# Former McDonald's Employees - What are you doing now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-mcdonalds-employees-what-are-you-doing-now/435653 "2008-01-31T00:27:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Captain\_Jinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Captain\_Jinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Jinks)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-mcdonalds-employees-what-are-you-doing-now/435653/21 "2008-01-31T17:47:14Z")
As I never worked there, I’ll answer for my family, non-dopers –Wife still works retail, at the craft store chain Michaels. She seems to enjoy what some would term dead-end jobs. (“There’s a destiny that shapes our ends” I say, patting her end-- I mean “behind”.) –Daughter’s going to school for the teaching degree to which she always aspired (and making straight A’s. I’m proud of her!) –Son’s held a long succession of low skill jobs. Could go back and work his way up to McD mgr, but does not want to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-mcdonalds-employees-what-are-you-doing-now/435653/22 "2008-01-31T17:58:52Z")
I quit to go work for a local Fish and Chips restaurant. A small chain here in the valley, 3 restuarants. They treated me better, and I worked for them into college. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-mcdonalds-employees-what-are-you-doing-now/435653/23 "2008-01-31T18:13:22Z")
I worked there for 2 years during high school. I was “laid off” officially, but the real reason was because I got caught giving away food to a security guard. I’m a paralegal at a white collar criminal defense firm these days. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-mcdonalds-employees-what-are-you-doing-now/435653/24 "2008-01-31T19:38:34Z")
I worked there for a couple of years when I was in high school. I quit when I moved away to college, where I got a really cushy job from the university as a “computer lab monitor” - minimum wage to simply be a warm body sitting in the lab. I work as a firmware engineer now. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-mcdonalds-employees-what-are-you-doing-now/435653/25 "2008-01-31T20:38:07Z")
[QUOTE=ChiefScott] Why were you fired/did you leave Mickey D’s? [/QUOTE] I quit to go write for my college’s newspaper. I got paid less for it, since I was paid per inch and wrote only weekly, but the job was cooler, satisfying, challenging, and far better-looking on my resume. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-mcdonalds-employees-what-are-you-doing-now/435653/26 "2008-01-31T21:02:16Z")
I worked there for a few months. Left because I found a better paying job. I am a computer programmer for a Wall Street firm. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-mcdonalds-employees-what-are-you-doing-now/435653/27 "2008-01-31T21:42:54Z")
I worked at Mickey D’s for a while when I was in college. I needed the money. I quit when I had enough money to get me through the year, plus enough left over to buy an electric guitar (which I still have). I am now an electrical engineer / software engineer. I design industrial control equipment for a living. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-mcdonalds-employees-what-are-you-doing-now/435653/28 "2008-01-31T22:32:10Z")
I worked there for about a year during high school in the early 80’s. I am now a mechanical engineer. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-mcdonalds-employees-what-are-you-doing-now/435653/29 "2008-01-31T22:37:50Z")
I worked at Mickey D’s for a summer. I am a mechanical designer in the oil and gas industry, and have been for almost 30 years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-mcdonalds-employees-what-are-you-doing-now/435653.md?page=1)