Alright, let's just get straight into this
First job application I've ever done gets an interview. Been waiting for this moment since I learnt about how to make money. I used to live in a farming area with little to no job opportunities. So I moved down to Canberra where most of my family currently lives to focus on getting a job. I applied for McDonalds as my sister had advised me to do since she also started her career there as well.
I had been nervous the entire time I lived here. The application, picking out the clothes I needed to look nice, a new school, left my friends and my mother just to get a job. Only for it to get turned down because their overstaffed.
I get that they were overstaffed. Its a popular starting job for people my age. But why did they accept my application? Why the fuck did I even get an interview? Is that even legal? If it is than it really shouldn't be. Massive waste of time. Not only that but it took TWO MONTHS for them to accept an interview. In that time they could have just said no and I would have looked for more jobs, but that long all for nothing is absolutely ridiculous.
There are other McDonalds buildings around here, but I refuse to even look at them. If anyone has any suggestions on places to start work as a 16 year old. Specifically in the belconnen region of Canberra I would be most grateful.
TL:DR, fuck McDonalds and their hiring process!