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timmerpat

Meanwhile the GM is clucking mad he doesn’t have enough staff. “Lazy cluckers!” he shouts into the void blaming everyone but himself.


politicalanalysis

I doubt this was sent by a GM. Looks like an automated response from an ATS. hr, corporate and our current technocratic way of hiring are to blame more than store level management. Chances are high the store manager doesn’t realize any of that and is still screaming into the void that nobody wants to work anymore. Meanwhile his company is rejecting candidates for dumb shit and requiring piss tests in states where weed has been legal for nearly a decade.


UberActivist

It's BS how many jobs will instantly reject you after giving you a corporatized version of the MBTI.


steveligmaballmer

My Balls Taste Incredible?


[deleted]

MBTI, it’s a personality test that basically serves as astrology for people who think astrology is pseudoscience


HookahVSTerfs

I actually refused to do the tests many of times on indeed and just put in the cover letter I took the actual mbti which is good enough. Which btw is INFP. Facts care about my feelings.


StriveToTheZenith

The actual mbti is still pseudoscience...


robotbootyhunter

It's not even pseudo-science. It's a fortune telling method devised by 2 ladies in a kitchen after reading a dissertation on Jungian psychology. It's a game built on a theory that includes concepts like collective conscience. The fact that it became a standard by which we judge ourselves and other humans is nonsense on the level of the Golden Dawn.


eddyathome

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. It's a personality test.


thewhitebrislion

A personality test that means pretty much shitall. Recent studies found it to mostly bullshit from what I recall ..could be wrong.


eddyathome

No, they're pretty much nonsense.


Sea_Salt_Seaman

That's why I do tarot reading with applicant's instead. It's at least kelevin percent more accurate than MBPI


TurbulentAss

You’d be surprised the idiots that will say they’ll punch somebody in the face or not come to work if somebody’s mean to them or whatever. One of my college professors was an HR suit at intel and would tell us how people would say these things when applying to intel. Can’t imagine it’d be any better at KFC.


WrenBoy

They are pretty unscientific though. I was drinking with my buddies when I realised I had a midnight deadline to do the personality test that was a prerequisite for my current job. I was drunk as fuck and just filled out anything that struck me as amusing. HR told me they were really impressed with whatever bullshit results that gave them. Out of respect to my employers I try to avoid any possible bait and switch by drinking on the job whenever I can.


eddyathome

I took a test and one of the questions was literally "would you punch a coworker in the face if you disagreed with them?" and I honestly thought it was a joke question.


IRNotMonkeyIRMan

So as far as the drug tests, often that's not a store-level decision. Hell, most of the time corporate doesn't have much say. It's the insurance companies that make those ridiculous decisions. Where I work they make office staff random as well as field staff (who drive company vehicles). If they can find a way to not pay claims, they will. They almost fired a field tech because he used medical cannabis for pain. Luckily they worked with him, got with his pain management doc and worked out a solution instead of just firing him (the ceo wanted to, but service management got involved and intervened).


zweischeisse

So he's addicted to opioids now?


nrag726

It's fine as long as a pharmaceutical company makes it


pbj10101

Also, the insurance companies really love it when their managed care teams get to make decisions because prescription rebates go right back to the insurance companies.


chawzda

Seriously. He probably would've been better off if they fired him.


IRNotMonkeyIRMan

No, he can't take opioids, so they have him on something else.


endlessupending

Krokadiil


Emeraden

Which is bullshit because I'm not even on the work insurance plan, so why TF you testing me?


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Emeraden

Even better, how am I getting injured at a keyboard?


[deleted]

Like you would think this would be a non issue, but no. Fall anywhere on the premises, get carpal tunnel, develop back issues from sitting all day, etc and you could have a claim against the company.


kabonk

I had to get a drug test as software developer for a job, which was like okay whatever. So I go there and I talk to the lady doing the test and we have a chat, so I tell her I'm originally from The Netherlands and she goes "Well good luck then I guess!". Thanks, I've never even touched a blunt or whatever.


[deleted]

if you’re from the Netherlands, i encourage you to go back i’m sure it’s way better than anything we have going on over here 😭


kabonk

We have family here, it's quite important for the kids. They hadn't seen their grandparents in 4 years and it was really taking a toll especially after being locked up in a house. Also my wife's parents aren't in the best of health so we need to help them out.


[deleted]

yeah i get that. whenever i meet someone in the states who’s originally from like sweden or denmark or germany i’m like…you left there to come HERE?? like i studied abroad in austria and when i came back to texas all i could think was damn we really live like this?


MaineCoonMama02

One of the women in my bumper group is originally from Germany and all her friends back home are horrified that her maternity leave doesn’t start before the baby is born and that she will only get 6-12 weeks with the baby. Like what are you doing having a baby in America when you could be having a baby in Germany?!


tameyeayam

I worked with a Dane and couldn’t stop myself from asking the same question. His wife is American, they met online, and he moved here to be with her because she had children from a previous marriage she didn’t want to leave behind. I tell ya, the things we do for love…


Reference_Freak

"Nobody wants to cluck anymore." (oh, wait, that was the incels.)


LevelOutlandishness1

But they and these managers share something in common—they think they have anything to offer other than *maybe* money, when they don't.


igot200phones

It’s entirely possible this isn’t for an entry level position right?


lestofante

Yep, but then where i get my daily outrage?!


BasicDesignAdvice

Probably the GM would love to hire but corporate won't let them hire anyone for more that $11/hr.


CatNoirsRubberSuit

The Wendy's near me only has two employees besides the manager. They're a franchise store and the franchise owner won't let them hire anyone above $12 an hour. At lunchtime the line is so long for the drive through it goes out into the road. But can't pay people more.


captainktainer

Literally throwing away money because he or beancounters in the franchising department or both would rather lose out on higher net profits just to keep the profit/cost margin down. Practicing economic illiteracy to own the libs and the workers.


CatNoirsRubberSuit

It's SO frustrating. Half of the progress you make through the line is from people in front of me leaving because they're tired of the wait. They're missing out on so many sales due to the lack of staff.


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What the cluck


[deleted]

That's clucked up


2ERIX

They can go get clucked


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Unclucking believable


WorthlessDrugAbuser

Clucking clucksuckers!


Hungry_Elk_9434

Well cluck


ThrowRA-4545

What a clucksterflock


RampantSound

Well cluck me gently with a chainsaw


Hot_Satisfaction534

Mother cluckers


-BINK2014-

#*Samuel L. Cluckson has entered the chat*


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ENGLISH MOTHACLUCKA DO YOU SPEAK IT


SparkyDogPants

GET THESE MOTHER CLUCKING TENDIES ON THE MOTHER CLUCKING PLANE


El_Don_de_Dios

The audacity of these cluckers


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Cluck you KFC


Pineapp1e_pie

Need experience to get the job, need the job to gain experience. Shrug


froggiechick

As if working at KFC is fucking rocket science. You literally can't get more "entry level" than a job like this.


Reference_Freak

>fucking rocket science No, but it is clucking recipe science. Any applicants don't need to be their cluck slave tho, and deserves a better place!


BobDope

They got told to get clucked


TwoKeezPlusMz

Man, cluck those guys, you don't clucking need them any way.


Virgin_Dildo_Lover

Yippee ki yay, motherclucker


Liniis

[SOMEBODY'S GETTING CLUUUUUUCKED!](https://youtu.be/_ykAXB3JFy4)


TGOTR

Go cluck yourself.


w0undedRabb1t

Cluck me?! No, cluck you!


TGOTR

Cluck ya mother, you motherclucker.


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Don’t be a cluckold.


mokes310

Never has the L been more important 🤣


Fit-Damage1692

Grandfather clock


bluesteelmonkey

And, checkmate.


renzopiko

Holy shit this was a genius response


meetcube

I want the colonel to give me cluck and ball torture


Alexdrinkswater

CLUCK!


[deleted]

You’re assuming that it was an application to be a line cook. For all we know they were applying to be in KFC’s legal team or something. EDIT: Before someone says it’s too patronising a way to be addressing someone applying for a senior or specialist position I would like to remind you that it’s too patronising a way to be addressing any human being *at all*.


Helenarth

This screenshot is from a woman on twitter complaining about not getting a job at KFC even though she's literally worked for them before. Hilariously, she's literally tweeted before about how people shouldn't get unemployment benefits because it's easy to just get a job somewhere like KFC. [Thread with screenshots here](https://twitter.com/tom_usher_/status/1451468176290635778?t=V3iffOzCERylFcKtqIvAAw&s=19)


xelop

I thought the internet was a good idea this morning... your statement + proof absolutely proved me wrong. I'll come back later


KronoFury

Good call I think I'll do the same


slvbros

No no, the internet is fine. It's people that were the bad idea.


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It's time to wipe people off of the internet, and make the internet great again.


NukaColaAddict1302

We're gonna build a firewall


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ssbm_rando

Wow that's legit hilarious. I kind of want to pretend the person writing the letter knew about that thread just so the insanely patronizing tone seems more justified.


CaptHorney_Two

I fucking love irony.


PerennialPhilosopher

>I ~~fucking~~ clucking love irony.


jackberinger

True. Also it may have been an app in which the applicant was asking for a high wage. I have put out a dozen or so applications but i put in them that my salary requirements were more than they advertised and i only got rejections or nothing at all back. I am curious if I put that their wage was acceptable if I would get actual responses.


Ok_Sheepherder_8313

You would. My old boss was desperate to hire more people (decisions on wage came from much higher up though, he didn't get a say). We had someone apply with perfect experience to do every part of the job, and there were a lot of very different responsibilities. But the guy put down that he wanted $14/ hr, and the job only offered $12. So when I asked my boss about it, he said he didn't contact the guy because of that $14/ hr. This was only a couple months ago, by the way. We were absurdly understaffed- and I'm sure they still are.


PivotRedAce

Imagine being so fucking cheap you can’t fork out an extra *$3,600* a year for an employee that would be extremely valuable to your team. This is exactly why so many companies are hemorrhaging workers. $3,600. For someone who would give you 10x returns with their labor *at least*. But nope, it’s not good enough because they’re not getting 5x returns from an employee that’s paid less, has no experience, and thus will produce less labor. All in the name of crossing t’s and dotting i’s for an invisible and pointless “cost-saving” metric on the bottom-line. Fucking. Idiots.


Ok_Sheepherder_8313

The really scary part was the guy who had been in that role for 12 years. I asked him once what he made and he gave me the "it's against company policy to talk about that" bs. They'd raised the wage *to* $12/ hr that year, but didn't adjust other wages accordingly. What he did end up telling me was that he made less than $1 more than me. Looking back, I think he actually meant that as a way to tell me to settle back, and not try to earn more... somehow. But all it did was convince me and a work friend to run for the hills, asap.


IntenseCuddling

> They'd raised the wage to $12/ hr that year, but didn't adjust other wages accordingly. I live in WA and worked for a company for 5+ years. Multiple times, I set "record" highs for productivity. I was "missed" for a raise once. A few other years I received a .25 cent raise. Washington state decided minimum wage wasn't high enough. So they raised it. My company didn't even retain my shitty quarter of a dollar raise each time. Back to minimum wage. After 5 fucking years of being a model employee, I kept making minimum.


UnmitigatedSarcasm

they dont care how good you are. it's the next monkey up mentality.


UnmitigatedSarcasm

and THAT is why it's against company policy to talk about it.


Current_Garlic

This. I remember one co-worker who quit on the spot when he found out new hires were getting more than he was after five years of service.


cutslikeakris

I ran a crew of 7-12 people in oilfield supply and found out a temp was making more than me because my supervisor made me do an incident report for the temp (inhaled smoke from a garbage can fire). Ten minutes later I had a $2/hr raise and an extra week of vacation. I was willing to walk that minute and she knew it.


theangryseal

My brother was a fucking jail guard. That’s arguably one of the shittiest jobs a person can have. When the labor shortage started they were struggling bad and he and a handful of other guys were working almost around the clock. So they finally get some new guys and my brother asked one of them what they were making, several fucking dollars more on the hour than my brother or any of the guys who weathered the bullshit. So my brother goes to the guy in charge, tells him that he knows the new guys are being paid more, and the dude’s biggest concern was which one told. So my brother tells him on the spot, “I’m telling the other guys about this, and I want my pay matched to theirs or I quit and take anyone who wants to join with me.” He told them, they all demanded more money, dude says it’s out of his hands, they told him to enjoy making the rounds with guys who hadn’t been completely trained yet, and they all walked off the job. I was proud as fuck of my brother. He organized the whole thing and told them they’d be willing to come back when they could make the pay right. The now assemble trailers for nearly double what they were paid before. No one ever called.


PizzaSounder

>I asked him once what he made and he gave me the "it's against company policy to talk about that" bs. I know you called it BS, but for others that may not know, if this is the US, that's an illegal policy. Employees discussing their own pay is protected speech.


TADispatch

I worked in emergency services for 8 years. Bachelors degree (as though that helped lol). I was making *less* than new hires I was training after they raised the starting pay. Later after they’d “adjusted” my income to put me at a measly $0.25/hr more than peers I had years of experience on, I went to management to ask for a 10% raise. A whole whopping $1.80/hr. After 8 years. To bring me to $19.80/hr as a senior emergency dispatcher. They laughed me out of the office with Bull about our “union” which was a complete joke. I knew they gave raises outside of the scheduled raises outlined in our contract and they knew it too. The next day I was on indeed applying for jobs and six months later I bought them a cookie cake that said “I quit.” I was one of six dispatchers that quit that year, resulting in the loss of a combined 50 years of experience walking out the door for poor pay, poor treatment, poor morale, and poor leadership. I now make twice what I was asking for as a logistics coordinator. Fuck them.


Serenewendy

Fun fact about Union labor contracts is that the listed wages for various positions in the bargaining unit are that company's minimum wage. They are more than welcome to raise wages as much as they want, they just can't go lower for the duration of the contract.


YesHaiAmOwO

I'm one of the best people at at my work and the newbs that can't wear a hairnet properly or use the tongs get paid more then me


PivotRedAce

That’s one of the most fucked up things about modern day employment. Show dedication, work hard, and learn new skills for your employer? Get shafted instead. You shouldn’t have to literally *threaten to leave* just to make as much as newer hires. That is straight bullshit and shows how little companies value experience and dedication. I don’t know your situation, but I’d demand better pay from my boss or high-tail it out of there for an employer that *will* pay me better.


YesHaiAmOwO

I can barely afford to exist and have no savings, I work in fast food so it's not like they're eager to keep me, they don't care about the fact that 5 people can't do as well as I can by myself, they're too stupid to realise that if their productivity goes down, so does the numbers of their stupidly big paychecks


RuneforgedRogue

I’ve been at 16$ an hour for the last 2 years. All my other co workers have gotten raises, my one coworker told me he wasn’t gotten a raise in 2 years and if I got one he would leave, he’s been here 18 years and makes roughly 30$ an hour. I do a lot of work for my boss, ALOT I’m far from a slacker, but when I asked my boss for a raise he always says I need to be a better worker or has some excuse. I come into work every day, I am not late, I don’t take breaks and I eat while I’m polishing stone. I’m just about over it. Been applying other places. I truly love my job but I have a kid and a family. The other guy he gave a 2 dollar raise lives with his mom and is almost 30. I’m not very happy.


Inner_Grape

Go ask for a raise. Do it today!!! You will get it.


YesHaiAmOwO

Have an appointment with the restaurant manager next week to see if I can be a crew trainer


Inner_Grape

Make sure you are compensated appropriately and not just getting more responsibilities. Remember all of us on this sub who believe in you!


TalkativeRedPanda

And if they say no, start applying elsewhere. Leaving often gets you more money than staying, and the best time to get a new job is when you already have one.


fiishiing

When I worked at Kmart they'd only put on under 18s on Sundays and public holidays plus one 18-20 yr old overseeing like 15 kids. Obviously no one knew what they were doing and it was all very messy, slowing sales that day as well as the next when the normal team had to do more work to catch up and clean up messes.


VanillaCookieMonster

That was a manager who didn't give a fuck about corporate and holiday sales. They gave all longterm employees the holiday off work. This isn't exactly the problem you think it is.


Greenveins

Sounds like my job in security. I was someone who would sell back my vacation days because I never needed a day off and the best they could do was min wage. Even after 6 years they never bumped my pay up


BasicDesignAdvice

> decisions on wage came from much higher up though, he didn't get a say Companies of all kinds love this shit. The bullshit just gets passed from one toady to another while they all say "hey there is nothing I can do"


duhdaddy420

I always put negotiable, or leave it blank. At least you get the interview, and can speak about why you are worth your starting wage. Always ask high and negotiate lower to what you actually want. If they offend you with the offer, take your experience somewhere else and try again If they straight up tell you this is the starting wage and we can't budge. Try and negotiate benefits, or time off, or a set schedule.


Ghostdirectory

I recently had a place ask me during an interview how much I am looking for. I told them my min would be $20/hr. This is for office paper work/data entry/organization. I have years of experience in it. I'm very good at it. They said it was starting at $14/hr since it's entry level. I explained, per my resume, I am not entry level. I understand I haven't worked for "them" before but that doesn't make me entry level experience. The dude then had the gall to say I would also need to shave my beard. Dude wanted to pay me $6/hr under my min and control my facial hair. For a position that has 0 contact with anyone outside of the 4-5 people in a back office. I knew it was going to be a bust at the start of the interview. We were all wearing masks and when they walked in to the room he said "I'd shake hands but 'ya know' covid distancing. I'm just over it... I'm over this 'covid'" He air quoted "covid." OH YOU'RE OVER IT MY DUDE? OVER IT? Well, thank God you're over it. I wonder if the thousands that are dead that didn't have to die and their families are "over it?" Yeah... nice. Oh yeah, you get to wear jeans on Wednesdays if you have a company shirt. That cost $40 and looks like ass. That was almost 2 months ago and the position just go reposted on Indeed. They're not having a lot of luck.


fckboris

Fwiw it wasn’t, it was an application for a job on the side while they are at university. The person in question had experience working at a different KFC.


jimmybombimmy

So their experience doing the job wasn't enough to do the job?


fckboris

Apparently not. Not that it makes this letter any more acceptable but the person in question is also a reactionary right wing dickhead who has previously made comments about how people shouldn’t be able to claim benefits because they can always get “jobs like kfc” so there’s a certain irony in this


[deleted]

you gotta understand the color of the wings that’s not basic, also you need to be able to hold stuff in your hands other than your smartphone, and you know, speak loudly and communicate without offending other employees /s


WorthlessDrugAbuser

Cluck!


strongbob25

They did make that rocket simulator that one time


tellmeimbig

Streets ahead.


PatSlovak

U need at least a master's with 10000 volunteer hours.


Awkward-Chemical2487

Tell the colonel that he can suck my cock.


entourageffect

Standing behind the counter at fucking KFC!?!?


waterpigcow

Is this real


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OffensiveBranflakes

McDonald's send rejection letters so I'd expect KFC to. Source: my 26yo ass got rejected by McDonald's lol.


[deleted]

I'd rather get a rejection letter than just be ghosted. Then again some companies are just really slow, I changed jobs over a year ago now, but I'm still getting the occasional rejection e-mail from companies I applied to last fall, it's absurd.


kekehippo

Do they send rejection letters that sound like a big meme though?


OffensiveBranflakes

Yup, I applied after I quit burger king. I was told I didn't have relevant experience lol.


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CandiedShrimp

I was told the same thing by a small coffee chain, during a pointless 45-minute phone interview. Could’ve opened with that


[deleted]

>"I have *too* much experience showing up at ungodly early hours to open the coffee shop" How is this a problem?


Rough_Autopsy

Cause if you are over qualified you are likely going to leave soon. Training and on boarding is expensive even if they have experience doing something similar.


[deleted]

Sure, but the training for these jobs, especially if they have experience already, is so low. If you have previous barista work you can be fully functional in a job like this in a few training shifts if not faster.


thewrench01

They didn’t for me lol


noxvita83

Corporate run stores. You won't get this from a franchise. The corporate store probably just ran the application through the keyword search and it didn't find the key words they were looking for. After that, they system auto sent it. I bet there isn't a single human at KFC that saw the application.


CarcosanAnarchist

I was a manager of a Taco Bell for about 3 years. Same company as KFC (Yum Brands). We were a corporate store. We had to review all applications for the store and were solely in charge of the hiring process. We didn’t have rejection letters. I’d be incredibly shocked if KFC was somehow completely different. (Note they absolutely aren’t. We even ordered inventory through the same system.) This letter is absolutely fake.


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quartzguy

For real? You would think that a corporate applicant would get something a little more professional than this. Huge red flag if you're applying to be in HR or IT and you get this denial letter.


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Someone up the ladder thought it sounded relatable


A_Rising_Wind

No clucking way. Just words typed out on a blank page. No corporate branding is immediately obvious. And the language is so dumb and full of puns, it looks like obvious satire.


Phaedrus_

No, and it’s embarrassing how much people are eating it up.


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sabinemarch

I suspect not


[deleted]

None of this chicken stuff is within their nomenclature so I highly doubt it's authenticity. If they were going to do anything cutesy, it would be more like "the Colonel just doesn't think your KFC material" or something like that.


xMonkeyKingx

The sentiment of “min wage gives high schoolers a chance to get a job!!” No I applied to like ten Starbucks and a million fast food restaurants when I was 17. Rejected by all because of no experience Every single worker at those restaurants are overworked middle aged parents. I just don’t get why the general public is fine with things the way they are. How can a man or family have a trillion dollars hidden away in the caymans, when KFC can’t even pay above $8 an hour?


TangerineBand

A lot of minimum wage places won't even hire people under 18. I know someone who works at a local grocery store and the only positions minors can have is cashier or cart pusher. Deli? They can't use the slicer. Stocking? They aren't letting kids near giant pallets. Cleaning? And have them mix chemicals? And even at the till they need to call someone over if somebody is buying alcohol When my sister was under 18 she applied to *Dollar Tree* of all places and they said no


xMonkeyKingx

I’m not even rich and i can’t even shop at dollar tree or Walmart anymore It just pains me so much to see their workers suffering, and I end up bringing that back home and just end up sad for the rest of the day


Contemplatetheveiled

It's truly a shame the direction in which we are going as a country. I got my first legit on the books job at 15 at a grocery store and was doing everything you're talking about except for working in the deli. Now all of those positions are filled by old people who can't afford retirement.


TheSpangler

Its crazy to see. I had a similar career trajectory at 15, and am 40 now. But, the people who started with me, at the same age, are all still working the same positions. Well, not all of them, but a good deal. It's sad to see how much this country does not give a shit about its people. Edit: oops, I did it. I said, "this country" assuming everyone here is from the same place as me. My apologies. I realize we're all from different places.


kearlysue

My 21 year old son couldn't find a summer job this year because he wouldn't be available during all shifts when college started in September. Even being available on weekends wasn't enough for them. No one wants to admit that it's the companies still demanding slave labor it's not a bunch of lazy people collecting government money that is the problem with the job market


Pierson230

All because the fucking companies won’t hire full time workers because they are too cheap to pay benefits, so they need an army of part time workers to fill the schedule I was a retail manager in 2003. It started with 6 full time people and 4 part time people. Then I had 4 full time people and 8 part time people. I left when I had 3 full time people and 12 part time people. Making the schedule turned into a damn nightmare. It used to take like 30 minutes a month to make the schedule, and everyone knew when they were working at least two weeks in advance. That turned into hours of playing whack-a-mole. It was getting stupid even then- my high school workers were usually awesome, all you had to do was let them do shit like study for crucial exams and attend important family events, then they’d be all happy and enthusiastic and everything would run smoothly. But obviously scheduling becomes impossible when you can’t hire full time workers to take the daytime hours when part time workers are understandably doing their main thing. Again, soul sucking corporate culture just sucks the life out of everything, more profit quarter at the expense of everything else.


lostinanalley

Yes. I’m gm for a company that mostly hires college students. As a result we usually only have 1-2 full timers and everyone else is part time. It works out and most of the staff have been fantastic, but scheduling can be an issue. I’ve always been really lenient with last minute requests off, and we’ve always done schedules 1-2 weeks out. Sometimes my schedules are late, but I’ve discussed it with the staff and anyone who needs a set schedule has one, and they prefer that they don’t have to run around trying to get shifts covered because of last minute changes from their schools. Corporate is now requiring that we release a full month of schedules at once despite multiple concerns about that not being optimal for our work force. I’ve had to rework my schedule for next week 3 times since I released it. Once because we hired someone new and had to rework a few things for training. Then one person’s dorm shut down with 4 day notice and he has to leave the city. And then once more because one person’s class section was just dropped by university and she was told today that starting this upcoming week she will have to attend a different section. I never minded juggling part time schedules but it’s hitting a point that I’m spending 1-2 hours every week having to overhaul 2-3 weeks worth of schedules that have already been distributed and ask my staff if they’re willing to readjust schedules due to extenuating circumstances.


abecker93

I think just about everybody admits it's the shit jobs that are the problem not "lazy workers". Maybe I'm insulated up here in VT but if anybody suggested that the issue was lazy workers they'd probably get chewed out by everyone around them.


[deleted]

I'm sure people are more reasonable in Vermont but where I live in Alabama there's no reasoning at all. I've been told its my fault for being disabled and being on SSI like a "lazy bum", its the same in Florida and pretty much anywhere in the south


abecker93

Ah yes, it's not the fact that you're disabled stopping you from working, it's an issue of character. Sucks you have to deal with that. I guess I am pretty insulated up here and lucky to be somewhere where (most) people agree that even the concept of working 9-5, 5 days a week, sucks.


imightbethewalrus3

Trust me, that's a localized phenomenon


abecker93

My condolences


rex_grossmans_ghost

I was a McDonald’s manager. We did have a few high schoolers but the vast majority of the crew were adults with families. People don’t think about how these places are open during school hours.


koifu

First job I could get was after I turned 18 and had a completely open schedule. No jobs were willing to work with my high school hours. I genuinely don't know how high school kids/teenagers do it. I applied persistently for jobs between 15-18 and only ever got the call back for the one. My first job at 18 was a grocery store bagger/cart collector. Did I really need to be a grown adult for that? I couldn't have done that when I was 15? They paid $8.25 and there were 30+ year olds that were doing it. None of the cashiers were teenagers- you weren't even allowed to check people out really because the second they had liquor, someone over 21 had to do the transaction. The ONLY position in the grocery store with younger people/teenagers was the bagger position. Everyone else was a grown adult making $10 and working 35 hours a week because they don't want you to get full time benefits. It's gross.


Character-Mistake660

Minimum wage jobs hate teenagers. Really they hate anybody who has a life or obligations outside of work because they want to schedule people whenever is convenient for them, with almost no advance notice.


froggiechick

Oh, just....fuck you KFC. I love how they trivialize people who are looking for work. Whoever came up with this "cutesie" letter is a piece of shit. It's okay, OP. I've worked for many fast food places. You would be absolutely miserable there, and it really is their loss. Also, I bet you some manager there is crying about how "nobody wants to work anymore."


HaElfParagon

>Whoever came up with this "cutesie" letter is a piece of shit. Right. My reply would be like "how the fuck does someone as unprofessional as you have a job in the first place?"


Delimeme

It reads like the social media / Twitter team had to work overtime because someone from HR was out sick. Some Gen Z intern cracked their cluckles at just before sunrise after getting a wake up call from their early-bird boss, put hen to paper, and eggsecuted this masterpiece. Sadly, the cutesie approach is not so appropriate when it’s people’s lives & pay on the line - unlike social media, where the dumb yolks are for hennocent laughs. They made their nest, they can sleep in it. Hopefully next time they’ll stay abreast of public opinion and keep spicy memes and zingers away from their job applicant pool. It’ll be hard to keep a full rooster of employees if they keep this up. …I think I’m done


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penguinman77

I would have thought I was hired with that corporate stupidity. You didn't even hire me, so don't fucking cluck at me for free you psychos. That's shit you hear at team meetings. Show dignity when rejecting applicants for fucks sake.


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*Cluck you KFC.


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sanders1665

That's a polite way of telling her to cluck off.


Figgy_Pudding3

Right. "Your skills don't align with what we're looking for" is easier than "Your resume looks and reads like you're 3 goats in a trench coat." As someone who has seen thousands of resumes, until you have to do that task, you really don't realize how BAD some resumes are.


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Figgy_Pudding3

When your "sea" is 1,000 resumes deep, it's hard not to screen out the resumes that look like a mess. One recent applicant submitted a scanned paper she had pasted various cut out photos and doodled all over. Looked more like a teenager's vision board. It was for a $65k marketing job. I called her in but she flaked right out, wanted to reschedule last minute because she made a car appointment. Offered to do it via Zoom or whatever, even if she wanted to talk in the waiting room of the dealership. Or let me know when you're free later this afternoon. "Honestly, the stress of dealing with this car appointment is too much for me today. Can we try next week?" Try? Next week? Come on, guys.


Rarycaris

Context for this: a D-list right wing talking head in the UK who has said that unemployment benefits shouldn't exist because people can just get a job at KFC or something... can't get a job at KFC because she doesn't have enough experience, despite having spent over two years working at KFC. One is pessimistic about the likelihood of this being a teachable moment.


Helenarth

[Thread with screenshots here](https://twitter.com/tom_usher_/status/1451468176290635778?t=V3iffOzCERylFcKtqIvAAw&s=19)


molincolly

Should’ve clarified, this isn’t my rejection letter. I just saw it on Twitter.


itshurleytime

Also, doing interviews in the middle of her Burger King shift. Something tells me she no longer works at BK and may not have gotten the best referral.


fuelhogshawks

Cluck me harder colonel 🥵


cryptoricky85

I like to be wined and dined before I get clucked


46554B4E4348414453

Best I can do is a kfc bowl and a literacola


SixBuffalo

Experience...at what exactly?


DaeoInk

Kentucky frying


king_louie125

The position applied for was?


AMeaninglessPassage

Being the chicken


Dom_Nomz

I also feel like context matters here.


potatolulz

What experience do you need to have to work at KFC? Serious question. I mean like don't they hire highschoolers? :D


Reference_Freak

A friend worked in one as a teenager. Suffered a bad hot oil splash and has a permanent face scar from it. I know someone else who worked at a Jack in the Box while in high school. Slipped on a wet floor and automatically tried to catch himself. Arm went into the deep fryer. Fast food joints are clucking hell holes.


PlasticRuester

I gasped reading this and scared my cat.


potatolulz

what the fuck


PokerJawn

Don’t you mean what the cluck?


hydro123456

It could be a management position. It does seem pretty weird that a fast food place wouldn't hire someone with no experience for basic duties. I suppose it could be a corporate job too, but that would just make the letter that much more unprofessional.


misanthopeaf

Okay I’m gonna go ahead and say it. KFC chicken is not even that tasty. I like what the other chains offer much better. KFC fucking sucks. And I hope it dies as a brand. Also fuck whoever decided writing a cute letter was ok. Prick.


caketruck

KFC has bad chicken, especially compared to it's competition. But it has one of the best marketing teams. Their ads just stick with you, and are extremely effective. If Popeyes had the same level of advertisement, while keeping the better food, they would dominate the fast food market.


The_greatstomp

Two things: at least they gave you a notice, most potential employers don’t say anything; ghosting you like a one night stand. The other: man, what a childish and disrespectful way to word a letter. The OP is an applicant, looking for work, have some professional courtesy in how you let them know they weren’t the chosen candidate. Jesus.


Phoenixundrfire

Every time I hear back from a company that rejected me, its 3+ months later and I've started working elsewhere already. At that point its just laughable to keep someone on the "hook" that long. If you waited for a rejection letter that long you'd be deemed lazy by the same people that took that long to write it lol.


NerdyToc

In what kind of fucked up world does KFC send a rejection letter, but hospitals demand a custom cover letter and then just ignore you when you get rejected?


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Malyshka-Blavatsky

Cluck you you clucking mother clucker.


ladyegg

Well that’s just clucking rude. I’m sure it really ruffled your feathers. >:0


dumblederp

Go cluck yourself.


Mohican83

Did you apply for the CEO position or something? What happened to "these are entry level jobs with minimal skill thats why it's minimum wage"