Have a bachlor's degree? McDonald's is looking for you!

[Engineer]

Education bubble getting ready to pop......

I've said it before and I guess it's going to happen...we can send everyone to college and end up with the most educated McDonalds and WalMart workforces in the world.

 

[child of wonder]

http://washingtonexaminer.com/mcdon...-years-experience-for-cashier/article/2526145

Lovely.... spend thousands and thousands to go to college to work minimum wage at McDonald's! You'll have your loans repaid in no time!

lol

Guess I can't quit my six figure job and pursue my dream of working at McDonalds. I has only the Associate's.

 

[sactoking]

I don't think this is a matter of degree inflation, it's a matter of labor supply and demand. Back in the 90's when I lived in California the labor supply was so tight that fast food chains were starting trainees at $10/hr and bumping them up immediately based on training completed. If you were trained on cashier, drive-thru, fryer, burgers etc you could be making $18/hr. Every time I went to a fast food place the employees would be absolute train wrecks of humanity, but they were being paid damn well for what they did.

Now, labor supply is so loose that employers, any employer, can afford to be extra picky. For the last several years the average fast food employee that I've encountered has been sane, well-groomed, articulate, and likely not on meth or heroin at work.

It's just supply and demand.

 

[OverVolt]

I don't think this is a matter of degree inflation, it's a matter of labor supply and demand. Back in the 90's when I lived in California the labor supply was so tight that fast food chains were starting trainees at $10/hr and bumping them up immediately based on training completed. If you were trained on cashier, drive-thru, fryer, burgers etc you could be making $18/hr. Every time I went to a fast food place the employees would be absolute train wrecks of humanity, but they were being paid damn well for what they did.

Now, labor supply is so loose that employers, any employer, can afford to be extra picky. For the last several years the average fast food employee that I've encountered has been sane, well-groomed, articulate, and likely not on meth or heroin at work.

It's just supply and demand.

Now that you mention it, I actually realize this changed and I didn't notice.

 

[nextJin]

I don't think this is a matter of degree inflation, it's a matter of labor supply and demand. Back in the 90's when I lived in California the labor supply was so tight that fast food chains were starting trainees at $10/hr and bumping them up immediately based on training completed. If you were trained on cashier, drive-thru, fryer, burgers etc you could be making $18/hr. Every time I went to a fast food place the employees would be absolute train wrecks of humanity, but they were being paid damn well for what they did.

Now, labor supply is so loose that employers, any employer, can afford to be extra picky. For the last several years the average fast food employee that I've encountered has been sane, well-groomed, articulate, and likely not on meth or heroin at work.

It's just supply and demand.

Maybe at Chick-Fil-A I could see that as being true, but by the sheer numbers of statistics and demographics involved every fast food chain being labeled in that light is plain absurdity.

I love that fast food chains have tons of advancement opportunities but they for damn sure are saturated with some of the lowest common denominator of workers shy of being illegals.

This is true for the entire Metro DC area, North Carolina triad area, Tacoma, WA and Augusta, GA (most recent areas I have lived).

 

[Rifter]

I would actually not hire anyone who applied for that job with a degree, because you know they are only taking it because they are super desperate and will quit the first chance they get when they find another job.

Whoever posted that add and then confirmed it was correct should be fired.

 

[DucatiMonster696]

I don't think this is a matter of degree inflation, it's a matter of labor supply and demand. Back in the 90's when I lived in California the labor supply was so tight that fast food chains were starting trainees at $10/hr and bumping them up immediately based on training completed. If you were trained on cashier, drive-thru, fryer, burgers etc you could be making $18/hr. Every time I went to a fast food place the employees would be absolute train wrecks of humanity, but they were being paid damn well for what they did.

Now, labor supply is so loose that employers, any employer, can afford to be extra picky. For the last several years the average fast food employee that I've encountered has been sane, well-groomed, articulate, and likely not on meth or heroin at work.

It's just supply and demand.

In other words there are more unemployed college graduates than before as the unemployment rate is significantly higher than we are being lead to believe according to your post.

 

[Attic]

As long as they keep cranking out my delicious Big Mac n fries combo for ~ $6 im happy with whomever they recruit. If it starts taking PhDs to make the damn thing then I'm guessing we'll be at QE37 and the combo meal will cost 600. At that rate our national debt can be paid off with a hundred times less value, but min wage may only raise by factor of 10-20.

 

[Sonikku]

As long as they keep cranking out my delicious Big Mac n fries combo for ~ $6 im happy

In time your Bic Mac burger patty will be the size of a quarter.

But yeah. Still $6

 

[Capt Caveman]

Bogus job posting - Contrary to online job posting, you don’t need a college degree to work at Mass. McDonald’s

Good news for teenage job seekers: You don’t really need a college degree to work at a Massachusetts McDonald’s.

A report buzzing around the Internet Thursday claimed the McDonald’s restaurant in Winchendon had posted an opening for a cashier position that said applicants must have a bachelor’s degree and two years experience.

No, they don’t.

“We do not require a bachelor’s degree for employment,” said Joe Ruscito, owner of the Winchendon fast food outlet, in a statement. “My organization is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse work force.”

The bogus posting for the McDonald’s position was listed by an independent job search site called www.jobdiagnosis.com. A spokesman for the site’s owner, VHMnetwork LLC, confirmed the posting contained inaccurate information.

The listing has since been corrected, but not before it was picked up by some news outlets, including the online version of Britain’s Daily Mail, which called it “a frightening example of how competitive the job market is for young people right now.”

The Washington Examiner -- which also ran with the false story -- quoted Evan Feinberg, president of Generation Opportunity, as saying young Americans were “getting screwed over even worse than the country overall.”

“Sadly we’ve taxed-and-spent our way to an economy in which there’s intense competition for just about any job,” Feinberg said.

That much, at least, is true.

/thread

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Speaking of McDonalds when are they ever going to bring back 2 for 2 (Big Macs?).

Never. If you're lucky you might see them at 2 for $3, but I wouldn't count on it. Somehow they're able to sell McDoubles for $1.

 

[Vic Vega]

I don't think this is a matter of degree inflation, it's a matter of labor supply and demand. Back in the 90's when I lived in California the labor supply was so tight that fast food chains were starting trainees at $10/hr and bumping them up immediately based on training completed. If you were trained on cashier, drive-thru, fryer, burgers etc you could be making $18/hr. Every time I went to a fast food place the employees would be absolute train wrecks of humanity, but they were being paid damn well for what they did.

Now, labor supply is so loose that employers, any employer, can afford to be extra picky. For the last several years the average fast food employee that I've encountered has been sane, well-groomed, articulate, and likely not on meth or heroin at work.

It's just supply and demand.

We must not be going to the same fast food places. All the fast food places in Silicon Valley are staffed by thugs and degenerates.

 

[Engineer]

Never. If you're lucky you might see them at 2 for $3, but I wouldn't count on it. Somehow they're able to sell McDoubles for $1.

They used to sell double cheeseburgers for $1.00 with 2 pieces of cheese. They are now $1.29 (or is it $1.39?). They removed a piece of cheese, called it a McDouble and sell it for the original $1.00 that they were charging for the double cheeseburger.

By the way, the statement from the owner....

“We do not require a bachelor’s degree for employment,” said Joe Ruscito, owner of the Winchendon fast food outlet, in a statement. “My organization is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse work force.”

WTF does EOE have to do with a bachelor's degree or not?

 

[IndyColtsFan]

The skill required to choose combo 2 and pick a drink is learned by... Kindergarten? Maybe 3rd grade at the latest. The register does all the math.

A few years ago, I went to Arby's for lunch. The lady took my order and it came out to something like $6.35. I handed her a $10. She took my money and just stared at the register. She finally turned around and called for a manager. He quickly glanced at the register and said "How much did he give you?" and she held up the $10. He said "Ok, the change is $3.65. Give him 3 ones, 2 quarters, and 3 nickels." She turned around and stared at the register again. She either didn't listen or didn't understand what he said, because she finally grabbed a fist full of change and slid it over the counter at me.

 

[Chuck_v]

http://washingtonexaminer.com/mcdon...-years-experience-for-cashier/article/2526145



Lovely.... spend thousands and thousands to go to college to work minimum wage at McDonald's! You'll have your loans repaid in no time!

When I worked as a control systems engineer I occasionally was required to interview individuals for different design/engineering positions and some of the folks who came to be interviewed had some of the most useless degrees one could ever imagine. So yes I can see Mickey D hiring a "BS" degreed individual for such a position. As for the student loans, it does not matter where they work or what they make if they have any ethics and character they will pay the loans off no matter how long it takes.