McDonald’s Website Tells Employees Not To Eat Fast Food For Health Reasons

[AdamSmith]

McDonald’s Website Tells Employees Not To Eat Fast Food For Health Reasons

Jameson

December 23, 2013

McDonald’s suggestion to their employees? Uh, don’t eat McDonald’s.

That’s what a recent post on the employee resource website McDonald’s provides for its workers.

And in case an employee still didn’t get the message that they are definitely talking about McDonald’s food, the post displays a picture of a burger and fries – the company’s specialty.

“Fast foods are quick, reasonably priced, and readily available alternatives to home cooking. While convenient and economical for a busy lifestyle, fast foods are typically high in calories, fat, saturated fat, sugar, and salt and may put people at risk for becoming overweight,” reads the post.

In fact, many of the posts placed on the website have a distinct anti-fast food sentiment.

Another post labels a meal with a cheeseburger and fries as an “unhealthy choice” and one with a sub sandwich and salad as a “healthier choice.”

Those tips might make Subway happy, but certainly go against what McDonald’s has always tried to say about their menu. At a shareholders meeting, Don Thompson, McDonald’s chief executive defended his offerings:

“We don’t sell junk food,” Mr Thompson said. “We sell a lot of fruits and veggies at McDonald’s and we are trying to introduce even more.” [source]

McDonald’s representatives say that the information was placed onto the resource website by a “third-party vendor” who generates content for the fast-food chain and that they are looking into the matter. They did not say whether they were upset because they considered the information false or because you’re not supposed to say stuff like that out loud.

This isn’t the first time the website has come under fire recently. A few weeks ago, the same employee site was widely criticized for telling its employees the correct etiquette for tipping their housekeepers, pool boys, and au pairs. This, from a company whose staff mostly makes around minimum wage and probably cannot afford a single au pair, much less tip them.

A few weeks before that the website told employees that it might be a good idea to sell their holiday gifts on eBay or Craigslist to help make ends meet.

“You may want to also consider returning some of your unopened purchases that may not seem as appealing as they did,” the McResource site reads, according to screengrabs that were posted on the website of “Low Pay Is Not OK,” a group that advocates for higher fast food wages.

“Selling some of your unwanted possessions on eBay or Craigslist could bring in some quick cash,” the McResource presentation reportedly said. [source]

And, of course, the out-of-touch website first reached infamy this summer by releasing budget suggestions for their employees that was ludicrously off-base:

At this point, the McResource website is such a joke that it seems almost to be a clever satire of everything that is wrong within the fast-food industry. Every post seems to be an unintentional reminder that McDonald’s is a terrible company to work for and a terrible company to eat at. The writers for the website are either extremely subversive double-agents trying to destroy the company from within or stunningly oblivious. Either way, the website has been backfiring for the company since the day it began.

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[Guest Hoover42]

Yes, everyone knows that all fast food employees have two jobs, are immune to the cold, and eat table scraps. Fortunately, their health is holding up, their 2005 Honda Civic runs like a charm, and they still get to stay in touch with their friends with their new iPhones. Too bad they're too tired when they get home from work to watch HBO.

[MsGuy]

LOL, my medicare premium is way more than 20 bucks a month and I don't think it gets much cheaper than that.

Really, if Micky D is going to farm out their website, they ought to at least have someone reliable on the payroll curating the content before it goes out.

[AdamSmith]

Ronald McD finally woke up.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/25/living/mcdonalds-employee-site/index.html?c=us