The press response to this new initiative by McDonald’s has ranged from cool to derisive.\u00a0 But to directors of our website, it seems like an admirable effort.\u00a0 One director has taught teenagers in the US foster care program for over ten years.\u00a0 When these kids go out to look for their first job, McDonald’s is at the top of the list of prospects.\u00a0 The company offers entry level opportunities to young people who need to learn what a job is: getting to work on time, doing what you are told, treating customers courteously — all the many skills necessary to move up the job ladder.<\/p>\n
When kids get that first job, they are thrilled.\u00a0 The work is hard, but the pay commensurate with abilities at the start.\u00a0 Starbucks doesn’t pay any better.<\/p>\n
Isn’t this just the right time to start discussing how to use your money?\u00a0 To make young people aware of the their resources and how best to deploy them.\u00a0 If you do well at McDonald’s, they put you on a management track.\u00a0 They pay for your education.\u00a0 This is just what happened to one first jobber who washed and ironed her uniform every day before going to work.\u00a0 She appreciated McDonald’s.\u00a0 They reciprocated.<\/p>\n
Here is the program they prepared wtih Visa.\u00a0 We have placed it in our permanent archive of financial literacy reports.\u00a0 You have to start somewhere. \u00a0McDonald’s Financial Literacy for Employees<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The press response to this new initiative by McDonald’s has ranged from cool to derisive.\u00a0 But to directors of our website, it seems like an admirable effort.\u00a0 One director has taught teenagers in the US foster care program for over … Continue reading ![\"McDonald's](\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/mcdonalds-300x272.jpg\")
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