McDonalds

Quality · 28-02-2008 02:38PM #1

McDonalds, seem to be putting a lot of money into advertising for people to work there..

So is it cool or not?

chilli_pepper · 28-02-2008 02:39PM

Flippin Burgers = Dead Cool :cool:

galwayrush · 28-02-2008 02:41PM

They need to hire the best,competition, they are scared that all the kids want Crabby Patties :rolleyes:

Raekwon · 28-02-2008 02:43PM

Shouldn't this be in the humor section?

Dudess · 28-02-2008 02:44PM

Presume it's an utterly diabolical job and it wants to rehaul its rep.

The ad campaign is just laughable. This pathetically bad actor being all "yeah I only saw it as a short-term solution initially and all me friends were slagging me but *expression turns serious* it's actually a great place to work with great opportunities" bla bla bla. Yeah fukking right.

****ty hours, ****ty customers, ****ty wages - I'd pass somehow.

cson · 28-02-2008 02:44PM

They've undergone a serious rebranding of their Restaurents. Very chic and swanky now.

Max_Damage · 28-02-2008 02:45PM

"Do you want a job with that?"

No, I don't.

TwoShedsJackson · 28-02-2008 02:46PM

Can't ever see a McJob being desireable, really. Now get me a Big Mac you pimply adolescent oik.

connundrum · 28-02-2008 02:48PM

It must be cool, they'd hardly lie in their ads.

Baby4 · 28-02-2008 02:48PM

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Sherifu · 28-02-2008 02:54PM

Only if I get to stand out the back eating the McFlurry mix all day.

Quality · 28-02-2008 02:55PM

I tell my daughter, That if she doesnt work hard in school that she will end up working in McDonalds!!

Blisterman · 28-02-2008 03:03PM

I think you guys are being a bit unfair on McDonald's employees.
Sure, a lot of them, don't give a crap. But it's not nessasarily a pointless, dead end job.

For someone, with no qualifications, McDonalds is a relatively easy place, if you're motivated enough, to work up to Manager, and gain valuable experience in management.

tallaght01 · 28-02-2008 03:15PM

I worked in mcdonalds, and it was the worst job I have ever done in my life.

And I've done a LOT of jobs.

There were far too many people in there who took it all wayyy too seriously.

Mind you, when I was an SHO in the NHS, the junior managers in mcdonalds were on better money+benefits than us.

Working in subway, or doing cushy security jobs FTW!!!

SheroN · 28-02-2008 03:16PM

Blisterman wrote: »

I think you guys are being a bit unfair on McDonald's employees.
Sure, a lot of them, don't give a crap. But it's not nessasarily a pointless, dead end job.

For someone, with no qualifications, McDonalds is a relatively easy place, if you're motivated enough, to work up to Manager, and gain valuable experience in management.

Where do you go to then with your management experience?

Burger King? Supermacs?

Dinter · 28-02-2008 03:36PM

Well if your idea of a cool job is to stand around dressed like a twat, doing the most souless, pointless, repetitive work whilst being heckled and laughed at by strangers and surrounded by colleagues that can't understand you then I'm pretty sure it's the coolest job you can get.

"Johnny No Star"

Quality you're gonna regret this thread over in the 'Dome. I can just imagine them over there sharpening their knives.

Jigsaw · 28-02-2008 03:38PM

I say not cool. I hate those signs that you can read that are up in their kitchen saying "Remember you are entering a SMILE zone" or "Work is a happy place" and other pseudo-motivational bullsh1t like that. I also hate being asked if I want to "Go Large". The server must know that there is a f**king great big menu above their head which clearly lays out all the options open to me. If I want to go large I am perfectly able of arriving at that decision and communicating same to the server. They are also frequented by scum for the most part.

So in conclusion very uncool place to work. Would steamroller in slagging of the staff though. I'm sure some people work there through necessity and are certainly not enjoying it.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 28-02-2008 03:38PM

SheroN wrote: »

Where do you go to then with your management experience?

Burger King? Supermacs?

pizza hut, kfc..

ntlbell · 28-02-2008 03:39PM

Quality wrote: »

I tell my daughter, That if she doesnt work hard in school that she will end up working in McDonalds!!

The way things are going she'll be lucky if there's a job in McDonalds for her.

Nice attitude to portray to your daughter tho

ScumLord · 28-02-2008 03:42PM

Dinter wrote: »

Well if your idea of a cool job is to stand around dressed like a twat, doing the most souless, pointless, repetitive work whilst being heckled and laughed at by strangers and surrounded by colleagues that can't understand you

Hey man, change the script.

Working in the service industry is hell.

Dudess · 28-02-2008 03:48PM

SheroN wrote: »

Where do you go to then with your management experience?

Burger King? Supermacs?

Management is management. Just because it's of a fast food joint doesn't mean you're limiting yourself to only managing fast food outlets. The skills you hone can be applied elsewhere.

Dinter · 28-02-2008 03:49PM

ntlbell wrote: »

The way things are going she'll be lucky if there's a job in McDonalds for her.

Nice attitude to portray to your daughter tho

Yeah it's ridiculous to try and get your daughter to set her sights higher than the local burger shack.

ntlbell · 28-02-2008 03:51PM

Dinter wrote: »

Yeah it's ridiculous to try and get your daughter to set her sights higher than the local burger shack.

There are many ways to get her set her sights very high without her daughter looking down on people who work in burger shacks.

Quality · 28-02-2008 03:51PM

Dinter wrote: »

Quality you're gonna regret this thread over in the 'Dome. I can just imagine them over there sharpening their knives.

You mean flipping there burgers,,

Sure half of them work there anyway:D

Mountjoy Mugger · 28-02-2008 03:51PM

Dudess wrote: »

Yeah fukking right.

****ty customers.

I resent that insinuation. I pop in maybe two to three times a year. I feel all unloved now.

Quality · 28-02-2008 03:53PM

ntlbell wrote: »

There are many ways to get her set her sights very high without her daughter looking down on people who work in burger shacks.

Yeah I agree, I brought her to lidl once, Put her off being poor forever!!;)

Ross_Mahon · 28-02-2008 03:53PM

If McDonalds started paying 20 euro an hour? And sales bonuses...would any of you work there?

Dinter · 28-02-2008 03:54PM

ntlbell wrote: »

There are many ways to get her set her sights very high without her daughter looking down on people who work in burger shacks.

Who doesn't look down on people that work in McDonalds? That's the whole point of their advertising campaign.

It's a pretty good example to use if you ask me.

It's hardly discrimination now is it?

Dudess · 28-02-2008 03:55PM

ntlbell wrote: »

There are many ways to get her set her sights very high without her daughter looking down on people who work in burger shacks.

Advising her it's a ****ty job is not the same as looking down on the people who work there.
And are there really people working in McDonalds in order to make a career? Surely the vast majority just see it as a means to an end?

ntlbell · 28-02-2008 03:55PM

Dinter wrote: »

Who doesn't look down on people that work in McDonalds? That's the whole point of their advertising campaign.

Er, that's the point?

ntlbell · 28-02-2008 03:56PM

Dudess wrote: »

Advising her it's a ****ty job is not the same as looking down on the people who work there.

Oh right, so if I say to my daughter work hard in school or you'll end up a receptionist talking nonsense on boards you'd be ok with that?

fair enough.....................

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