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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:51 PM Original message |
McDonalds Hires 62,000, Turns Away Over 938,000 Applicants For Minimum Wage, Part-Time Jobs |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. My 19 year old goddaughter applied and never got an interview and she would have loved to work there |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The turnover at McDonald's is pretty steady, |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. She is hoping to get a job in the next few weeks to beat those getting out of school. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I'm sorry it didn't pan out for her. |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 05:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. If we had an economy with an adequate number of jobs and a wage scale commensurate with the cost of |
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rsmith6621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Minimum Wage...Corporate America Has Us Where They... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. And they said the economy wasn't improving... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. I just talked to someone about a job that pays $4. less @ hr than I was making this time |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 05:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. It's a good thing that everything is getting cheaper, huh? er wait... nevermind. |
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Anakin Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. Welcome the the United States of Part-Time Minimum Wage! |
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Spinny Liberal (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. Almost a million people |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. You've got that right... |
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Spinny Liberal (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Thank you |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. the GOP solution - gut medicare and social security and cut taxes on corps and the wealthy |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. Minimum wage jobs are not 'fine jobs' - I don't care if it is your first job. |
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Mosby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. In the area of AZ where I live (Phx) McDonald's pays above minimum wage |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. It's not a living wage. Period. |
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ej510 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 05:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. $8/9 hr is minimum wage. |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Just for the sake of accuracy, The federal minimum wage for covered nonexempt employees is $7.25 per |
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IndyPragmatist (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. "$15.28 an hour living wage for a single adult"??!!?!?!?! |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Yup. There is no need for medical or dental care for the worker or the |
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Mosby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. AZ does not override the federal minimum wage |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. Then Donald fired all but one,, because she quit. |
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lifesbeautifulmagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. It would be very, very interesting to see the |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. That is an absolutely stunning figure |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. Exactly what I said they were going to do. |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. What was that? They hired 12000 more people than they said they |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 04:49 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. What part of part-time, close to minimum wage and no benefits did you not understand. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 06:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. What part of a lot of people who work in those kind of jobs are working |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 06:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. when there are people working 3 or more part time jobs because there are NO full time ones |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Yes they hired more than 50k people. Probably the majority are |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Did you miss the health problems part in my case. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Did my response suggest that it covered *all* people? People over |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 09:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Is it supposed to be a suprise that McDonald's jobs are PT and close |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. good call. n/t |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
26. Most of the workers at McDonalds used to be high school kids |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
27. I would imagine that many of the applicants (both those hired and the |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. And what is your evidence of this? |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. What was confusing about "I would *imagine*..."? Based on my own |
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glen123098 (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
28. Our country is fucked. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
34. My sister worked for McD's earlier this year. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. What is it about a million people applying for 50k part-time, no benefits, near minimum wage jobs |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Last I checked, we're all free to apply where we want |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Apparently, you can't comprehend that many are competing for next to nothing. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. My local McDs are probably 50% adults, 50% teens |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
40. Higher education for America's new economy.... |
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