I agree with you Helen. I have teenaged employees who want to work Sunday mornings at 6:30 am because they want the money and enjoy the job. Its all about maturity. If you don't accept responsibility at a fast food job that is part time (25 hours a week) then you will always be asking someone for money (parents or the gov). At 17 you should be responsible enough to have a part time job and go to school. And I also think that fast food is a good first job to get some experience but in my case I actually love the job and it was my first and hopefully I will be able move up the ranks to the highest level of management. Most fast food workers are not flunkeys as people think. They are smart people who like a fast paced job with flexible hours. Now if all the lazy ass former workers would own up to the fact that they just don't like to actually earn their pay we would be getting somewhere.
: Reply to Sarah, Australia
: You seem very disturbed about teenagers being able to get experience at an entry level job. Are you saying that people should not be able to earn a wage until they are 18? Or perhaps even 21?
: You cannot seriously be suggesting that teenagers should not accept work at 6:30am on Sunday, because that would kill their social life??
: Oh well. Do go on displaying that attitude yourself and see where it gets you in a few years time. Meanwhile, the teenagers that have the guts to take on the "6:30 on Sunday" challenge will probably also take advantage of every promotion and training opportunity that comes their way, and end up as manager, or in a good job outside of McDonald's, while you'll be on the dole queue.
: Good luck - you'll need it, with an attitude like that!
: : We shouldn't have to grow up. Teenage years are NOT about making money for billion dollar companies. Many kids don't know what they are getting themselves in for when they go to work at McDonalds. They think that they have a part-time job that will fit into their study time-table and they can earn some extra money. They don't realise that they have just devoted their lives and self-respect to McDonalds who don't give a shit about their education. If McDonalds said to you before you were employed "We are going to put you on at 6.30am on Sunday morning so you can't go out with your friends the night before. Oh and seeing as we understaff to cut costs we are also going to put you on EVERY Sunday morning so there goes your social life (and probably your education as well)" then how many employees do you think they would get????????
: : Don't tell us to grow up, you should WAKE UP and see that your darling little McDonalds is not doing these kids any favours but "introducing kids to the workforce" (which I think is your point) when they are not old enough to vote, drink, make legal choices, get individual government assistance, take out a bank loan and sometimes drive. Once kids are old enough to handle the responsibilities of these things then they are old enough to handle the responsibility of the workforce
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