Day 137 - 19 Jun 95 - Page 08


     
     1   Q.   You are now, I think, a senior Vice President of the
     2        Corporation?
     3        A.  Yes, I am.
     4
     5   Q.   You are a member of what the Corporation is pleased to
     6        called its top management team; is that right?
     7        A.  Yes.
     8
     9   Q.   When were you promoted to Senior Vice President?
    10        A.  That would be 1987.
    11
    12   Q.   What particular aspects of the Company's business do you
    13        control and direct as Senior Vice President?
    14        A.  The Human Resources area.
    15
    16   Q.   Does that include Labour Relations?
    17        A.  Yes, it does.
    18
    19   Q.   Is that the work that you have always done while you have
    20        been at McDonald's?
    21        A.  No, I have also been in Operations.  I spent three
    22        years, while retaining my status heading up the Human
    23        Resources area, I spent three years in an accelerated
    24        Operations programme to gain even better knowledge and
    25        understanding, if you will, from the bottom all the way up
    26        of the operations of the Company.
    27
    28   Q.   Have you ever worked in a restaurant?
    29        A.  Yes, I have.
    30
    31   Q.   Have you ever managed a restaurant?
    32        A.  Yes, I have.
    33
    34   Q.   For how long?
    35        A.  Approximately six months during that programme that
    36        I mentioned.
    37
    38   Q.   Was that during the course of that three years in
    39        Operations?
    40        A.  Yes, it is.
    41
    42   Q.   Tell me this, did you work while you were at college ---
    43        A.  Yes, I did.
    44
    45   Q.   -- in your spare time and in vacations?
    46        A.  Yes.
    47
    48   Q.   What sorts of things did you do?
    49        A.  I was a -- I did anything and everything I could to
    50        make money.  I worked my way through college, so I spent a 
    51        great deal of time working.  I would do anything from being 
    52        a house painter to a cleaner -- any jobs that were 
    53        available.
    54
    55   Q.   When you first started, I do not know what you call it,
    56        your training period in Operations in McDonald's, did you
    57        do any work as a crew member?
    58        A.  Oh, absolutely.
    59
    60   Q.   When you were a Manager, were you in the premises every

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