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I wish I could get that smile now.

In Reply to: working posted by shannon on April 15, 1997 at 22:42:00:

>I am a swing manager at a company owned store. I
>have worked there for 3 years while I attend
>college. In the 3 years I have put up with so much
>crap from the company and from the customers, that
>it has truly jadded my personallity.

>The company keeps taking our benifits away,
>reducing our raises, cutting labor to the point that
>we are killing ourselves to serve the customers and
>still getting cussed out. I know so many people who
>have quit or are looking for another job (including
>myself).

>I know of supervisors who got their jobs by
>sleeping with people. Where has the work ethic gone?
>McDonald's is currently under Burger King in sales.
>They are trying to point the finger at everyone but
>themselves. they blame the crew for not following
>proceedures, they blame the people who came up with
>the new arch deluxe (these people were all fired or
>demotted), and they blame anything under the sun but
>the true culprits-themselves.

>Ray Krok used to say that if you take care of your
>employees, they will take care of your customers,
>and the customers will keep comming back. I assure
>you he is rolling over in his grave right now.

I hear you. My first job was at the Mcdonalds I
currently work at. I've been coming here since it
first open in the 70's. It use to bring me a smile
when my dad would take me.. Now the Franchise I
work under is cutting back on everything. I'm
loosing crew and customers. Since it open up there
are 5 new fast food restuarant within a block
radius. So we are under competion for crew not just
customers. But our owner operator doesn't want to
dish out the extra pay, or benifits. All I see now
are a bunch of people who come from out of town. I
sure do miss my regular customers. I wish I could
get that smile now.

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