Day 137 - 19 Jun 95 - Page 09
1 day?
2 A. Yes.
3
4 Q. As compared with the sort of work that you were doing when
5 you were a student, how did you find working at McDonald's
6 as a crew member and Manager?
7 A. I would have loved to have been able to have worked at
8 a McDonald's versus the types of jobs that were available
9 to me when I was growing up. I found it to be a very
10 enjoyable experience. We like to think of it, a well run
11 McDonald's is a fun place to work -- and, indeed, it is.
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13 Q. Mr. Stein, I know his Lordship knows the answer to this
14 question but since you are an American I will ask it just
15 the same: This business of working during vacations and at
16 weekends when you are working your way through college, is
17 that something which is common in America?
18 A. Yes, it is. There are some people who, perhaps do not
19 need to do it financially.
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21 Q. There may be children of wealthy parents, but is there any
22 assistance for education in the way there is here, or has
23 been, to get students through college which is supplied out
24 of the public purse?
25 A. There are loans, there are government loans, that one
26 can obtain, and there may be a rare scholarship here and
27 there, but that is not the -- I am not familiar with your
28 system here.
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30 Q. Our system here is (or used to be) that by and large people
31 who cannot afford college education get paid for by the
32 government?
33 A. That does not work that way in the States.
34
35 Q. That is not so in the United States?
36 A. No, sir, it is not.
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38 Q. So, is it possible to generalise and to say that, by and
39 large, people go to college in the United States pay for
40 themselves?
41 A. Yes, or have parents or, if I can for a second, there
42 are some scholarships that the extremely bright people may
43 qualify for, but other than that -- and those would be
44 given by the university generally or some Foundation --
45 but, generally speaking, people pay for it themselves.
46
47 Q. Mr. Stein, you became a senior VP in 1987. In your present
48 position, how much of your time is spent on what we
49 call -- perhaps you do too -- Labour Relations?
50 A. A very small, minor per cent of my time.
51
52 Q. What do you spend most of your time on?
53 A. Human Resources encompasses a lot of different
54 disciplines, if you will; recruitment, retention,
55 compensation and benefits. I spend a great deal of time in
56 the -- I am not sure of the terms you would use --
57 affirmative action, diversity area.
58
59 Q. Yes, we are coming to that next.
60 A. We have been developing our employment, our processes
