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My friends who are parents of teenagers told me all the fast food jobs in this area, are given now to older people. Their high school aged kid applies everywhere, Jack in the Box, McD's, Dairy Queen, Taco Bell, Burger King. Get nothing. All they see there are older people, over age 30, working behind the counter.
1) When did fast food work become a job for people over 30? We aren't in a recession anymore. Shouldn't there be a few more jobs available out there? When did this become acceptable as a life long career?
2) A teenage kid can do fast food work, so why would an employer hire an older person who is going to demand $15 an hour (or possibly more), full time hours and benefits?
1) Anyone with the the skills to do the job can be hired. 30 year olds are more likely to stick around than teenagers.
2) 30 year olds aren't demanding $15/hr to work in fast food for the most part.
1) Anyone with the the skills to do the job can be hired. 30 year olds are more likely to stick around than teenagers.
2) 30 year olds aren't demanding $15/hr to work in fast food for the most part.
Fast food workers have gone on strike and protested to get paid exactly $15 an hour.
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Here we see retirees working in burger or taco fast food, to supplement their SS and pension, if any, but also the 30 somethings who are taking the bus in from less expensive areas. We have 3 high schools within 2 miles but they don't want to work in fast food, so ours are paying $13 or more to attract employees. The high school kids that work hold out for the tanning place, Starbucks (we have 4) or more popular semi-fast food like Mod Pizza or Dominos.
Tread lightly, everyone. Please don't turn this thread into bashing of older or younger workers.
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I think a lot of traditionally teen jobs are now being filled by adult workers. Lawn mowing used to be an almost stereotypical teen summer job. Now there are many full time businesses with multiple employees who swoop in, more, trim, bag, blow, and are gone in 30 minutes. And they offer year round service. A teen with the family mower can't compete. People will happily pay $50 for a yard, but if a teen did it, they'd want to only pay $5.
Another factors is so many restaurants now serve alcohol. When our daughter was applying several years ago, they wouldn't even look at the application if folks were under 21.
Baggers in the grocery store also are older.
That said, we still do see some teens at the typical fast food around here, as well as clerking in Penny's and Lowes. But in general it does seem you are correct in that many of the classic teen jobs have become full time employment for those in 20s/30s.
Says who? If you go on the website for any of the FF chains you will see the link for "careers". Even a fast food restaurant has a career path.
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Just because they call it a career doesn't make it one.
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