~~Let me get this straight. These absolute psychopaths want you to:~~

• ~~Pay them~~
• ~~To employ~~
• ~~CHILDREN~~
• ~~AS YOUNG AS FIVE~~

~~Are you FUCKING joking with me right now what the FUCK is this dystopian hellhole bullshit~~

Okay, okay. I wasn't thinking clearly when I wrote this, it makes no sense for this to be a thing during opening hours. I think it's understandable why I read it that way, and I think at least a few others did too, but I can recognise I was wrong, that this is an actual "summer camp" kind of thing, and that the company isn't being cartoonishly evil here.

I do not doubt that whoever approved it thought that it might add to the crop of future applicants in a "butterfly effect" manner, and smiled at the thought, but it would be too much even to say that's a secondary goal.

Ok, I also don't like glamorizing a cooperation but I'll let folks in on something as a parent; kids genuinely are interested in occupational stuff, especially if they see it regularly. Just at Target, for instance, they sell kid sized target branded cashier make believe stuff. And I do mean branded, with all the store brand names and everything.

I'm not getting my kid this mostly cause I'd rather not support the brands, but I do think it's important to let kids know that it's ok to work these jobs if that's your deal. If anything, we as adults need to make the jobs give a living wage and not be expoitive, and to do that, you also have to teach the next generation that these jobs have value.

(And honestly, I prefer it over glamorizing police or military, which we've done with toys and events since forever!)

30 5-year olds is a lot of 5 year olds

I think it's very unlikely that the kids will be doing anything resembling work that's productive for the company.

At worst, this is glamourizing fast food and fast food jobs to children. But this isn't slave labour, lol

I worked at an ice cream shop in the early 2000s that did this for cub scouts. They had a great time and got free ice cream. It's not like we were actually making them work, lol. It's a novelty experience for children.

The children yearn for the mines.

As per God's will, the children will not be fed on Sunday.

Only a slight step up from asking for volunteer workers (you did not misread that).

Indoctrinate the younglings

Who is "grooming" the next generation again?

"Pay us for your free labor: APPLY NOW!"

Fucking unreal.

Does it include religious and corporate indoctrination?

A training camp? To learn standards and techniques to an industry standard? But I thought fast food employees were unskilled workers?

As a kid this would have been fun for me. I think y'all are looking at this a bit off.

It used to be that employers trained new employees. Then they wanted entry-level positions to be filled by people with 3-5y experience in the role. Now they want you to pay for your own training.

I think they're missing "optional conversion therapy" on the activity list.

Sounds good actually. Wish it was with another company.

$35 seems way under minimum wage. If I'm sending my kid for a whole day, they gotta be paid at least $12/h.

The children yearn for the fast food labour camps

Yeah that sounds super fun for the kids. Not.

If they wanna pay me, I'd wear the cow suit tho.