McJobs
McDonalds is launching a campaign to change the dictionary definition of a McJob. The current definition is
“An unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects, esp. one created by the expansion of the service sector”
according to the OED. McDonalds apparently had the slogan
“McProspects - over half of our executive team started in our restaurants. Not bad for a McJob.”
How many of the people who work for McDonalds made it to the executive team? How many are on the minimum wage? Ah, you know the usual objections. This stinks like rotting fish.
xD.
March 21st, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Yes, the statistic about half of managers having once worked as ordinary workers is misleading.
After all, if the ‘executive team’ consists of only 1% of the workforce [and the organisation is quite pyramidically structured, so there are always going to be far more at the bottom than at the top] then 0.5% of staff are (a) in the exec team and (b) started out as front-line staff. So, the other 99% are still going to be quite badly off!
March 21st, 2007 at 10:51 pm
I doubt that it’s even 1% of employees…