| CORPORATE
DOWNSIZING |
|
McDONALD'S |
| IBM
to eliminate 39,000 more jobs as part of a $9 billion downsizing maneuver |
|
billions
and billions served |
| ex-CEOs |
|
crew
chiefs |
| millions
of white-collar workers callously tossed into the post-industrial
labor pool |
|
older
workers seen as a good source of flexible, uncomplaining labor |
| depressions
common among laid-off employees |
|
Happy
Meals |
| computer
training seen as means of increasing one's re-employability |
|
french-fry
computer both easy and fun to operate |
| expensive
blue suits not conducive to watching daytime T.V. |
|
snappy,
free uniforms |
| nostalgia
for $100K per annum salary with perks |
|
minimum
wage and free orange drink when the boss isn't looking |
| stress
lines |
|
zits |
| clubby
old boy-type atmosphere vanishes |
|
"Join
the Family" |
| very
few golden parachutes |
|
thousands
of Golden Arches span the globe |
| headquarters
won't return phone calls |
|
spiffy
headset units just like the one Madonna wore in Truth or Dare |
| good
chance to catch up on sleep |
|
breakfast
service ends at 11:00 a.m. sharp |
| golden
handshakes |
|
golden
fries |
| grimace
of superior delivering the bad news |
|
'Grimace,'
the lovable cartoon character--part of McDonaldland's colorful menagerie |
| smart
downsizees have lawyers negotiate early retirement benefits |
|
free
straws and paper napkins ungrudgingly supplied with every meal |
| a beer
or two during the day helps kill the time |
|
McDonald's
in Paris serves wine |