To think its really difficult to get any job these days

[sprinkleyumnut]

Worked at mcdonalds nearly 2 years. They won't have me back for a reason I don't know. I went to another job but that fell through. They said apply online, even had colleagues offer to put a word in for me, they did, still the same advice. I keep getting rejected online for even a crew member role which I applied for as well as customer care (I did both at different points at mcdonalds). Even the new mcdonalds opening next month keeps rejecting me. I'm putting in the right answers, saying I'm available anytime, I can start now. I can't help but think it is personal- I rarely took sick days, and worked my bum off there! Even kfc won't take me on-apparently I need more experience 🤔 it's hard to get a job these days! It's made me feel awful. There is no feedback. AIBU in thinking it's difficult getting even what's seen as an "easy" job these days?

My 18-year old seems to walk from
job to job to job without any problem at all and we live in a tiny village. To be fair, he's a grafter so seems to be highly thought of. But never short of work. We're in the SE.

@felulageller

How many sick days did you take?

I wouldn't expect a healthy young person to take any sick days in only 2 years of employment tbh.

DD is 16 and has had sick days off due to allergic reactions to certain types of ppe.

Caught a nasty bug from a client and then managed to, unfortunately, be ped v car resulting in her foot being ran over.

All within 6 months of starting her new job.

I actually think the effects on jobs with covid has been overplayed. All the people I know who were made unemployed last year are now in employment again. Including myself.

How old are you?

Minimum wage for 16yo and 18yo are both significantly less than minimum wage for an older adult. Plus older adults are more likely have child care responsibilities. They want flexible working and pensions.

Plus youngsters are really easy to get rid of, they go off to college or move around. Older staff stay longer and earn the right to redundancy pay.

I suspect you are more expensive to employ than some.

I've always had about 2 weeks a year sick leave. Occasionally extra with some work injury. However did I keep the jobs😱

Its the area you are working in/possibly geographically speaking too.My teens(boy&girl15&16 )both work in local hospitality whilst studying and found it really easy to find work.(we are inQld,Oz tho)
Is there any chance of upskilling/apprenticeship/traineeship or relocating for a work or find a live-in position?-im not sure how old you are or your level of financial responsibility? -I retrained starting with a business diploma&progressed to home based business through my degree/masters.. it was the best decision of my life.Good luck.

I don't know if it's true but when DD handed in her notice at McDonalds her manager told her they don't rehire even though they say they do online.
She applied a couple of years later in her University city and didn't get the job.

Tbf I kind of get that. You don't want staff which doesn't want to be there.

We have just relocated to a new town and both dd and ds have walked into part time jobs. Dd is getting paid £8.36 plus tips at 17 I thought this was pretty good for a restaurant with no experience at all. The place we moved from they could not get work at all so its not the same across the country.

Round here there are plenty of jobs in the local industrial estate, including unskilled ones. They pay isn’t bad either but it is the usual crap zero hours contracts which makes the jobs very unpopular. It will vary a lot from place to place but I agree about trying retail ( major supermarkets especially) and other food outlets.

@SchrodingersImmigrant

Tbf I kind of get that. You don't want staff which doesn't want to be there.

Leaving doesn't always been that the job was bad. Even large companies in 'professional' roles have loads of people who left for better offers and then came back, often bringing with them valuable experience from other companies. Probably not relevant in a fast food job but not rehiring doesn't make business sense.

This is so true, I remember about 6/7 years ago was looking for a retail job after uni, I had 5 years of experience in retail, I applied to loads before I even got a single interview. There were just a ridiculous number if applicants for each job.

Had my nan telling me about how when she got her first ever job in retail she didn't like it so on her first day during her lunch break she walked down the road to a better looking shop and got a job there instead! Can't believe it was ever that easy. Meanwhile I have a degree and 5 years good retail experience and could hardly get an interview. Same for every field I've ever worked in

If you’ve got d & v or flu you have to have a day off especially if working with food. Age doesn’t come into it.

Stop looking at going back to a job you were once in. Try and apply for other companies, perhaps in the retail sector. Or have you thought about admin?

Leaving doesn't always been that the job was bad.
Even large companies in 'professional' roles have loads of people who left for better offers and then came back, often bringing with them valuable experience from other companies.
Probably not relevant in a fast food job but not rehiring doesn't make business sense.

Oh no, it doesn't, but with the amount of employees and fact that many people can do the job, I imagine the universaly applied "policy" is just easiest. Something even if you left for different reason, not job being bad, there is a risk of work blues after with "Well here I am. Back😔" mood.

I think people may have a point about age. DS is 16 and has been offered two jobs this week. He has exactly zero work experience so far but I guess £4.50 ish an hour and a zero hour contract works well for some businesses!

There are places around that are looking for workers. However due to personal reasons I don't want to disclose there are certain times I can't work and certain places I can't work. This is why I tend to work in fast food. I wasn't a bad employee I was quite a good employee and ex colleagues I'm quite friendly with can't fathom nor can family and friends why even the new mcdonalds opening up won't take me on. I just want to work I need the money. I have got the hint now though.

The reason I took sick days was because I badly sprained my ankle at work. My ankle swelled up badly and I couldn't walk on that foot for 2 days. The person who said they wouldn't expect a young person to take any sick days, do you think just because you assumed I am young (which yes, I am) that us young people are invincible from accidents and illness?

Can you try an agency ? My 18 year old has done packing/ warehouse work all summer, didn't seem to need any qualifications.

Try reapplying under a different email and take out your middle name if your using it or put it in if your not

I wasn't popular as such as I am polite but a bit shy. I've seen others who are very outgoing quit maccies then go back not long after. The job isn't great but it's what I know so I've tried to get back in and stupidly applied about 10 times in total to both restaurants.

Have tried agency, never again, really bad experience. I've tried with different emails but the system is so clever when I put my name and address in, it knows it is me as all the past applications come up.

The odd thing is they don't ask for your CV at all in the application process for maccies.

Amazon has thousands of job vacancies right now on indeed with a £1k sign up bonus

I'm 29 in October so I am more than they would want to shell out really but it hasn't stopped them with others or myself when I joined back in 2019.