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on one hand seeing some of the people who work at mcd's getting $20 for a job they dont give a shit about or put much (if any) effort into kinda pisses me off. on the other hand if you actually wanted to do your job well and are in it for the long haul, its still not enough (especially in cali) for the amount of bullshit and stress you have to put up with on a daily basis.

i worked as a crew trainer and maintenance tech for McDonald's for a few years and iv never gotten burnt out on a job like i did on that one. at the store i worked at in michigan ended up giving everyone a $2 increase in their hourly pay to help gte more employees in the door, which worked, but it also meant the higher ups also cut a lot of corners (like cutting my 40hour weeks down to 32, which negated the price increase and the bosses would do everything in their power, more so, to make sure you didnt get over time even if their business suffered for it) and on top of that it lead to the more skilled people leaving due to the new increase of kids not caring about the job which made the vets have to do extra work and piled on even more stress. plus the bosses cheaped out further in other ways like less produce/item buys (which meant we ran out sooner if we happened to get some unforeseen rushes in the week), less maintenance on the back end (which made my job hard since i had to do more when i had to it) and ended up making the overall service portion especially suffer from people not being able to get the time they need to properly learn stuff due to cut hours and the rush nature of the job.

while it needed to happen regardless, i guess what im getting at is dont expect the increase to mean much. dont underestimate peoples greed and cheapness. the people in charge WILL find a way to screw you out of that extra money.