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McDonald's Supersizes With 50,000 New Jobs
The Street.com ^ | 04/04/11 - 10:59 AM EDT | By Miriam Reimer

Posted on 04/04/2011 8:43:54 AM PDT by BenLurkin

McDonalds said Monday that its new "McJobs", which will staff restaurants across the U.S., will include crew and management positions, part-time and full-time, bringing its total U.S. workforce to 700,000.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: fastfood; mcdonalds
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To: BillGunn
I wonder if some of these 50,000 jobs are going to be executives, middle executives and others who lost their jobs on account of companies having to cut employees.

Small business employers are highly impacted because of Obamacare, and just about every other thing he has done in office.

50,000 jobs for people who can't find anything.

You know - the people who are told to flip burgers if they can't find a job at their level on any level at all.

21 posted on 04/04/2011 9:20:15 AM PDT by hummingbird (Save Guam from Tilting!)
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To: Responsibility2nd; BenLurkin

22 posted on 04/04/2011 9:21:27 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet ("You cannot invade the US There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass." Yamamoto)
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To: Grumpybutt

We got some tough tests for McDonald’s employees huh?

Since they’ll be basically working for gas money, better drug test them too!

Looking sharp America!


23 posted on 04/04/2011 9:22:10 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

I agree. Why are people always denigrating jobs at McDonald’s? For that matter, all honest jobs are good. Young workers learn important skills at McDonald’s or any other first job, and I know of people who started at an entry-level job at McD’s and worked their way up to hihg-paying manager and district manager positions.

If the new hires are mostly illegals, then that tells you something about our welfare system. Why work when you can have babies and collect checks?


24 posted on 04/04/2011 9:29:52 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX
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To: dila813

Really? The coffee at our McDonald’s is excellent. Now, it does get a little harder to get fresh in the afternoons, especially when the weather warms up, but usually it’s great.

You can get brewed coffee at Walmart?


25 posted on 04/04/2011 9:32:00 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX
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To: Pining_4_TX

And some people are doing the Dave Ramsey thing and working there to earn extra money to pay off debt.

I have had 2 daughters that have worked there in high school.
It was an excellent experience for both.


26 posted on 04/04/2011 9:33:21 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Yes We Can, have smaller government)
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To: Pining_4_TX

Yeah, illegals don’t sit around and have millions of babies on the tax payers expense!

Those 1000 anchor babies being produced at Parkland hospital in Dallas Texas every single month are all from hard working tax paying illegal aliens, all paid for with their McDonald’s medical benefits!


27 posted on 04/04/2011 9:35:42 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

No, my point was that if we did not have our welfare system, then the people sitting around having babies at our expense would have to work and would not be having so many kids.

The welfare system is a double whammy. It discourages work and encourages illegal immigration. You won’t get any argument from my about the problem of anchor babies and the 2nd generation from immigrants going on the dole. It is destroying us.


28 posted on 04/04/2011 9:39:54 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX
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To: dragnet2

The last time I went into a McDonald’s there was nothing but Spanish speakers behind the counter and noticed they put in cash registers with pictures so their illegal alien employees could run them.

I swore I would never ever go back and I didn’t..

I really hate that company...

Long ago I found that there are usually a number of local, less-known places to eat such as In and Out Burger, Malt Shoppe, etc. that simply gave a better quality burger and fries for what I paid.


29 posted on 04/04/2011 9:41:05 AM PDT by Morpheus2009 (I pity the fool - Mr. T)
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like they will be ready to be the new soup kitchens.


30 posted on 04/04/2011 9:45:18 AM PDT by refermech
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To: HereInTheHeartland

yes, but what about the ‘quality’ of the jobs </sarcasm>


31 posted on 04/04/2011 9:45:28 AM PDT by cameraman
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To: BenLurkin
Interesting it happens the day the Anointed One announces, can you say quid-pro-qou?

The Corp world are scared $&!+less of these Chicago GoodFellas...

32 posted on 04/04/2011 9:55:25 AM PDT by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: Morpheus2009
Long ago I found that there are usually a number of local, less-known places to eat such as In and Out Burger, Malt Shoppe, etc. that simply gave a better quality burger and fries for what I paid.

You bet...

The reason I hate fat greedy corps like McDonalds so much, is they hire illegals, pay them gas money, and the American people are totally stuck paying for all their endless crippling medical care and millions of babies....As McDonald's, like Congress, laughs in our faces, counting their fat illegal profits on the backs of American citizens.

To be fair, I think *anyone* that hires illegal aliens, should be prosecuted, horse whipped then jailed.

33 posted on 04/04/2011 9:56:48 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, at least we know what they had to do to get the exemption to Obamacare.

Wait until that exemption expires, as you pointed out so graphically, isn’t Moochelle looking to shut them down?


34 posted on 04/04/2011 10:07:09 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Grumpybutt

You forgot drug test.
It is on the door as walk into Home Depot.


35 posted on 04/04/2011 10:14:06 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: woodbutcher1963

Funny isn’t it, the lowly Home Depot employee has to be randomly drug tested, yet cops, teachers and congress are not.


36 posted on 04/04/2011 10:23:38 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Pining_4_TX

Great Value brand, you brew it yourself.

Walmart has tons of great products.


37 posted on 04/04/2011 10:39:33 AM PDT by dila813
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To: dragnet2

It keeps down the lawsuits and longterm disability insurance.

the big differenc is:
Private sector vs. public sector(union).

The board of directors and managers of Home Depot are paid by the stockholders to actually MAKE A PROFIT. They typically are paid based on that profitability. Therefore, they have a vested interest in keeping down costs due to employee problems like accidents on the job because somebody is stoned.


38 posted on 04/04/2011 10:52:41 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: woodbutcher1963

Did you think a company which is a criminal illegal sanctuary cares about anything else
except their profits,regardless of consequences?

I wish them, their investors and their customers the very worst.


39 posted on 04/04/2011 1:15:47 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: woodbutcher1963
The board of directors and managers of Home Depot are paid by the stockholders to actually MAKE A PROFIT.

How much to the board of directors and managers of these Home Depot's receive in kick backs for being an illegal alien sanctuary?

40 posted on 04/04/2011 4:52:31 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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