Sir, this is a Wendy’s: CSM says recruiting hurt by fast food industry

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Sir, this is a Wendy’s: CSM says recruiting hurt by fast food industry
By Sarah Sicard
 Jun 22, 03:11 PM
 
Lance Cpl. Carlos Hernandez serves up a dish in a chow hall. (MC3 Danielle A. Baker/Navy)
The National Guard claims to be facing stiff competition in recruitment from the private sector.

And while that notion may bring to mind high-paying STEM jobs at major companies like Google, Apple, IBM and the like, it is a more surprising industry that has drawn the particular ire of Guard officials: Fast food.


“It’s Wendy’s,” Nevada Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Marco Irenze said. “It’s Carl’s Jr. It’s every job a young person goes up against, because they’re offering the same incentives that we are right now.”

While the Army National Guard has crossed the baseline threshold for recruitment this year by a margin of 699 soldiers, things on the Air side aren’t going as well in the war against Wendy’s.

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2023/06/22/sir-this-is-a-wendys-csm-says-recruiting-hurt-by-fast-food-industry/

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When I was young, boys dreamed of being cowboys, or firemen, or military heroes.  Now I guess they dream of flipping hamburgers, or making French Fries, or sweeping floors at McDonalds.  Of course, they probably think of how to make things more woke or how they hate America.