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Why I, FINALLY, said adios to McDonald’s!

By: daryl m. williams
December 19, 2012

You would think it would be the food or maybe the discussions surrounding McDonald’s reducing employee hours (and wages) to avoid paying health insurance but those haven't been the final straws for me.

What happened to cause me to forever forgo my beloved Mocha Frappe from the golden arches? Well, it must be the War on Christmas or I mean McDonald’s Corp encouraging franchisees to open on McDonald’s but employees only receiving regular pay.

Chaps my hide to borrow an old phrase.

I’ve gone to movies on Christmas Day. Chinese Food restaurants are famously open on Christmas Day and of course Hospitals, Police, Fire departments among others don’t take this joyous day off. I even realize not everyone shares my love of Christmas and I’m OK with that, but for McDonald’s not to have a plan in place for overtime pay just strikes me as wrong. I’ve managed people before, even in a Fortune 500 company, and as a parent I understand that life is not fair. That said, and taking into account the economics of the world we live in, a stock drop of 0.12 as of 12:48pm EST is no fun, but seems to me the golden arches are a bit tarnished. 

Time and a half, double time are the phrases I would LOVE McDonald’s corporation to learn instead of telling me about voluntary staff sign ups, McDonald's, and perhaps they can win back a formerly loyal customer, whether it is good for me or not.




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