Can straight-A, scholarship-winning, highschool students work at McDonald's?

I've been working at McDonald's for almost 2 months now, and I'm a straight-A model student. I don't mind working there much, and I think I'm learning a lot there too (how to deal with tricky customers, etc). And I heard that one year of experience at McD's is worth a lot if you put it on your resume.





But all my friends are laughing at me now and telling me that McD is a place for highschool drop-outs to work at. Do you guys think I should change jobs? Are straight-A students not allowed to work there or something? What's with all this teasing?Can straight-A, scholarship-winning, highschool students work at McDonald's?
Tell your friends to F-off. McDonalds -surprisingly- contacts students schools and will fire you if your average is failing. Don't change jobs because your friends are acting like idiots. Tell them it's not there problem where you work.


If they were real friends, they wouldn't make such a big deal about were you work.Can straight-A, scholarship-winning, highschool students work at McDonald's?
Where are your friends working at? If you are a high school student , McD is a good place to work.
Where are the kids who are teasing you working? McDonald's is one of the most successful companies on the globe. If you are still learning, and enjoy working there, then tell your ';friends'; to go jump in a lake.





On the other hand, if you know what you want to be when you grow up, then you might pursue a paid internship in your chosen profession. If Hotel and Restaurant Management is something you are interested in, then stay where you are. If you want to be an astronaut, then see if there are any aerospace engineering firms in your area where you could intern. Want to be a doctor? See if your local hospital has a Candy Striper program.





Good luck.
Don't worry about it, its just a stereotype that a lot of people share about people who work in fast food. If you like working there then continue to do so, don't leave a job just because friends are skeptical about it. Its all about whats convenient to you, but I do suggest that you find different work after you get that year under your belt (Or if another position comes up before then). Mc Donald's is not a place for long term commitment if you have high goals in life. Which it appears you do.
People, particularly ';teenage dimbulbs'; (as my old band teacher used to refer to us), seem to think that fast food is nothing but a dead end rather than a stepping stone to future success. If one plans to spend one's entire career slinging chow, well, then one heads to culinary school to improve the quality of the chow - I hope. However, you have the drive, skills, and time management ability to crank out straight A's, win scholarships, and hold down an outside job too!! I say ';WELL DONE!!!!'; It sounds like your pals are just jealous of your ability to get it all done, and done well.





You learn valuable skills working at McD's - teamwork, communication, maintaining the pace in the workplace, and especially dealing with difficult people. If you work there a full year, especially at your age, it turns into big brownie points on your resume because so many people **can't** hack it in high-volume, high turnover jobs. Working there now is providing you with more than a paycheck - what you learn there is absolutely priceless.





Stick to it - hone your skills, save your paychecks, and maybe ask for a transfer to a store near your future university - they might even have tuition assistance once you have a certain length of employment under your belt! And just remember - we're cheering for you!!!
Okay, prepare for another long-winded answer.





Napoleon Hill once said that first an idea is mocked, then it is violently opposed, and then it is accepted as self-evident fact. Your friends see you doing something different (because the stereotype is that only dumb people work fast food), and they find it amusing. It's sort of like seeing a monkey riding an escalator... you just don't see it every day.





Hopefully the ';violent opposition'; phase won't be anything significant. But when you've been there a year, it won't mean anything to them.





Regarding actually working at a fast food place like McDonald's, it's a good way to get into the discipline of having a steady job, and dealing with the pressures that tend to come up. You seem to have a decent head on your shoulders. I bet you could actually get my order right...





McDonald's is especially good (I'm going to sound like a commercial for a few seconds) because its business model is exemplary, and it's among the world's most efficient and effective systems for satisfying a need (inexpensive, good-tasting, uniform food).





If you should decide to be an entrepreneur instead of an employee, think as much about the systems that facilitate an order going in and being fulfilled in a matter of minutes, as much as you think through the social skill development of it all. It's pretty fascinating.





Last thing, the reason the stereotype of the ';dumb fast food worker'; comes from two places:





1. It often takes an entire crew to FINALLY get an order right (I admit, I'm talking about Hardee's, where I've actually had a simple sandwich messed up four times during one visit), and for the fact that it's menial work. For a high-schooler, especially one who's working as much for knowledge as for fast cash, Mickey D's is _excellent_ for you.





2. People who work menial jobs as a major part of their lives (people who stay making $8 an hour for an entire career's worth of years, for instance) typically don't do so entirely out of stupidity. Often enough, it's just that they don't know what they really want, they don't know what they're really worth, and they're slogging through life until ';their ship comes in.'; Frequently, they stay at a menial job until JUST before it starts being truly profitable... then they get tired of it, quit, and start the same self-destructive cycle all over again, at another place.





At some level, your friends have an image of you as a successful person. You also seem to have it (and it's good to have).





They see $6.00 an hour and a goofy uniform at a kiddie shrine to a clown who's probably had ten heart attacks.





You see a chance to learn... probably a lot. My crystal ball says you're going far in this life. Good luck.





Hope that helped.





p.s., My instincts say that you'd be a good person to associate with, whether as just a friend or whatever else it could turn into -- although, nothing personal, I don't hang out with under-age girls. Don't hesitate to message me when you turn 18, though.
Doesn't McDonald's offer scholarships to their employees going on to college? Can your friends say that? I think they are jealous...do they have jobs? Do they get good grades? Don't listen to them.
Yes...work your job, you will soon see thier are a lot of broke smart people in the world, you should always look for better but, working honestly is never something to be ashamed of