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The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

In Reply to: Democracy in crew meetings and rap sessions posted by Peter Janssens on July 26, 1997 at 13:43:13:

It's obvious that everything is different in each McDonalds store. I've worked in one and as a journalist i've done my research. There are probably managers, owners and crew trainers who visit this site to see where they are failing and how they can improve. I accept that because McDonalds is franchised then the conditions are VERY VERY different. But my point is that they shouldn't be. McDonalds is a billion dollar company who should set rules and guidelines for all McDonalds to follow. It seems, however, that McDonalds is only interested in taking their % from the owners every week and as long as they keep on making money then they're happy. Unions don't seem to be enough. McDonalds needs to monitor their employees and see how they can improve, not give them incentives (pay raise and those little badges) to work HARDER. The rules need to be set and watched. Otherwise there are the good the bad and the ugly

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    • Show us the evidence or shut up! Siamak UK July 30 1997 (3)
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