I-CEO kaMcDonald's uSteve Easterbrook kwaye ndiya kuze ndibe nenye into efanayo: sobabini singabafana baseWatford ... okanye ubuncinci, wayekhe. Andisoze ndiye eyunivesithi njengoko wenzayo kuba andinakukwazi ukungena kwelo hlobo lwetyala. Ufumana i-£ 5,500 ngeyure. Ndifumana i-6.50 yeedola. Ndiyathandabuza ukuba ndingaze ndibenayo ijethi yabucala. Iphupha lam lelokuba, ngenye imini, ndiya kukwazi ukonga ukuze ndikhwele inqwelomoya eqhelekileyo kwaye ndityelele eOstreliya. Kodwa ngoku, ekuphela kwento endiyifunayo ngumsebenzi endinokuhlangana ngawo nekholeji kunye nomvuzo wokuziphilisa ukuze ndikwazi ukuxhasa umama wam.
Namhlanje, ndisemgceni wakwaMcDonald's eWatford apho ndisebenza khona, emva kokuba iipesenti ezingama-95 zabasebenzi abavotiweyo bevotele ukugwayimba kwiivenkile ezintlanu zakwaMcDonald kulo lonke elase-UK. Luqhankqalazo lwam lokuqala.
Ndandinexhala, kodwa kuvakala kumnandi ngokwenene ukumela amalungelo ethu; ukwenza into, kube kanye. Sonke siziva singenamandla njengabantu, sisebenzela ezi nkampani zamazwe ngamazwe apho imigaqo inokuthi ibhalwe kwiplanethi eyahlukileyo kwaye uyazi ukuba uxabiseke ngokupheleleyo. Kodwa baninzi abantu abaphume ukuza kusixhasa, nabakwaMcStrikers bematsha besuka kumasebe aseCrayford, eCambridge, naseManchester. Ndiziva ndixatyiswe ngumanyano. Yinto endizimisele ukuyilwela kuba ndiyazi ukuba sonke sizakulwelana.
Ukufakela uxinzelelo
Kwakusele kuphela iiveki ezimbalwa emva kokuba ndiqalise ukusebenza eMcDonalds apho baqala ukufaka uxinzelelo. Ndinengxaki yokuthetha kwaye andiva kakuhle. Ndingawenza kakuhle umsebenzi kodwa kufuneka ndivunyelwe ukuba ndenze umsebenzi omnye ngexesha. Ibangela unxunguphalo olukhulu ukuba lukhawuleze kwaye lugxininise malunga nesigidi sezinto ngexesha elinye.
Babedla ngokundishiya kwidesika engaphambili ukuze ndijongane nabathengi kangangeminyaka, nangona bekufanele sijikelezise imisebenzi. Andizange ndikukhathaze ukwenza isabelo sam ngaloo nto, kodwa abazange basifumane isizathu sokuba kungabikho kulunga ukundishiya apho iiyure, ngaphandle kokucinga ukuba kutheni ndinokuba nzima naloo nto.
Emva koko, baqalisa ukundixhaphaza ukuze nditshintshe ngakumbi. Kunzima ngokwaneleyo ukufunda nokusebenza; Ndandisele ndidiniwe ixesha elininzi. Kodwa ngequbuliso bafuna ndisebenze iintsuku ezintathu okanye ezine ngeveki phezu kwezifundo zam. Ekugqibeleni, ndaqonda ukuba mandibe nesibindi ndize ndimelane nabo.
Kodwa ndandisele ndineminyaka eli-18 ubudala kwaye ngoku babenokundenza ndenze iishifti zasebusuku. Ndabaxelela ukuba akukho ndlela endinokuyenza ngayo i-night shift ngaphambi kwekholeji ngosuku olulandelayo. Babengafuni ukuyiva.
Kuyinto ehlekisayo, kuba bahlala behamba malunga nendlela iikontraka zeeyure zero ezingcono ngayo kubafundi okanye abantu abanabantwana kuba banikezela 'ukuguquguquka'. Abazange bayikhankanye into yokuba awukwazi ukuboleka imali xa uyifuna: ufuna ingeniso eqinisekisiweyo ukuze uboleke nantoni na kwaye, ngeeyure zero, akukho nto iqinisekisiweyo.
Enye into abayikhankanyiyo kukuba ukuguquguquka kokwakho umphathi wakho, hayi kuwe. Ukuba awugobi kwinto abayifunayo, banokukulahla ngolo hlobo, ngokungathi akukho nto. Baninzi abanye abantu abangenamsebenzi kwaphela, banqwenela ngokwaneleyo ukuthatha indawo yakho.
Ukulwela wonke umntu
Ndiqale ndadityaniswa nommeli wethu wasekhaya ngugxa wethu ngosuku olubi kakhulu. Wandinceda ndawaqonda amalungelo am. Wathi akukhankanya eli phulo, ndaba nomdla. Wandicacisela ukuba yintoni na kwaye wandibuza ukuba ndingathanda na ukubandakanyeka. ‘Kutheni kungenjalo?’ ndacinga njalo.
Umsebenzi ozinzile, kunye nomvuzo ophilayo kunye nelungelo lokujoyina umanyano: sifanelwe zonke ezo zinto. Kwaye ndaqonda kwangoko ukuba akukho mntu uza kusinika nje.
Ndihlala nabazali bam kwaye umama wam akasebenzi kuba uhoya utata wam, onesifo sikaParkinson. Ukuba bendifumana i-£ 10 ngeyure iya kutshintsha ubomi bethu.
Ndiyakwazi ukumnceda ngakumbi, yeyona nto iphambili. Abazali bam bebendixhasa kuyo yonke into endiyenzayo, nditsho naseMcStrike. Bayavuya kuba ndizimele, okoko kungachaphazeli izifundo zam. Umama uza kuza asindwendwele emigceni yokupiketha. Utata uhlala ekhululekile ngakumbi ukuhlala ekhaya kodwa uya kuzama kwaye eze ukubonisa inkxaso yakhe, naye.
Asizilweli nje thina, silwela wonke umntu. Akukho mntu usebenza nzima kufuneka abe nexhala lokugula ngemali yonke imihla. Ngaphezu koko, sonke sifanelwe yithuba lokonga kwaye senze ukhetho kwihlabathi apho iingcango ezininzi zitshixiwe ngumvuzo. Kum, ilungelo lokujoyina umanyano lithetha ilungelo lokuva amazwi ethu. Kufana neqela lenkxaso; kwindawo ethile eninokuthi nihlangane kunye nabanye abantu abajongene nemingeni efana neyakho, kwaye nifumanise indlela yokuxhasana kunye nokuyisombulula.
Yiloo nto iBakers’ Union (BFAWU) ibiyiyo kum. Ndiyazi ukuba uMcDonald's uthi asiyidingi inyunyana kuba baneenkqubo zabo kwaye abaphathi baya kusiphulaphula kwaye bafune ukunceda kodwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kunokuba kunjalo, bubuxoki.
Omnye umntu undibuze mva nje ukuba ndiziva njani nge-CEO uSteve Easterbrook efumana i-15 yezigidi zeedola kunyaka ophelileyo. ‘Ulihlwempu,’ yayiyingcamango yam yokuqala. Ingcinga yam yesibini yayikukuba ndiqinisekile ukuba ndisebenza nzima kunaye. Eyesithathu yam yayikukuba ndiyazibuza ukuba ngaba nabani na ehlabathini usebenza nzima ngokwaneleyo ukuba afanelekele i-15 yezigidi zeedola kunye nejethi yangasese.
Ndicinga ukuba lixesha lokuba abhabhe agoduke aye eWatford kwaye eve ukuba siza kuthini. Kodwa ekugqibeleni, asijonganga kuSteve ukuba asitshintshele izinto - sijonge omnye komnye.
Ngabahlobo bam emsebenzini, inkxaso yombutho wam, igagasi lenkxaso esiye saba nayo eluntwini endinika ithemba. Emva koqhankqalazo lokuqala ngoSeptemba, uMcDonald's usinike umvuzo wawo omkhulu weminyaka elishumi. Ayingomvuzo ophilayo, ayikabiyiyo le nto siyidingayo kwaye siyifaneleyo - kodwa sisiqalo. Akufuneki sizibuze kwakhona ukuba singakwazi na ukutshintsha izinto: sele isenzeka.
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