McJob

McJob is a Pejoration for jobs in low-wage jobs that found from the dictionary -Verlag input in different English dictionaries and the " Dictionary of the New Economy ."

Origin

The term was first used in 1986 in an article by sociologist Amitai Etzioni in The Washington Post and recorded in the same year in the Oxford English Dictionary. Only later took him Douglas Coupland in his " Lexicon of a new work society " from the novel Generation X on:

" A low doped job in the service sector with little dignity, of little use and no future. Often referred to as a satisfying career by people who have never made ​​one. "

Generally, it is understood as an allusion to the low-paid jobs offered by the company McDonald's. Go, especially in the United States, the workers in the low wage sector social rights and workers' rights lost. So there is no social security and pension nor dismissal protection or entitlement to unemployment benefits.

In Germany there is a valid collective bargaining and collective agreement that the Group implements.

Controversies

2003 McDonald's went unsuccessfully against an entry of " McJob " in Merriam - Webster's Collegiate Dictionary U.S. dictionary. Add an image campaign since 2006, the Group intends to proceed against his opinion existing prejudices about the job prospects, without, however, to the actual precarious conditions change.

" There is a huge gap between the perception from the outside and the internal reality of working for McDonald's. "

McDonald's called in March 2007 without success, the Oxford English Dictionary to define the entry of McJob as follows, which " reflects a job that is stimulating and pays off the real career prospects as well offers as the acquisition of skills that last a lifetime useful have. "