay a co-pay for their kid's medical care via the CHiP program. I wonder how widespread this walkout was? My guess is not much - it's just the unions grasping at straws and their helpful idiots in the media reporting their spoonfed lines.
Bingo. It's a place to build a resume, a work history, and maybe a job network. Shows that you can reliably show up on time, follow basic instructions and not make customers angry.
Nothing wrong with working at McDonalds. It's a job, and honest work at that. But, in general, you're not going to be promoted from slinging burgers at the counter, to a corner office in a Fortune 100 firm. There are a number of steps that need to be taken to that end, and "first job" is one of them. :-)
I tell ya, I look at a lot of entry level hires (out of college) in my job. I never cease to be amazed at what walks in the door. They could do with some basic job skills....showing up on time, dressing appropriately, not cursing at the interviewer (me) and so on.