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“Bad Management Usually Causes That”: Mcdonald’s Manager Arrives At 4AM For Breakfast Shift, Other Employees Pull A “No Call, No Show”
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“Bad Management Usually Causes That”: Mcdonald’s Manager Arrives At 4AM For Breakfast Shift, Other Employees Pull A “No Call, No Show”

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The majority of us probably have an idea of what it’s like to be employed at a company that doesn’t practice a righteous environment: berating higher-ups, inevitable burnout, and two-faced colleagues who are ready to throw you under the bus if given a chance – it all should sound pretty familiar.

Thankfully, nowadays, people are not afraid to be vocal about issues that hinder their comfort.  There are a million and one ways to attract attention to unethical employers, with social media being one of the most effective ones; however, sometimes it’s not all about those toxic higher-ups.

Running a place is an incredibly challenging job, especially if you work at an organization that is known for its immoral values – and oh boy, does this manager have a story to tell.

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Managing a place is never easy – let alone when you experience a collective no call, no show

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A McDonald’s manager took to TikTok to rant about how he was forced to operate alone, with some occasional help from a maintenance worker, as staff failed to show up to their 4 a.m. shift. The video has managed to receive 1.8M views as well as 11.6K comments debating whether his management style is to blame.

Now-viral TikTok video shows McDonald’s manager venting about working alone after employees failed to show up

Image credits: @ragestreamer93

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The viral TikTok lasts about 2 minutes, and for the whole duration of the video, you could witness the manager rushing around the store, boiling over his absent employees, and venting about how he expected his staff to get to the restaurant at 4 a.m. – yet, no one showed up or called.

He got to the place at 3-something to get an early start to the day, to get things ready, do his food safety check, and prepare the system for the grand opening because he was responsible for the shift.

The man had an opening shift and expected a couple of employees, but no one turned up except for the maintenance guy

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The only person that showed up on time was the maintenance worker, who ended up helping the man cook the breakfast.

When 5 o’clock rolled around, another employee was expected to jump on duty, but yet again, it was a no-show. At 6:15, another set of employees were supposed to arrive, but no one came. The guy then went on to rant about how he hoped that the storeowner wouldn’t come in because he didn’t want to get berated for this outrage.

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He then said that he would write every staff member up for not coming in because “it’s ridiculous”

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The man also added that he plans on asking his general manager about the whole writing-people-up process, as he’s not familiar with it.

He had to do everything himself and, naturally, he’s not pumped about it. He also mentioned that on the days he comes to help, there are employees, but when he needs help, suddenly no one shows up.

The manager then apologized for cursing while in uniform – however, he was seemingly infuriated and said that anybody would agree with him on this.

The manager later made another video replying to a comment that suggested that this was all because of “bad management”

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After the TikTok garnered some attention and attracted a couple of commenters, the man decided to upload a second video, replying to a comment that remarked on how there were no customers present during the entire rant, which allegedly indicated that there was something wrong with management and its approach.

The TikToker said that this doesn’t make sense, as every week, his general manager prints off reviews of the store that are accessible to everybody – plus, the majority of customers see the same employees every day and “give them compliments.”

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Also, if you google the store location, it has 4.6 out of 5 stars on Google reviews, so the guy doesn’t understand how it can be management’s fault.

He acknowledges that there’re certain companies who are lacking in the work culture department; however, he assured the viewers that it’s not the case for this particular restaurant. He said that they give their workers reasonable hours and reasonable pay, so if anybody’s to blame, it’s the employees.

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The man finally added that some folks don’t want to eat at McDonald’s every morning, some prepare their own food or they’re not even awake yet; so just because there were no customers around, this doesn’t mean that it’s management’s fault.

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wehf100 avatar
Wilf
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Funny how Americans of the right believe in free market supply/demand when it works in their favour, but when workers realise that in a country where you can be sacked at a moments notice for no reason also means you can walk away from a horrible job just as easily- and that they don't need to put up with 2-3am starts for a minimum wage job. Suddenly all you hear from them is "waaaahh nobody wants to work anymore".

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Jessica N
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

4 am start for 15/hr is not minimum wage. I work at a competitor and that is McDonald's starting wage. Getting hired on and knowing your hourly pay and not showing up IS "waaah i don't want to work": they only applied to keep their food stamps and unemployment going. THAT is the problem.

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Kati Donovan
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree that minimum wage should be increased. However, the employees took the jobs knowing the pay scale and whether or not benefits were provided. No call no show is an automatic termination in many companies. This walk- out was clearly staged though I'm in agreement abt wages/benefits/bad managers, a walk out is unprofessional and it's doubtful that any good came of it. Maybe because I'm "old school" I think employees should have contacted regional managers and asked for meeting. If complaints are ignored, and no satisfactory results occur, put in the proper notice required by the corporation. Life is too short to work at a job you loathe. One more thing... sounds like manager in question and his immediate supervisor need customer service classes. After all, your co-workers are your customers as well.

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Trill Drake
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Old fashioned ideals dont work in the modern workplace. Nowadays its far wiser to treat the employer the same way they treat you. Anything more just invites exploitation. No one treats minimum wage jobs with any kind of seriousness or respect because minimum wage is nothing but exploitation to begin with. Nowadays you dont bother talking to the manager to try and "fix things" because it NEVER works. They will never fix anything for you. They will never ACTUALLY be on your side. If you want more money, find another job. In fact keep looking for a better job even when you like the one your in, because managers aren't there for you, there there to exploit you, to get as much out of you they can, for as little money as they can shill out to you. All that c**p about team work and camaraderie is just a way to keep you quite and working for cheap. ALWAYS look for a better option, and soon or later these terrible business's will face natural selection as they were meant too.

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Emma Starr
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a fellow manager( and a successful one who people enjoy working for) I get it. I would find out the why first though.

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anthony moring
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Exactly! I managed a team that made barely over minimum wage for years and the one time this happened it was at a different store where the manager blamed his whole team. After doing some digging it was because he wouldn't approve bereavement for a guy who had both of his parents die within 3 months and told a father of a newborn that parental leave "doesn't exist".

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pancake dreams
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A full crew of people don't all do a no-show without organization and strong feelings on the matter. I'd put real money down on this manager being such a piece of work that the staff can't stand being in the building with him. A manager that publicly threatens to ream my @$$? Bet he talks like that to them daily. My Management team would never, ever even jokingly say what this P.o.S. proudly declared.

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Jason Davis
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This video is everything that is wrong with this country, wrapped into two minutes. I saw it yesterday and refrained from commenting. However, lets do this. 1. A store manager decided to take to social media and complain about no call no shows. Albeit, no names were dropped, but this is not proper management. 2. Making a TikTok about this situation and complaining about it proves the bad mgt comment was not directed at the store, it was directed at you. Open your eyes. 3. Employee no call no show is a either a boycott of the store, or a boycott of the management, IE; the poster, who clearly is not a good manager by virtue of the fact that he made the video. However, this shows the lack of respect these employees have for the store, not just the management. Bad leadership leads to bad employees. Just like bad leadership leads to a bad country........I mean company.

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Eliza
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is a third option. The employees just couldn't be bothered to show up. The fact that a lot of fast food places are perpetually hiring means that a lot of workers are not afraid of getting fired as they either believe that they are unlikely to get fired as the job is too understaffed for the gm to easily make the call, or that even if they are fired they can go halfway down the block and get a new job at a different fast food place. Secondly, one of my strongest memories of working McDonalds was the day that only me and my manager showed up and the two of us had to duo the dinner rush (I don't remember the exact reason but the people who skipped did not do it as a protest). It is a situation that just makes you want to scream. So I completely understand the manager going onto tik tok and complaining because sometimes the only thing keeping you at this sort of job is the ability to rant about how shitty it is.

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Cin
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If your first question isn't 'what did I/we do wrong?' then you shouldn't be in management.

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Argle Bargle
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love how these Bored Panda stories always quote 'tiktok' users. That's literally the most unreliable, waste of oxygen on the planet. I hope they all got fired on the day rent was due. If you say you're going to do something, then you do it, or you're a liar and a garbage POS. If not, you'd give your notice and that's it. Demonstrably an episode of the worst character traits ever.

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Pete Häkkinen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

From his username (ragestreamer93) my guess is that he is often a screaming a*****e and everyone did this specifically because of him. Or I might be totally wrong.

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AsexualShrimp
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can’t tell who is in the wrong… can someone kindly explain to me the jist of the story for me? English isn’t my first language and I can’t understand the way he typed the post.

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NsG
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

English IS my first language and I couldn't follow it all either! I'm torn between it being his management style (which appears to be limited to shouting at employees who are no shows after he is shouted at by his boss) and his employees who apparently *did* show up, just three hours late for their shift. I get the full impression that there is a management problem, but it's further up the hierarchy.

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Down With Agent Hedgehog!
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Uhhh I think the employees knew what they signed up for—yes it’s minimal wages but that doesn’t mean you get to do whatever they’re doing there. It’s also a job that needs running. I think there’s fault on both sides but most of it not on boss. Some people have a direct mindset that all bosses are evil robots who exist to torture employees, but as you can see there are friendly, nice and understandable bosses or managers. Because that management is also a job for them, and the employees are making his job difficult. If I can be blunt I think most of the people in this comments exaggerating on ‘minimal wages’ doesn’t realize it is a job also, no matter how high/low you are paid. So, nothing should exist like ‘waaaaah nobody wants to work anymore’. And I don’t think that is minimum wage, also…O_o

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Bartosz Adamek
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Damn f**k those people. They signed in on the job and then acted like this. At least tell the guy you are quitting and be civilized instead doing s**t like this. Jesus how childish.

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Lotta Nerve
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe he deserves that, do you know the guy personally or something? They ALL left? Must be a statement made to him.

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Alana Voeks
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The guy who's shaming the people for saying they won't get up early for minimum wage but "know the pay" is missing the whole point. It's not JUST the pay my dude. It's that management is typically terrible to its employees in any customer service/fast food place. They talk to you like they're a friend, then belittle your work and call you out all the time for s**t THEY should be doing, they can't control their feelings yet expect it for someone being screamed at on both sides majority of the time, and change s**t up all the time, sometimes with absolutely no notice but the employees are required to say when anything happens to them. Double standards are a b***h.

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SelkieBlackfysh
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol, "you chose it so you don't get to complain about minimum wage"? Okay. Chose it for lack of better options. What a nincompoop.

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anthony moring
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's absolutely no way the manager isn't somewhat responsible for this. Employees don't organize not showing up for a shift unless there's a reason. And a reason bigger than waking up early for a low paying job.

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Paula Wynn
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Obviously all of your workers got together and planned this "no show" in retaliation for SOMETHING! When not even ONE person shows up, it's YOU, dude!

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Howaboutno
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love how he's like "it can't possibly be bad management, we're rated super well on Google!" like he thinks customers interact with the managers most of the time. The bad management decision is opening at 5am when you don't get many, if any customers, at that hour. It's paying c**p pay and expecting people to be willing to come in at 4am. It's ignoring the employees when they complain (there's no way they didn't and then all "happen" to no call no show). It may not be this guy's fault, but that is a problem with the way the establishment is being run, which makes it a management problem.

freakyd avatar
FreakyD
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And you business owners and managers are dumb to be in your position,,, minimum wage cant pay bills, feed you, keep gas in your car, on and on,,, nobody can live on the c**p pay, you say pay is low because of over head,, i call b******t, its low so y'all an live in big houses and have nice things, as long as your bank account is big who cares what the employees barely surviving does for bills, you should do it yourself, arent u supposed to be able to run it all on ur own?

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K-Hey
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be fair, most fast food managers can't afford that s**t either. It's not until you get around the director level of the food chain that you see this kind of wealth distribution.

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FreakyD
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First of all, don't be a jerk to your employees, 2nd, remember your employees are mostly school ages men and women, they have lives, nobody likes working swing shifts, not even people who get paid good, they dont want to work different hours, they like to have a life and thats making plans to do things, when u work them like that they cant do anything so what else are they gonna do, so pay them a livable wage, give them decent hours with good working conditions, you cant have it your way right away,, this isnt burger king

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removebeforeflight
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Guys, c'mon. If you do not want to show up for a work day because of - bad management/bad salary etc. - just resign. Find another job. Take care about your professional skills, train yourself, gain experience and find more profitable job. If you are not satisfied with the salary, though you do nothing about your life and are always looking for an excuses, like no other job available or something else, do what you can do. If you are not working because of the low wage and you cannot help yourself to change that fact - SURPRISE, but if you will not work at all, you will lose even that tiny salary. Think about it. In my field, if you are not showing without solid reason once - you will get disciplinary notice. If you are not showing twice - you will be fired without ANY possibility to find yourself a place in any other company in the field. Simple but classy.

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Ray Arani
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where I'm at, a major US city, no McDonald's is only paying minimum wage. There all starting at 15/hr. There are a lot of options for people working these starting level jobs, because boomers are retiring and leaving the job market. Boomers are called that because there are so many of them; an overly large generation leaves the workforce, people already in the workforce move up, and the new smaller generation of workers comes in with tons of available jobs with companies that are only just realizing they now need to offer competitive hiring packages and good working environments to get and keep employees, who all have other options. Thousands to tens of thousands of people in each state died in a pandemic. New sectors opened up. Older, established companies like McDs are not finding ways to keep up with all these changes quickly enough to keep their employees. Survival of the fittest will come into play; those who can adapt to the changing environment will survive.

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Edward Smith
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This same thing is happening at alot of businesses ever since the start of COVID people have gotten used to getting the big unemployment check,stimulus checks and now are basically lazy and want a paycheck and don't want to have to earn it. I'm disabled and can't work and would do anything if I could work for a McDonald's for 15.00 an hour it's a hell of a lot more than I make on disability. Just remember when you go for your next job and that employer finds you walked out, think he will hire you, I wouldn't...

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Adam Anonymous
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What's funny to me is all of the people in this thread speaking on how much more a starting wage is in fast food than when they had to do it at their age. And sure, I agree, when I worked at Mickey D's, starting wages were around $5/hr. But gas was also less than a buck a gallon and a reasonable rent in my city was $300/500 for a 2 bedroom, and in NYC that was around $1k/$1500, and my University education cost me less than $50k in total. Now gas is $5+ a gallon, rent is in the thousands, and at my same Uni the cost of my same degree is now around $40k per annum. So no, kids and even adults don't have it easier today then "we did back then." Sure, there may be more kinds of opportunities available these days, but the dollar doesn't stretch anywhere near as far. And that's why people are walking out of $15/hr jobs. Because these days, with rising costs and stagnant wages, $15/hr likely isn't enough.

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Katherine Richmond
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nah, it doesn't have to be management. I work in fast food, and 90% of our employees do suck. We have a good manager that everyone loves, a really power hungry supervisor who thinks she's more than she really is, and most of the regular employees just.... suck. It's got good ownership and management, the hours are fair, and my boss schedules around all of their schedules. But they don't care, and they never will

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dieyoung
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If it's a grand opening...employees didn't have enough time to organize a protest. Problem lies in communication. Contacting employees the day before. Could have scheduled more employees than needed just to cover yourself. A bonus for the first week of work would have been great.

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Jonathan Gerber
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The amount of support for the other employeess is amazing...... Not...... They want change, that's fine but making another employee(the manager of the shift, probably just another person like us but willing to step up to make just a fraction more) suffer like they feel they have made to suffer is just wrong! This will neither incite change nor McDonald's Business practices. If you work at McDonald's or any other fast food place you need to realize it's just that..... The whole format is based upon mass production and a single person doing just one thing. You either go back to school or step up and build your resume..... Beggers can't be choosers. If your unhappy then do something about it but don't expect 100 dollars for a 60 dollar a day job. With "the great resignation" there are plenty of jobs out there. I feel sorry for these complainers but won't be when they are standing in a soup line during the resesion that's coming when reality kicks them in the face for plain lazy attitude

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Julianne M
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It wasn't the dude's fault. They knew they had to come in, and as he said in the comments, they were around 3 hours late. Three bloody hours! That is unacceptable in the work place. They should be written up for not even calling him or the GM up and being like "hey I'm gonna be late showing up for work." THAT would be the somewhat decent thing to do as an employee. And I personally disagree with the comments on the video, because I believe the manager didn't do anything wrong. He pays them a decent amount of money for a fast food chain. They probably get some benefits. And they still decided," oh I'm not gonna show up for the first three hours because whatever." That right there is unacceptable. The manager did nothing wrong

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Nicholas Stewart
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm sure they'll be fine when their jobs are replaced by computers and robots.

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David Rydell
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't get how it's management's fault that adults can't take personal responsibility enough. If you don't like the pay etc. don't take the job, I'm sure that there's someone who really needs it.

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Greg Lane
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No one needs those shitty jobs. There's plenty of decent jobs around. Boycott the employers who don't respect their employees. They're ambassadors for your business and do more than any Director or Board Member to keep your customers.

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Shayla Katherina
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1 year ago

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Vishy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A store to open up at 4 in the morning. Don't these guys eat at home than go to McDonald's. It's a good way to save money.

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Shayla Katherina
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A lot of construction and healthcare workers will stop for breakfast before going to work. Not that unusual.

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Emanuel Iordache
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, bad management doesn't do that Entitled stupid employees that think they can do whatever they want does that. A environmental lead by a dumb s**t president that tells the public they can do what they want. The solution is simple, you don't show to work, your fired. Period end of story.

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Andrew Walsh
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You apply for a job, you interview for it, you know what you'll be paid and expected to do, yet you p**s and moan about not wanting to work at 4 am for minimum wage... Whos the dummy here?

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Greg Lane
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe they weren't told they were due to start at 4 am until the last minute? Maybe the fact that two different employees arrived three hours late suggests their shifts were changed and they had little or no notice. Seems more likely than no one turning up. Unless the management is so awful they made a point.

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Jessica N
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

McDonald's starts at 7.50 ABOVE minimum wage for adults. Minimum wage raising is not the answer, teens do not need to be making 20/hr at first jobs. If minimum wage is raised we will be able to afford nothing. They raise it to 15$/hr? People who make 16$, 25$, etc will NOT get a commiserate raise but the cost of living will skyrocket. Can't understand how sheeple don't have the brains to do the math on min wage increase compared to cost of living. When it went up from 5.35 to 7.25/hr every item in one's grocery cart went up ten cents. You pay more out than the increase received. So bleat on, social warriors. No brains no headaches!

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Chuck Freiman
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1 year ago

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The employees didn't show up for work. These slackers should be glad they were only written up and not fired.

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Wilf
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Funny how Americans of the right believe in free market supply/demand when it works in their favour, but when workers realise that in a country where you can be sacked at a moments notice for no reason also means you can walk away from a horrible job just as easily- and that they don't need to put up with 2-3am starts for a minimum wage job. Suddenly all you hear from them is "waaaahh nobody wants to work anymore".

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Jessica N
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

4 am start for 15/hr is not minimum wage. I work at a competitor and that is McDonald's starting wage. Getting hired on and knowing your hourly pay and not showing up IS "waaah i don't want to work": they only applied to keep their food stamps and unemployment going. THAT is the problem.

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Kati Donovan
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree that minimum wage should be increased. However, the employees took the jobs knowing the pay scale and whether or not benefits were provided. No call no show is an automatic termination in many companies. This walk- out was clearly staged though I'm in agreement abt wages/benefits/bad managers, a walk out is unprofessional and it's doubtful that any good came of it. Maybe because I'm "old school" I think employees should have contacted regional managers and asked for meeting. If complaints are ignored, and no satisfactory results occur, put in the proper notice required by the corporation. Life is too short to work at a job you loathe. One more thing... sounds like manager in question and his immediate supervisor need customer service classes. After all, your co-workers are your customers as well.

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Trill Drake
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Old fashioned ideals dont work in the modern workplace. Nowadays its far wiser to treat the employer the same way they treat you. Anything more just invites exploitation. No one treats minimum wage jobs with any kind of seriousness or respect because minimum wage is nothing but exploitation to begin with. Nowadays you dont bother talking to the manager to try and "fix things" because it NEVER works. They will never fix anything for you. They will never ACTUALLY be on your side. If you want more money, find another job. In fact keep looking for a better job even when you like the one your in, because managers aren't there for you, there there to exploit you, to get as much out of you they can, for as little money as they can shill out to you. All that c**p about team work and camaraderie is just a way to keep you quite and working for cheap. ALWAYS look for a better option, and soon or later these terrible business's will face natural selection as they were meant too.

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Emma Starr
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a fellow manager( and a successful one who people enjoy working for) I get it. I would find out the why first though.

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anthony moring
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Exactly! I managed a team that made barely over minimum wage for years and the one time this happened it was at a different store where the manager blamed his whole team. After doing some digging it was because he wouldn't approve bereavement for a guy who had both of his parents die within 3 months and told a father of a newborn that parental leave "doesn't exist".

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pancake dreams
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A full crew of people don't all do a no-show without organization and strong feelings on the matter. I'd put real money down on this manager being such a piece of work that the staff can't stand being in the building with him. A manager that publicly threatens to ream my @$$? Bet he talks like that to them daily. My Management team would never, ever even jokingly say what this P.o.S. proudly declared.

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Jason Davis
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This video is everything that is wrong with this country, wrapped into two minutes. I saw it yesterday and refrained from commenting. However, lets do this. 1. A store manager decided to take to social media and complain about no call no shows. Albeit, no names were dropped, but this is not proper management. 2. Making a TikTok about this situation and complaining about it proves the bad mgt comment was not directed at the store, it was directed at you. Open your eyes. 3. Employee no call no show is a either a boycott of the store, or a boycott of the management, IE; the poster, who clearly is not a good manager by virtue of the fact that he made the video. However, this shows the lack of respect these employees have for the store, not just the management. Bad leadership leads to bad employees. Just like bad leadership leads to a bad country........I mean company.

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Eliza
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is a third option. The employees just couldn't be bothered to show up. The fact that a lot of fast food places are perpetually hiring means that a lot of workers are not afraid of getting fired as they either believe that they are unlikely to get fired as the job is too understaffed for the gm to easily make the call, or that even if they are fired they can go halfway down the block and get a new job at a different fast food place. Secondly, one of my strongest memories of working McDonalds was the day that only me and my manager showed up and the two of us had to duo the dinner rush (I don't remember the exact reason but the people who skipped did not do it as a protest). It is a situation that just makes you want to scream. So I completely understand the manager going onto tik tok and complaining because sometimes the only thing keeping you at this sort of job is the ability to rant about how shitty it is.

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Cin
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If your first question isn't 'what did I/we do wrong?' then you shouldn't be in management.

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Argle Bargle
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love how these Bored Panda stories always quote 'tiktok' users. That's literally the most unreliable, waste of oxygen on the planet. I hope they all got fired on the day rent was due. If you say you're going to do something, then you do it, or you're a liar and a garbage POS. If not, you'd give your notice and that's it. Demonstrably an episode of the worst character traits ever.

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Pete Häkkinen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

From his username (ragestreamer93) my guess is that he is often a screaming a*****e and everyone did this specifically because of him. Or I might be totally wrong.

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AsexualShrimp
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can’t tell who is in the wrong… can someone kindly explain to me the jist of the story for me? English isn’t my first language and I can’t understand the way he typed the post.

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NsG
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

English IS my first language and I couldn't follow it all either! I'm torn between it being his management style (which appears to be limited to shouting at employees who are no shows after he is shouted at by his boss) and his employees who apparently *did* show up, just three hours late for their shift. I get the full impression that there is a management problem, but it's further up the hierarchy.

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Down With Agent Hedgehog!
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Uhhh I think the employees knew what they signed up for—yes it’s minimal wages but that doesn’t mean you get to do whatever they’re doing there. It’s also a job that needs running. I think there’s fault on both sides but most of it not on boss. Some people have a direct mindset that all bosses are evil robots who exist to torture employees, but as you can see there are friendly, nice and understandable bosses or managers. Because that management is also a job for them, and the employees are making his job difficult. If I can be blunt I think most of the people in this comments exaggerating on ‘minimal wages’ doesn’t realize it is a job also, no matter how high/low you are paid. So, nothing should exist like ‘waaaaah nobody wants to work anymore’. And I don’t think that is minimum wage, also…O_o

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Bartosz Adamek
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Damn f**k those people. They signed in on the job and then acted like this. At least tell the guy you are quitting and be civilized instead doing s**t like this. Jesus how childish.

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Lotta Nerve
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe he deserves that, do you know the guy personally or something? They ALL left? Must be a statement made to him.

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Alana Voeks
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The guy who's shaming the people for saying they won't get up early for minimum wage but "know the pay" is missing the whole point. It's not JUST the pay my dude. It's that management is typically terrible to its employees in any customer service/fast food place. They talk to you like they're a friend, then belittle your work and call you out all the time for s**t THEY should be doing, they can't control their feelings yet expect it for someone being screamed at on both sides majority of the time, and change s**t up all the time, sometimes with absolutely no notice but the employees are required to say when anything happens to them. Double standards are a b***h.

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SelkieBlackfysh
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol, "you chose it so you don't get to complain about minimum wage"? Okay. Chose it for lack of better options. What a nincompoop.

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anthony moring
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's absolutely no way the manager isn't somewhat responsible for this. Employees don't organize not showing up for a shift unless there's a reason. And a reason bigger than waking up early for a low paying job.

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Paula Wynn
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Obviously all of your workers got together and planned this "no show" in retaliation for SOMETHING! When not even ONE person shows up, it's YOU, dude!

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Howaboutno
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love how he's like "it can't possibly be bad management, we're rated super well on Google!" like he thinks customers interact with the managers most of the time. The bad management decision is opening at 5am when you don't get many, if any customers, at that hour. It's paying c**p pay and expecting people to be willing to come in at 4am. It's ignoring the employees when they complain (there's no way they didn't and then all "happen" to no call no show). It may not be this guy's fault, but that is a problem with the way the establishment is being run, which makes it a management problem.

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FreakyD
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And you business owners and managers are dumb to be in your position,,, minimum wage cant pay bills, feed you, keep gas in your car, on and on,,, nobody can live on the c**p pay, you say pay is low because of over head,, i call b******t, its low so y'all an live in big houses and have nice things, as long as your bank account is big who cares what the employees barely surviving does for bills, you should do it yourself, arent u supposed to be able to run it all on ur own?

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K-Hey
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be fair, most fast food managers can't afford that s**t either. It's not until you get around the director level of the food chain that you see this kind of wealth distribution.

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FreakyD
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First of all, don't be a jerk to your employees, 2nd, remember your employees are mostly school ages men and women, they have lives, nobody likes working swing shifts, not even people who get paid good, they dont want to work different hours, they like to have a life and thats making plans to do things, when u work them like that they cant do anything so what else are they gonna do, so pay them a livable wage, give them decent hours with good working conditions, you cant have it your way right away,, this isnt burger king

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removebeforeflight
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Guys, c'mon. If you do not want to show up for a work day because of - bad management/bad salary etc. - just resign. Find another job. Take care about your professional skills, train yourself, gain experience and find more profitable job. If you are not satisfied with the salary, though you do nothing about your life and are always looking for an excuses, like no other job available or something else, do what you can do. If you are not working because of the low wage and you cannot help yourself to change that fact - SURPRISE, but if you will not work at all, you will lose even that tiny salary. Think about it. In my field, if you are not showing without solid reason once - you will get disciplinary notice. If you are not showing twice - you will be fired without ANY possibility to find yourself a place in any other company in the field. Simple but classy.

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Ray Arani
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where I'm at, a major US city, no McDonald's is only paying minimum wage. There all starting at 15/hr. There are a lot of options for people working these starting level jobs, because boomers are retiring and leaving the job market. Boomers are called that because there are so many of them; an overly large generation leaves the workforce, people already in the workforce move up, and the new smaller generation of workers comes in with tons of available jobs with companies that are only just realizing they now need to offer competitive hiring packages and good working environments to get and keep employees, who all have other options. Thousands to tens of thousands of people in each state died in a pandemic. New sectors opened up. Older, established companies like McDs are not finding ways to keep up with all these changes quickly enough to keep their employees. Survival of the fittest will come into play; those who can adapt to the changing environment will survive.

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Edward Smith
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This same thing is happening at alot of businesses ever since the start of COVID people have gotten used to getting the big unemployment check,stimulus checks and now are basically lazy and want a paycheck and don't want to have to earn it. I'm disabled and can't work and would do anything if I could work for a McDonald's for 15.00 an hour it's a hell of a lot more than I make on disability. Just remember when you go for your next job and that employer finds you walked out, think he will hire you, I wouldn't...

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Adam Anonymous
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What's funny to me is all of the people in this thread speaking on how much more a starting wage is in fast food than when they had to do it at their age. And sure, I agree, when I worked at Mickey D's, starting wages were around $5/hr. But gas was also less than a buck a gallon and a reasonable rent in my city was $300/500 for a 2 bedroom, and in NYC that was around $1k/$1500, and my University education cost me less than $50k in total. Now gas is $5+ a gallon, rent is in the thousands, and at my same Uni the cost of my same degree is now around $40k per annum. So no, kids and even adults don't have it easier today then "we did back then." Sure, there may be more kinds of opportunities available these days, but the dollar doesn't stretch anywhere near as far. And that's why people are walking out of $15/hr jobs. Because these days, with rising costs and stagnant wages, $15/hr likely isn't enough.

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Katherine Richmond
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nah, it doesn't have to be management. I work in fast food, and 90% of our employees do suck. We have a good manager that everyone loves, a really power hungry supervisor who thinks she's more than she really is, and most of the regular employees just.... suck. It's got good ownership and management, the hours are fair, and my boss schedules around all of their schedules. But they don't care, and they never will

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dieyoung
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If it's a grand opening...employees didn't have enough time to organize a protest. Problem lies in communication. Contacting employees the day before. Could have scheduled more employees than needed just to cover yourself. A bonus for the first week of work would have been great.

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Jonathan Gerber
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The amount of support for the other employeess is amazing...... Not...... They want change, that's fine but making another employee(the manager of the shift, probably just another person like us but willing to step up to make just a fraction more) suffer like they feel they have made to suffer is just wrong! This will neither incite change nor McDonald's Business practices. If you work at McDonald's or any other fast food place you need to realize it's just that..... The whole format is based upon mass production and a single person doing just one thing. You either go back to school or step up and build your resume..... Beggers can't be choosers. If your unhappy then do something about it but don't expect 100 dollars for a 60 dollar a day job. With "the great resignation" there are plenty of jobs out there. I feel sorry for these complainers but won't be when they are standing in a soup line during the resesion that's coming when reality kicks them in the face for plain lazy attitude

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Julianne M
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It wasn't the dude's fault. They knew they had to come in, and as he said in the comments, they were around 3 hours late. Three bloody hours! That is unacceptable in the work place. They should be written up for not even calling him or the GM up and being like "hey I'm gonna be late showing up for work." THAT would be the somewhat decent thing to do as an employee. And I personally disagree with the comments on the video, because I believe the manager didn't do anything wrong. He pays them a decent amount of money for a fast food chain. They probably get some benefits. And they still decided," oh I'm not gonna show up for the first three hours because whatever." That right there is unacceptable. The manager did nothing wrong

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Nicholas Stewart
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm sure they'll be fine when their jobs are replaced by computers and robots.

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David Rydell
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't get how it's management's fault that adults can't take personal responsibility enough. If you don't like the pay etc. don't take the job, I'm sure that there's someone who really needs it.

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Greg Lane
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No one needs those shitty jobs. There's plenty of decent jobs around. Boycott the employers who don't respect their employees. They're ambassadors for your business and do more than any Director or Board Member to keep your customers.

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Shayla Katherina
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Vishy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A store to open up at 4 in the morning. Don't these guys eat at home than go to McDonald's. It's a good way to save money.

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Shayla Katherina
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A lot of construction and healthcare workers will stop for breakfast before going to work. Not that unusual.

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Emanuel Iordache
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, bad management doesn't do that Entitled stupid employees that think they can do whatever they want does that. A environmental lead by a dumb s**t president that tells the public they can do what they want. The solution is simple, you don't show to work, your fired. Period end of story.

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Andrew Walsh
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You apply for a job, you interview for it, you know what you'll be paid and expected to do, yet you p**s and moan about not wanting to work at 4 am for minimum wage... Whos the dummy here?

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Greg Lane
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe they weren't told they were due to start at 4 am until the last minute? Maybe the fact that two different employees arrived three hours late suggests their shifts were changed and they had little or no notice. Seems more likely than no one turning up. Unless the management is so awful they made a point.

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Jessica N
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

McDonald's starts at 7.50 ABOVE minimum wage for adults. Minimum wage raising is not the answer, teens do not need to be making 20/hr at first jobs. If minimum wage is raised we will be able to afford nothing. They raise it to 15$/hr? People who make 16$, 25$, etc will NOT get a commiserate raise but the cost of living will skyrocket. Can't understand how sheeple don't have the brains to do the math on min wage increase compared to cost of living. When it went up from 5.35 to 7.25/hr every item in one's grocery cart went up ten cents. You pay more out than the increase received. So bleat on, social warriors. No brains no headaches!

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Chuck Freiman
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The employees didn't show up for work. These slackers should be glad they were only written up and not fired.

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