Climbing The Golden Arches Summary

Amitai Etzioni, Dr. of Sociology at University of California at Berkeley, argues that it is bad for kids to work at fast food chains like McDonald’s. He applies his criteria to evaluate the value of jobs in the fast food industry. He states that all though these employers provide a large number of jobs that teenagers can fill, they do not provide high educational jobs that can lead to a bright future. Often they are repetitive in nature and often in unsupervised by adults. These jobs are comprised of highly routine, mechanized movements that require little individual initiative (250). The resemble the movements that were immortalize by Charlie Chaplin in the film “Modern Times” where the worker movement are so mechanized that he eventually is engulfed by the modern machinery and become part of the machine (Chaplin Modern Times). Although, Etzioni’s criticism presented some logical concerns, teenagers working at McDonald undoubtedly provide critical stage of early life lessons about the society they are getting prepared to become a member.

On any given day social equality can become social inequality. To be misunderstood when trying to do your best at any job. I will always remember my last day on the job it was: Thursday, August 27, 2009, at 6:10 pm. I started working at Ashley Stewart on June 6, 2000. My first position was a sales associate. After working six months. I was asked to transfer to one of the Cleveland stores as a co-manager. After working there for a year, I was invited to move back to Toledo where I became a store manager

In the essay “Working at Wendy’s,” Franklin describes his experience working at Wendy’s. Society has developed a perception of fast food workers. In the beginning, Franklin was guilty of believing the stereotypes created by society. When Franklin first applied to Wendy’s, he describes that the manager only cared if Franklin was intelligent enough to spell his name correctly. Franklin learned to not judge anyone because of their jobs and how it felt to be judged. Franklin learned the different circumstances of why his coworkers worked at Wendy’s. Pathos, ethos, and logos are used in the story to prove that society has created stereotypes for employees of lower class jobs.

Amitai Etzioni asserts the idea that students who work at McDonald’s lack structure and guidance. Etzioni believes that most high school students who work in fast-food have no supervision, other than from peers, which results in poor discipline and inappropriate behavior.

Rosie had dropped out of school to become a waitress to help provide for her siblings. She took pride when working for the public because she learned something new every day. The author noticed the kind of skill that job demanded both physically and mentally. A waitress needs to know how to develop memory strategies that could help with how the restaurant

Out of all the job’s Tina has had, her favorite job is Davenport West High School because she works with the kids she can understand and interact with them. This is because she has two daughters and relates to the other kids. Since Tina has had three jobs over her career, she says working in the workplace has helped her tremendously. A few ways it has helped her are improving her communication skills and adapting to the different ethnicities. It is a major impact with her working at West High School since; there are all different ethical groups and having to communicate with everyone. In addition, at each job they have taught her different responsibilities and make her feel like she has accomplished all the tasks given to be done. One of the positive’s she’s had working in the work place, is doing the work and receiving a pay check in reward for all her hard work. Negatives that Tina has had are doing the little jobs that she didn’t have to do and dealing with work drama. In conclusion, all of the jobs Tina has had have helped her since; she has learned something new from each

“Working at McDonalds”, by Amital Etizonal, speaks out against the social economic issue of today's teenage fast food jobs and their negative impact from an educational standpoint. This analysis of the fast food industry is done by comparing the sought-after morals and values of the jobs of the past while revealing the importance of those lessons for jobs of the future. Two key points are used to analyze the fast food industry to determine how educational the employment really is; the first point evaluates morals and values, and the second point evaluates school attendance and involvement. The problems addressed are then met with a solution that schools and parents can actively pursue.

Julia Stewart is an extremely successful businesswoman who brought in the techniques that her father used in teaching his US history class into the world of restaurant management. Julia takes her skeptical father to several Taco Bell restaurants to show him how she has been using techniques learnt from watching him. She identifies the importance of crediting employees for their work and thereby increasing their moral.

It was mid-afternoon, mid-week, during the middle of my shift when I realized the great epiphanic truth that explained my growing lackadaisical attitude towards being a bank teller. All it took was Delray Fire Rescue having a busy day and myself a slow one, to understand something so monumental and life-changing; I hated being a bank teller. I hated coercing people into buying something they didn’t need. I hated morning huddles and one on ones with management for sales strategies. I hated feeling soulless and disgusted at the end of the day. I hated pretending to care about things that were meaningless. I hated the person I turned into. I realized this isn’t me. This isn’t where I belong. I need to be better than this. I should be out there. I should be out helping people, doing something that will make a difference in people’s lives. I should be the change I want to see in the world; not in here worrying about how I’m going to make my sales numbers for this quarter.

Throughout high school, I’ve worked at the local chocolate shop, “Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory”. The shop sells high-end candy and chocolate and is continually claimed as the best chocolate shop in town, which is proved through the steady demand from customers. Their wants allows me as an employee to make enough money, and drives my fellow workers and I to work harder than our competitors, and serve our self interest of

At a job fair, a recruiter informed me about entry level positions at her company. At the end of our conversation, she said, “If you are not title conscious, you can also apply for these administrative assistant positions.” After leaving her booth, I wondered why she did not include the administrative assistant jobs when mentioning the other entry positions. This encounter highlights the importance of association– what does a person’s job say about the individual? In the article “We are Nothing: Empowering Staff” author Beth Baker highlights the association of an individual’s job to his or her self- worth; a nursing aides’ job of feeding, cleaning, and caring for the aged population— ignored members of society— is considered a dirty, hands-on activity. Because of the job’s acclaimed pollution, the position calls for minimal entry requirements and provides low pay. Expanding the maxim ‘show me your friend and I will tell you who you are,’ this essay argues that American society links an individual’s identity and self-worth to zir job; a position’s requirements, competitiveness, interacting population, and working conditions reflect upon the individual.

However, because of this struggle, I didn’t have an exact definition of success.                                                     Then, during the summer going into my senior year, I interned at Guardian Life Insurance of America; a fortune 250 company, while working a part time job at Key Food. It was an eye opening experience traveling between both jobs, and this “two world” theme was once again highlighted in my life. Early in the morning I would wake up and go to work in Lower Manhattan with a suit and tie, surrounded by lawyers and attorneys with prestigious backgrounds. Later in the day, I traveled to Flatbush, Brooklyn for my shift at the local Key Food, working with mostly immigrants who toiled twelve to sixteen hours a day.                                                                                    This experience reaffirmed the promise I had to my younger self. My parents weren’t fortunate enough to get a college degree nor were many of my co-workers at Key Food. Therefore, they weren’t exposed to many opportunities. After my summer experience, I realized that there will always be two worlds to navigate. Many may undervalue the importance of an

Even though Harwell did not come from a family whose members were skilled in the construction of utility lines, she was confident in her ability to do the work. Being able to perform as good if not better than her co workers allowed Harwell to realize her self actualization “which is the motivation to develop one’s full potential as a human being.” (Santrock, 2006) Harwell knew that she wanted to work for this company that consisted of mostly men with ties to the business and she did not allow anyone or anything to deter her from doing

Cindy needs to learn to be more understanding and compassionate toward her employees. A good work environment should resemble a It was a cold winter morning as I approached burger king to begin my dreadful nine hour shift. I entered the building and upon my arrival Cindy watches me like a hawk as she leans against the fry dump station. “How are you today Mrs. Cindy?’

One of the main reasons I decided to choose to write about Denny’s is because of the legal problems that Denny’s encountered years ago directly related to diversity within the work place. This type of publicity put a tremendous strain on Denny’s image as well as its financial status. Since the early 1990s, Denny’s have received negative publicity about employees that treated minorities in an unequal manner. Throughout my paper I will discuss what happened and the steps they had to do to change their perception to the public. I’m also inquired to know what other restaurants have dealt with discrimination controversies and the necessary steps that were taken.