Jul 19 2013
McDonalds Launches Web Tool To Help Workers Manage Money They Don’t Make
McDonald’s Corporation has come under fire for launching a new website in conjunction with Visa, to help its employees manage their money.
The problem is that the online budgeting tool, well-meaning as it may be, is quite revealing – it assumes that McDonalds’ employees work a second job to make ends meet.
And it shows how clueless company executives are about the cost of living for ordinary Americans.
The budgeting tool uses examples of expenses that are – well – out of the realm of reality. For example, health insurance costing $20 a month. Worse, expenses like groceries, child care, gas, or clothing aren’t even accounted for – perhaps McDonalds considers these luxuries!
To hear what employees themselves actually think of the so-called “Practical Money Skills Budget Journal,” we turn to Christopher Drumgold, a McDonald’s worker in Detroit.
GUEST: Christopher Drumgold, a McDonald’s worker in Detroit
Click here to learn more about the campaign that Christopher is working on in Detroit.
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