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Too many people today fail to recognize the value of that experience... and no, I'm a millennial, not some old man complaining about "kids these days!"
That's the main reason I object to the toic of this thread.. everyone should work a retail service level job. It givesyou the basis to understand the fundamentals of business. When people get sent home during a shift, you start to realize the basics of labor costs vs demand. If it's slow ,they send people home because it doesn't make sense to keep them around. That's Business 101.
I wish it was mandatory to have everyone work a menial retail job during high school. It would teach 2 very important lessons.
1) This is miserable. (I need to get educated so I can hopefully find a better job)
2a) I understand retail now, I get how this applies to [Insert random major]
2b) This is unrelated to what I'm studying... I wonder how people in my field make money(or if they even do)
OP, you had a bad employer. McDonald's as a chain wasn't your problem. But I'm really glad to hear you don't regret it and learned from it.
The real truth is... don't become a fast food "lifer" because it's not a career worth having unless you move up to management
people like me cannot deal with the fast paste nature of fast food and retail jobs
You still don't get it do you? A 16 year old has no responsibilities and does not need to make $16 an hour since they have no bills to pay. So why in the world should someone that age make $15 an hour when they are not old enough to live on their own??
People who work at McDonald's should get paid more, no joke. I worked there a couple years ago and it was extremely stressful beyond belief. They were always short handed so it made it even worse. For example:
1. I would take a persons order
2. Run into the back and throw some meat on the grill (I also had to make sure I wasn't short on fries!)
3. Get on assembly and make the sandwhich (which sometimes could be like 8 sandwiches)
4. Get the meat off the grill if I didn't burn it already
5. Run up to front counter and bag the food
6. Give the food to the pissed off customer (don't forget the drink)
7. Rinse and repeat
This is how it sometimes was for me. So yeah, don't work at McDonald's
We're you the only person working there? I worked a summer at McDonald's and not once did I experience what you did.
People who work at McDonald's should get paid more, no joke. I worked there a couple years ago and it was extremely stressful beyond belief. They were always short handed so it made it even worse. For example:
1. I would take a persons order
2. Run into the back and throw some meat on the grill (I also had to make sure I wasn't short on fries!)
3. Get on assembly and make the sandwhich (which sometimes could be like 8 sandwiches)
4. Get the meat off the grill if I didn't burn it already
5. Run up to front counter and bag the food
6. Give the food to the pissed off customer (don't forget the drink)
7. Rinse and repeat
This is how it sometimes was for me. So yeah, don't work at McDonald's
McDonald's was my first job and I didn't like it either, especially with the A-Hole manager working. But it was OK with the cute assistant manager that went to my high school and flirted a bit. Though it was better than being a caddie.
I lasted 6 months and never did a food service job ever again.
I went to college, got an accounting degree, worked at an accounting firm, and then interviewed for a position at McDonald's corporate HQ near Chicago.
They loved the fact that I was a former cook at McDonald's. I mentioned it casually in my first interview and everyone highlighted it when they introduced me to other employees and interviewers. They loved that I would know what the business was like at the ground level vs. the sterile corporate HQ, even though the job was a financial job.
I had a solid background for the position, but it gave me a leg up. So you never know.
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