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I see teens or college students working in fast food places. The older people are usually supervisors. Maybe the dominance of the industry by older people in your location has something to do specifically with your location, OP.
1) Fewer teens want to work now that mommy and daddy give them everything they want until they are about 30.
2) Fewer parents want their kids to work because they would be embarrassed that their kid is working at a fast food joint.
Parents would be embarrassed? They're not embarrassed to have their kids work as bag boys/girls in grocery stores, I don't see why they'd be embarrassed to see them working in fast food. Besides, plenty of families can't afford to be embarrassed--they need the income, or they need the kid to work to help out for his college expenses. You're assuming all parents are upper-middle class, or something.
I own my own business and enjoy the flexibility and the high per-hour rate, but I've considered getting a part time job at Publix or similar. It would get me out of the house (I work from home) and being in some extra money. Someone might assume that I'm a dim bulb or that I have no skills, but I don't really care about what random strangers think. It's very possible that some of the adults you see in these positions are in similar situations.
1) Fewer teens want to work now that mommy and daddy give them everything they want until they are about 30.
2) Fewer parents want their kids to work because they would be embarrassed that their kid is working at a fast food joint.
Do you know many people like this? I know plenty of rich kids and most of them work. My son just graduated from a private, college prep school. He has a job (2 jobs actually) and all of his classmates have jobs. It is true that their parents (including myself) do give them more than people who have less money give their kids. However, most kids of successful parents want to be successful themselves.
It was tough a few years ago when my older kids graduated from HS (2012 & 2014). There weren't many good jobs for teens. Kids like mine who were able to go to work for their parents businesses were really lucky. They had jobs but many of their friends had trouble finding jobs.
Things are different now. It must vary by region but around here (FL) teens who want jobs have them. There are mostly teens and retirees working at FF places. There is a large contingent of hispanic immigrants around here. Some of them work at FF places when they first get here but if they have any job skills at all they wind up in landscaping, painting, housekeeping, driving and other higher paying jobs. Right now it isn't difficult to get a job.
[quote=Kim in FL;48338727]2) teens do not have a work ethic. teens have a hard time understanding things like coming to work, coming to work on time and working while on the clock. Plus, they can't be without their cellphone for 5 mins and we don't allow cellphones at work.
We aren't fast food, but we'd rather hire someone in their late 20s and up than hire someone 18-26. The turnover rate in that age bracket is insane because they are all entitled kids who don't understand the concept of being professional in the work place. I blame their parents.
When I see an older person, some seem really elderly too, I wonder how many are choosing
to work because they need the money and how many are simply bored. I bet it's mostly the
first reason.
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