How long should you stay at a fast food job?
Speaking as someone that has had at least one job since I was 13 (starting with paper route), I can understand how difficult it can be to balance work and school. I don't know your financial situation, but I needed a job to go to college. I am assuming that this isn't the case since you are quite cavalier about quitting. Frankly, it is a fast food job, I don't think anyone is going to judge you too harshly for quitting quickly. If someone working there got you that job, your quitting may make them look bad for vouching for you. And if you do quit before working six months, don't put it on your resume. Otherwise, in the grand scheme, no one is going to care too much. It is good that you are worried about it, that shows some integrity. If I was in your position and I needed that job to go to school, I would talk to the manager about cutting back my hours until I found a happy balance. If he/she wouldn't work with me I would start looking for something else and leave when I had a different job secured. Remember: Don't run away, run towards something better.
How long should i stay at a job before i quit??? (Fast Food restaurant)?
I don't disagree with the other two answers, but keep this in mind. With just one month under your belt, you should simply omit McDonalds from your work history -- don't mention it. You are right that being there just 1 month would look bad. In fact, I'd say you would have to stay for at least 6-12 months before you would want to "advertise" the fact that you worked there. It's unlikely to come up in any sort of background check, and if it were to, just say that you thought that it being just one month, it wasn't worth mentioning, and explain that you left because you had a great opportunity at a theater co. One last suggestion ... give two weeks notice & leave professionally at McDs. Even if you plan to stay mum about it, no reason to burn any bridges. Especially since you may wish to work at McDs again in the future -- who knows? Good luck!
Is it okay quit a fast food job after 5 or 6 months?
Do you like the job? Is there growth potential (Eg: management)? Would it be difficult to find a similar job when you return? If so, talk to your employer about your situation closer to the time you're leaving. Tell them you'd like to come back when you return, but understand they may not have an opening at that time. Turn over tends to be very high in the food industry. If you are a reliable employee, and a good worker, they'll value your honesty and want you back. Just don't bother them with your problem until its closer to when you need to leave, focus on being a good worker until then.
What’s worse to work: retail or fast food?
Fast food. Primarily because you’re working in food and therefore you’re going to be subject to a lot of heat and machines that are designed to cook food.For instance when I worked in McDonalds about 20+ years ago. It’s stinkingly hot on the grills. You’ve got hot oil and grease that splash your forearms and hands now and again. The deep fat frying machines also let off a ton of heat and splash you. If you’re working in the back room you’re going into the freezer in and out going through cycles of heat and cold. This can make you sick.Then at the end of the day you’re washing those hot machines. Again you’ll get burned or scalded by the oil or water. Hands constantly soaked in water causes your hands to lose oils and your skin to crack.You’ll also be subject to a lot of hygiene regulations as well. Meaning constant hand washing and cleaning.Retail? Stacking shelves (lifting) serving customers, retail shops also tend to be air-conditioned.A lot lower chance of being cut, burned or frozen.
Can i quit my fast food job without having another job lined up?
Yes, just quit. When you are 80 years old in a nursing home, you won't wonder to yourself, "I wish I kept that fast-food job" --> You would have thought, "I wonder if I wouldn't have been here if I just took care of myself a little bit when I was younger." Trust me. You definitely won't care about how much work you did when you were younger. If you give your two weeks notice, keep in mind that they may fire you on the spot still. Make sure to be amicable about it. You do not need to discuss your health concerns with your boss or give reasons on why you are quitting, but if you say vaguely that you have health concerns it would make you a more personable individual. For example, say, "I am sorry to tell you this, but I need to give my two week notice because of some health concerns. I really want to thank you for the opportunity of working at x and x place." I'm a 3rd year college student. A lot of older adults do not understand how much work college is nowadays. They use to work and go to college at the same time without the extreme amounts of stress and graduated either debt free or near-debt free. The truth is that I get about 6 hours of sleep a night during the semester and I do not have a part-time job. I am constantly doing something for school. I'm always studying something. Other students who actually work get about 4-5 hours a night. I know some students who say that they have to stay up all nights to get work done and don't sleep until the next night. That's just insane. That's not normal. That's not healthy. My mental health and sanity does greatly deteriorates during the school year along with my physical health. If people call you a baby about quitting your job you can say very calmly back to them, "Ya know...*their name* a slight pause, you are suppose to be my friend/family member. Don't you care about my health?" Put the question back onto them. They will know that they are a j@ckass if they call you a baby about it.
I work at a fast food restaurant and I want to stop eating the food there. What should I do?
I’ve had this challenge in Restaurants that worked.I too got a ‘free’ meal. I couldn’t stand bringing food in but I did in another way. I had take-out delivered to the restaurant. My boss was super pissed but he couldn’t do anything about it except finally he wouldn’t allow the delivery guy in the restaurant. So I would tell the delivery guy to deliver at a certain time (my break was pretty punctual) and I met him out side.I couldn’t afford that every day so I made sure I ate a full meal at home before going to work. Next, I drank a lot of water or seltzer(carbonated water). For my free meal… the biggest salad I could make with as many different fruits and veggies I could get my hands on. At times , I got a piece of chicken or beef to add to the salad.Sometimes these salads were so good, I re-created them in other restaurants which proved to be financiaally successful!The key? Focus, will power and tenacity!
Is working a job in fast food not for everyone, or am I just incompetent?
I wouldn't say you're incompetent if you just started. However, if a year goes by and you still can't do the job, then the job may not be the right fit for you. When you work in fast food, you are really not working with the "cream of the crop" of employees. Most people working in fast food tend to only have high school education and no college degree. Generally, it is their first jobs and they are building up their resume. Other times, the employees are working dead end jobs and they are not motivated nor do they care about new employees. In short, take time to learn about your job and don't let them talk down to you. We all make mistakes and we can all learn from it. Don't let your coworkers blow it out of proportion when you make a mistake. Most of the time fast food jobs are only short term and there is a high turn over rate. Even though you are working at the lower end of retail job, you deserve to be treated with just as much respect and dignity as everyone else. Don't let anyone take that away from you. Use this experience to remind yourself why you should study hard and do well in school.I know this lawyer that I came in contact with and he told people he use to work in McDonalds cleaning toilets while attending law school. He said that was a humbling experience and it made him study hard and that's how he became a lawyer.
I work in the fast food industry, I don't complain and do good at my job. I just started working there. Why do my managers keep asking me if I want to quit yet?
I used to have running jokes with my new recruits during harrowing times. When they turned up for work again the next day I might say something like “you came back - thank God for that!”.I suspect that its a joke, they are just trying to be friendly.Maybe you are young, maybe this is your first job, maybe you are quiet and take it all very seriously and maybe they are just trying to bring you out of your shell. Maybe this is just their way of expressing their natural curiosity about you and how you are going. They want to know what you might be struggling with because they want to help, and this is their way of expressing it.You’ll learn things about that place as you go along and may well find that that place has for whatever reason, really high staff turn over. You may learn that the customers are really difficult, the job stressful, which is why it has a high staff turn over.Here is what it doesn’t mean, it doesn’t mean they want you to quit. It’s normal to feel anxious and wonder how we are coming across when we just start a new job, so we might naturally assume the worst we are asked a question like that, but that’s not happening. This is not the language people use when they want someone to quit.It’s more likely that they want you to stay, so give yourself time to adjust.