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'No-Quit' Notice In McDonald's Forbidding Employees From Quitting Sparks Angry Debate About 'At Will' Employment (www.yahoo.com)
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The absurd notice got people thinking about labor laws, unionization, and the ways low-wage workers are consistently taken advantage of.

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[–] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This sign is not a good thing.

It's meant to confuse employees regarding their rights and to make them think that their employer has all the power in the relationship dynamic. If people are afraid to quit, they won't assert themselves.

I can't read the rest of the sign but it's possible that McDonald's are trying to suggest that if an employee quits then they have to pay back a portion of their wages or some other kind of retaliatory/intimidation tactic. It wouldn't hold up in court but the purpose is to keep your employees under your heel. How many minimum wage employees have a lawyer on retainer? How many know that you can contact your states labor board about this sort of thing. Keep employees uneducated and confused about their rights and they can't fight back.