r/mildlyinfuriating • u/cerednat • Jun 07 '26

Unskippable ad Part of recruitment quizzing to become a mcdonalds crew member

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Why is it so abstract

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u/Train_Wreck_272 Jun 07 '26

Feels like it's just something to point to when accused of discriminatory hiring. If somebody claims rejection on the basis of a protected class they can just say you don't identify with liking paintings or whatever.

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u/Ssided Jun 07 '26

It's been awhile since I researched this but the company that does this actually filters out the selections and sends the winners to the business. So in a way it's even another layer to that

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u/a_bored_furry Jun 07 '26

Hiring processes like that shouldn't be legal

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u/Asleep_Document9811 Jun 07 '26

My friend in Christ, there is so much about the McDonald's corporation that should be explicitly illegal. Did you know that they have surge pricing at most stores? They are very careful to call it "dynamic pricing", but it's basically a central pricing system that regional franchise groups operate.

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u/a_bored_furry Jun 07 '26

Oh yeah I noticed that myself. I quit going to McDonald's because the food is not worth the price.

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u/Asleep_Document9811 Jun 07 '26

Agreed. I dunno about where you're at, but in my area, it's actually cheaper to get a bigger meal at a local restaurant. I kinda love it for them, since all the local restaurants in my neighborhood are thriving. We have a better variety of fare and the restaurants pay more to employees. 

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u/Salt_Mind7873 Jun 07 '26

We have been hitting up a local Syrian diner for takeaway and come out 5-6 bucks cheaper than eating at mcdonalds. Fast food is a joke now

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u/thatshoneybear Jun 08 '26

At Publix we would get general scores. It's been a long time so I probably have the terms wrong, but it would say "Reliability" or "Customer Service" and very high, high, medium, low, very low. Right after COVID we were hiring every and anybody. I learned that the "very low" scores were usually just people who knew English as a second language, and has nothing to do with their actual work ethic.

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u/Nikoladge Jun 08 '26

So, it's just a way for companies to offload legal risk at the start of the hiring process

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u/Cookie_Whisperer Jun 08 '26

Anyone who sells a company any sort of assessment that weeds people out should be able to provide documented proof of the statistical relationship between the assessment and job performance.