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Old 04-26-2014, 08:12 PM   #80
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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos View Post
I like my burgers and fries. Just not from McDonald's.

The actual industry doesn't matter. It'd be the same argument if it was about people who paint houses, arrange flowers, or shovel sidewalks.

If International Snowshovelers Ltd. said "we just can't find enough people to shovel snow in Canada at the wage we are willing to pay, so we need to bring in people from SomewhereElse" to do it at the wage we are willing to pay", I wouldn't buy that either. Maybe if they paid better...

This isn't revolutionary stuff.
Fast food was never meant to be a permanent job unless you were looking to advance higher in the company. There's also the evenings and weekend and sometimes grave yard hours that people refuse to work. It's not just about "minimum wage" as you would like everyone to believe. Fast food places can't survive on a M-F.... 9-5 type hours of operation.

I worked for McDonalds for 3 years while going to High School. The pay wasn't great but what was more important to me was gaining some work experience and developing a solid reference I could use. I was a crew trainer when I left. It's hard to get jobs when you don't have a work history and sometimes taking a low wage is part of that process.
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