The McJob question...

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6683365.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5052020.stm

McDonalds and their team of heartless lawyers and publicitists want the definition of 'McJob' changed. No surprise there as it reflects the derisory way in which McWork is often viewed, and the often negative reputation of the company.
What IS more surprising is that they claim high levels of job satisfaction amongst their employees. I've never worked in McDonalds but it always seems pap.

So, what do others think?
 
What a load of McTripe.

McDonalds sucks extremely hard as an employer, and the current definition of McJob reflects this. They deserve to be branded in as derogatory a way as possible imo.
 
I'd never even heard the expression until McDonalds went to all this fuss of bringing it to my attention.
 
I smiled at one of the posts in 'Have your say': Do you think the definition of McJob should be changed?

'McNo'. :p

It shouldn't be changed - it's true, for starters. The dictionary should represent what the word means, not what McDonald's want it to mean.
 
How can they change a definition of a word people use, maybe remove it entirely but not change the defintion? That just contravenes the idea of a dictionary. :confused:
 
I understand that the Managers at McDonalds are treated extremely well, and very well paid. Not sure about the regular staff, but I can't imagine its a nice job.

As for changing the definition? They can pick their fat corporate asses up and get the hell out.
 
Actually as a first job it wasn't too bad. I lived in a smallish town though so the chav count was low.

Got on really well with the crowd and meant for making a lot of friends. The work was hot and kept you busy but it was honest.

The training wasn't too bad either. A large chunk of us did it as a 6th form job so the IQ level wasn't too bad either.
 
Beren said:
Actually as a first job it wasn't too bad. I lived in a smallish town though so the chav count was low.

Got on really well with the crowd and meant for making a lot of friends. The work was hot and kept you busy but it was honest.

The training wasn't too bad either. A large chunk of us did it as a 6th form job so the IQ level wasn't too bad either.
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McBrilliant :p
 
I had quite a laugh working there :p

Prospects were good and the management were paid extremely well. Don't think I could have made a career out of it though.
 
Captain LeChuck said:
Trust me, the definition should not be changed; I work two days a week and can't stand it. 99% of other staff are the same
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sounds like you found out what having a job feels like then, get over it, most jobs you have you will hate doing, purely and simply becasue they stop you doing things that you would enjoy more.

welcome to the world of work, and get on with it :rolleyes:
 
bringerofdecay said:
sounds like you found out what having a job feels like then, get over it, most jobs you have you will hate doing, purely and simply becasue they stop you doing things that you would enjoy more.

welcome to the world of work, and get on with it :rolleyes:
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Bit harsh considering he was only stating how crap it was to work there.
 
Jonny69 said:
I had quite a laugh working there :p

Prospects were good and the management were paid extremely well. Don't think I could have made a career out of it though.
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I'd agree with this, with the addition that it's very much dependant on the store management how good or bad it is. When I worked for McD's I worked in some very good stores and some very very bad ones.

I will also say that there were always some people even in the good stores complaining about how crap it was, usually after they have been told off yet again for the fact that they were lazy, put no effort in and thought that simply being in the building should have been enough for them to get paid.
 
Dolph said:
I'd agree with this, with the addition that it's very much dependant on the store management how good or bad it is. When I worked for McD's I worked in some very good stores and some very very bad ones.

I will also say that there were always some people even in the good stores complaining about how crap it was, usually after they have been told off yet again for the fact that they were lazy, put no effort in and thought that simply being in the building should have been enough for them to get paid.
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Always! I used to like saturdays as it was hard but the time flew by. Some didn't do anything but whine others had a laugh with it. We did have some pretty good managers at Bury as well which helped lots.
 
bringerofdecay said:
sounds like you found out what having a job feels like then, get over it, most jobs you have you will hate doing, purely and simply becasue they stop you doing things that you would enjoy more.

welcome to the world of work, and get on with it :rolleyes:
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funnily enough i fairly enjoyed it when i started, but recently loss of good managers and the store being franchised has made it feel a lot worse
 
"an unstimulating low-paid job with few prospects".

I would want the dictionary definition changed too if I was a graduate and had spent 3 years at university.
 
I found it oh so ironic whilst waiting for my food at McDonalds to find a petition to change McJob. The irony was in that it took the chap 9 mins to get me two cheese burgers and a strawberry milkshake. Although he bought over two big macs and a diet coke..... er what? Then his drawyer wouldn't open.

Something that did suprise me, to the point of wanting to complain on behalf of the lad, was he shouted across to the store manager who was serving drive through customers: "Andy, my drawyer won't open again"... the reply was: "And?". Greaty. Good team work there mate.
 
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