McJob
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McJob (sometimes called joe job) is slang for a low-paying, low-prestige dead-end job that requires few skills and offers very little chance of intracompany advancement. The term McJob comes from the name of the fast-food restaurant McDonald's, but is used to describe any low-status job – regardless of the employer – where little training is required, staff turnover is high, and workers' activities are tightly regulated by managers.
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See also
- Contingent work
- Maxime, McDuff & McDo, a 2002 French documentary about unionization of a McDonald's in Montreal
- McWords
- My Secret Life on the McJob, a 2006 book describing management lessons learned by the author, Jerry Newman, when he worked undercover in several fast food venues
- Permatemp
- Quality Reference Guide
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