McDonald's corporate help line...

[skitty]

points struggling employees toward government programs. I've heard that this is common at Walmart too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olUsgn-Ubh0&feature=player_embedded

[argeiphontes]

I've heard that this is common at Walmart too

Members of the military are on food stamps too, which are being cut. Don't republicans want to "support" our troops? Apparently not literally.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/opinion/military-families-and-food-stamps.html

But yeah Walmart is getting a big subsidy from all of us.

[RevolucionarBG]

If this wasn't sad, I would say it's hillarious how they behaved.

Honestly, why does that "help line" actually exist, if they are redirecting everyone to state-fund aid?

[WilliamGreen]

In a sense the society allows it.

It doesn't seem out of place really does it?

Have to educate people on why this is crazy. Hopefully in another hundred years issues like this will be treated like slavery. An unimaginable time.

[Brandon's Impotent Rage]

I've heard that this is common at Walmart too

I can confirm this. The Wal-Mart I worked at had a huge poster that informed employees of the various government programs to sign up for if needed. The Wal-Mart Associates website also had a similar section dedicated entirely to getting government welfare.

[RedWaves]

This is exactly why I hate corporations and what pushed me towards socialism to start with.


These corporations are already filthy rich, it wouldn't hurt them to pay workers better.

Most the time you work at one first thing you hear mentioned is second job.

[blake 3:17]

The fast-food giant McDonald’s is urging employees to break up food into smaller pieces to feel full or sell their Christmas presents for extra money.

The restaurant chain made the recommendations on its “McResource” employee website to help workers manage stress, health and finances.

The company recommended “breaking food into pieces” to feel more full on less food, singing away stress and taking two vacations a year to lower the risk of heart attack, as well as “selling some of your unwanted possessions on eBay or Craigslist could bring in some quick cash.”

The recommendations were publicized Tuesday by the group Low Pay Is Not OK, which advocates higher wages for fast-food workers, but McDonald’s claims the advice was taken out of context.

“This is an attempt by an outside organization to undermine a well-intended employee assistance resource website by taking isolated portions out of context,” the company said in a statement, noting that the site’s content was provided by an independent company.

The advocacy group released a recording last month of a McDonald’s worker calling the company’s McResources hotline to ask for assistance, and the operators urged the 10-year employee to seek help from food pantries or apply for federal food stamp or Medicaid assistance.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/20/mcdonalds-to-employees-break-your-food-into-small-pieces-to-feel-full-and-sell-your-christmas-presents-for-cash/