Oregon McDonald’s Desperate for Staff:
‘Now Hiring 14 and 15-Year-Olds’
Breitbart Politics,
by
Katherine Hamilton
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
9/4/2021 7:32:08 AM
An Oregon McDonald’s decided to turn to young teenagers to fill jobs after having difficulty finding employees, the Washington Examiner reported on Thursday.“There are always staffing issues, but this is unheard of,” the Biddle Road restaurant operator, Heather Coleman, told Insider.Coleman placed a banner in front of her McDonald’s in Medford, Oregon, advertising that the franchise is hiring 14 and 15-year-old workers. She noted that young workers have been “a blessing in disguise,” and they have “drive and work ethic.” (Tweet) “While raising the minimum wage to $15 didn’t bring in as many applicants as she’d hoped,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
skacmar 9/4/2021 7:52:51 AM (No. 903824)
Good to see there are still some people with a work ethic. They are not old enough to have been indoctrinated into thinking that working at McDonald's was beneath them and that if they did work there, they needed at least $25.00 per hor plus benefits to get them off the couch.
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McJobs are supposed to be for teens in the first place, so I guess we have come full circle. These jobs were never meant to be an adult living wage. There is nothing wrong with working at 15. When I was that age, almost all of us worked.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
jalo1951 9/4/2021 8:17:58 AM (No. 903848)
$15 an hour? I thought that was the magic dollar amount the hoards had been screaming for? Well, you've got it and you still don't want to work. Why? Because the dems are buying your vote dollar by dollar. Nothing wrong with any work as long as it is not immoral or illegal. Would rather have these kids fixing burgers than making a drug run in the middle of the night. I work in a middle school and we have many intelligent, energetic, happy kids who would love to pocket some money every other week. And $15 an hour sure beats the $.50 an hour I use to charge to babysit. America it is time to get back to work.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 9/4/2021 8:29:25 AM (No. 903866)
The jobs have just circled back to where they belong. Working at Mickey Ds is the starting point. Adults wanting a living wage sure don't have much desire for the future if they think making burgers is a future. You have to start somewhere. Since I was 12 years old I had a job and my real first job punching a time clock paid $1.25 an hour.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
udanja99 9/4/2021 8:30:18 AM (No. 903867)
Amen, #2. When she was 15, our daughter worked as a shampoo girl in a hair salon.
So, now in the leftist paradise of Oregon, you can get paid by the government to sit on your arse at home, but you can’t use that cash to get your beloved Happy Meal. The law of unintended consequences strikes again.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
The Remnants 9/4/2021 8:39:06 AM (No. 903877)
A Dunkin Donuts close to me closes at three p.m. I asked why and was told that they cannot get help.
Why can't junior and senior high school kids take those jobs? I worked after school for three hours. They could do that. What do they do for pocket money?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
padiva 9/4/2021 9:04:01 AM (No. 903901)
I work at a big box store. Lots of teenagers and immigrants.
The amount of the sale is $4.15. The customer hands $5.15. 16 year old doesn't know what to do.
'Quarter after four' doesn't register because they don't know how to read a face clock.
My favorite teenager wanted to know why some of the $20 bills looked different. (The new bills are more difficult to counterfeit.)
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
DARling 9/4/2021 9:37:24 AM (No. 903945)
People will finally realize that low-level restaurant jobs are meant for beginners, not to be a sole source of rent, food, a car payment and the cable tv bill. I would venture to guess that a teen who wants to save up for auto insurance will work more enthusiastically than an older person who is grouchy because he can't find a better job.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
bpl40 9/4/2021 9:38:05 AM (No. 903947)
When our son was fourteen he wanted to work in a health food store. My wife thought he was too young. I said go ahead. Your elder brother will drop you and take a bus home.. Today he is a mid level manager in a national bank making well into six figures.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Rather Read 9/4/2021 9:38:22 AM (No. 903949)
Good for them. I went to work for the first time when I was 15. It was the Christmas season and I wrapped presents.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna 9/4/2021 9:49:17 AM (No. 903960)
I started digging ditches for a plumbing company at age 12. At age of 19 I passed the Plumbing Contractors State License test in California and built a company that provided a valuable service to many people and left me with a vintage Ferrari in front of my oceanfront home.
But that was long ago and far away.
Still....an old man's wealth is counted in fond memories of adventures past.
Even the crash and burn failures were important lessons.
Try to gather a few before you get too old.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Peach1 9/4/2021 10:42:45 AM (No. 904000)
I completely agree with #2.
My first job, at age 13, was in a greenhouse disbudding carnation flowers - at $ .90 an hour. I saved enough money to pay half for my first car, with my parents paying the other half. This was the deal my folks put forth for my brother and I, so we’d have some skin in the game. We also had to pay for fuel and insurance.
We did the same deal for our daughters.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
bad-hair 9/4/2021 11:05:19 AM (No. 904019)
Easy fix. Raise the minimum wage to 25 bucks and hour. Applications will come flooding in.
Yes sir ... a Big Mac ... that'll be $29.95.
How you liking those franchise fees ?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
TJ54 9/4/2021 11:10:28 AM (No. 904021)
As long as the ridiculous federal unemployment stays in place the lack of workers will continue. Biden wants it extended even though there is a worker shortage
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
mindsport 9/4/2021 11:44:33 AM (No. 904048)
In my area retail and restaurants are hiring high school and college age employees. The workers are great, energized, competent and most of all happy. The jobs have always been a stepping stone to greater things, or part time jobs for people with other interest like parenting.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw 9/4/2021 12:13:38 PM (No. 904085)
Do the positions require one to be vaccinated?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
TXknitter 9/4/2021 1:39:42 PM (No. 904154)
I am continually surprised my businesses here in W Texas cannot get workers! I visited my family in S Texas las month. It was exactly the same problem. Hobby Lobby manager told me they try and offer incentives. I say Bravo to this Oregon McDonald’s manager. There is a lot of GOOD in young people and let’s see more businesses doing this.
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So what's news here? I was 15 when I got my first job...flipping burgers. I was far from unique in doing that.
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