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Posted: Nov 5, 2016
The marquee at our local McDonald's said they were interviewing on Tuesdays from 2 to 4. My 18 year old has been doing landscape work at our church for a couple of years but now needs something with more hours so he went at 2:30. He was told the manager was not in and to come back in an hour. Obviously, DH and I were not impressed with this level of professionalism but oh well. He goes in, is interviewed and is told to report for orientation at 2:45. The paperwork he has says 2:45. When he gets there, he was told orientation started at 1. So he calls the manager to find out what he is supposed to do. The manager insists that she said 12:45 and then hangs up on him. We explained to him that this may be a blessing in disguise because this manager may not be worth working for. Hopefully this will also guide him in the future when he is the manager somewhere.
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I'm so sorry. Please tell your son not to be discouraged. - mommyheart
[ In Reply To ..]The world is full of incompetent people, mean people, unbending people, etc. *SIGH* I'm sure it is a blessing in disguise but I'm sure you just hate it for your son.
Life lessons - youth
[ In Reply To ..]Chalk it up to real world experience. It's unfortunate your son had to experience unprofessional behavior on his first interview. I agree, probably a blessing. She must be something else as a manager.
I have a young adult son as well and he struggles with confidence after high school bullying. I'm giving pep talks all the time. It's so tough.
Hang in there and best of luck to you both!
The incompetence in the working world is really unbelievable. - nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
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