Burger King free food

any u guys work for the fast food chains? back in the day everyone i knew got free food, it was never official but the managers 90% of the time had no problem with it.
i was in BK today and in line saw a piece of notebook paper saying any employee caught taking food will be fired. i asked the guy working there and he said yup, no free food and if your caught taking a few fries, bam! fired on the spot. it bothers me these corporation / franchise are so petty and greedy. these companies pays employees the minimum they can get away with paying, they barely can survive and they cant even get a free burger from a company posting record profits every year.

Back in the day mcD was the same way.. 17 and I gained some weight let me tell ya.. sausage in honey!!!!!

The employees probably get a food allowance. Years ago when I was the head cook at a Holiday Inn I was expected to taste the food. It was the only job that I actually gained weight while working. In my working life I worked at a McDonald's for a few months and would scarf down freshly fried McNuggets when no one was looking. I don't think that I would've been fired if caught though. It was a common practice to eat the nuggets and fries in copious quantities.

The assumption is greed, but you don't know that's the case.
Ever heard the expression give someone an inch and they take a mile?

i worked at a golf course in hs and had night jobs through my 20s at several mom and pop restaurant, we would always take fries, onion rings and such, put em on a wrapper and eat as we worked, nobody cared. my boss got on to me for eating all the cantaloupes once but i still ate them anyway.

The assumption is greed, but you don't know that's the case.
Ever heard the expression give someone an inch and they take a mile?

I'm down with the eating of the onion rings. Those are good. Don't know about the cantaloupe though. Watermelon perhaps.

People see this issue from a "personal" viewpoint, and not from the overall picture. Food cost is one of the three major costs of any Food Industry Business. The three are Food/Coupons/Labor. These three DIRECTLY take away from any possible profits of a Business.

ONE person eating two or three fries is no big deal...........TWENTY people eating a serving of fries, two or more drinks, the occasional burger, whatever, 16 to 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a Year adds up QUICKLY.

Employee Theft is THE NUMBER ONE problem for the Fast Food Industry!

It may not seem like a "big deal" when one is not the Owner of said Business, but try being the Owner one time, and see the actual COST of such "pilferage."

Now, I got ahead of the "normal acts" of employees, and (during their training) let a perspective Employee know that there were certain foodstuffs that could be consumed without punishment. As well, during a "slow time" of a Shift, I would fix something for the Employees to snack on, and they knew that they would be getting this, so they tended not to pilfer throughout their Shift.

As well, there are Health Department issues/Regulations that have to be considered. And there is the "image" that Employee pilfering presents to the Public/Customer Base. Customers don't want to come into a Fast Food Store and see the Employees with a fist full of fries/whatever, stuffing their mouths, and then saying "May I help you?"

And, then, there is the wee, and apparently not important, issue of HONESTY.


(just saying.........walk a mile in the shoes of the Owner before you pilfer)

the owner lives in a big home, nice cars, 5k lawn mower that collects dust as he pays a lawn service to maintain the grounds. the employee (not the kids living at home) lives in a ratty 1 room home trying to raise kids on their 2 min wage jobs. born into poverty with no way of elevating themselves out, a struggle that the owner never had to deal with. the employee worries about food to eat and will i be able to keep my lights turned on, the employer worries that his blue BMW doesnt look as great as his neighbors green BMW. im sure the employee would be happy to walk in the owners shoes, but it will never happen

I know someone who works at McD's and they're allowed to make food and stuff after they get off work and take it with them.

The owner of a franchise is the one who assumes investment risk, they put up the capital to launch the business. Why would the employee be entitled to free products? Fast food chains are for-profit businesses, not philanthropic soup kitchens.

My advice to the employee in your example would be to look for ways to develop their skill set and pursue other opportunities as well (take classes, obtain a professional license, mow lawns, sell things on ebay, heck a lot of fast food places have fantastic management/franchise training programs)...you can't rely on luck or the generosity of others, but you can control how hard you hustle.

Old cliche, but still applicable.. 'Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime'

i was in BK today and in line saw a piece of notebook paper saying any employee caught taking food will be fired