mcdonalds employee = essential worker?
this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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"Essential worker" just means non-union poors, realistically. If you've got no leverage and don't make enough to have any savings, you are required to continue going to work no matter what happens.
It just means employees of businesses that were able to continue operation during the pandemic lockdowns. Iirc, being a source of sustenance enabled fast food/takeout to remain open. Regardless of the nutritional value offered.
That’s how “essential worker” included both medical professionals and fast food. It is also how certain call centers were still crammed with people unless remote was made available. The phrase was seemingly used to help improve morale for those forced to work while benefits for the unemployed paid out more than their wages.
Yeah, whenever COVID hit we got even busier. People quit and we were understaffed, it was horrible. Didn't get a cent more and not so much as a thank you. Not to mention customers were outrageous at the time, with the whole mask stuff. Like dude I just work here, I couldn't give two shits about your beliefs and politics, I just want to have a decent day and get paid for it.
I sort of understand, I was assaulted because I didn’t care about someone’s opinion on masks. He was pissed I was wearing a mask, so logically he sucker-punched me with a roll of nickels and ran. The irony being I was actually being polite at the time, I’m getting too old for this shit lol.
lol eat shit
McDonald's workers taking advantage of their free meal already do.
lol Sad, but true.