{"id":143233,"date":"2023-06-23T09:40:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T13:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=143233"},"modified":"2023-06-23T09:40:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T13:40:21","slug":"super-size-that-fast-food-jobs-bad-for-recruiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=143233","title":{"rendered":"Super Size That? Fast Food Jobs Bad For Recruiting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBe All You Can Be!<\/em><\/p>\n

Recruiting is and has been down across the Service Branches. Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth has blamed negative media coverage for exacerbating its recruiting slump. She mentioned stories about mental health issues some soldiers face and seemingly rampant sexual assaults across the entire military.<\/p>\n

A memo penned by her and Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville painted a grim picture of the recruiting environment- they projected the Army to lose some 14,000 soldiers, decreasing its overall size to ~452,000 by the end of 2023.<\/p>\n

The Nevada Guard Command Sergeant Major has a different theory on the recruiting woes.<\/p>\n

Sir, this is a Wendy\u2019s: CSM says recruiting hurt by fast food industry<\/h3>\n

By Sarah Sicard<\/strong><\/p>\n

The National Guard claims to be facing stiff competition in recruitment from the private sector.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s Wendy\u2019s,\u201d Nevada Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Marco Irenze said. \u201cIt\u2019s Carl\u2019s Jr. It\u2019s every job a young person goes up against, because they\u2019re offering the same incentives that we are right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2019t going as well in the war against Wendy\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the most challenging recruiting environment the Department of Defense has probably ever faced,\u201d said Col. Anthony Pasquale, division chief of Air National Guard recruiting and retention. \u201cProjections for where we\u2019ll land, we could land anywhere from 3,000 to 4,000 short.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guard officials cited competitive wages and schedule flexibility in private industry as a major hindrance in the recruitment process…<\/p>\n

… companies like Wendy\u2019s now offer tuition reimbursement\u00a0as well.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd of course, employees also benefit from food discounts on such tasty dishes as the Baconator…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n

I thought the shrinking pool of eligible recruits was the issue, and those that are able to serve have problems with the stress and dangerous nature of military service. Then it was bad press about the PeeTeeEssDee and hostile work environments. SecArmy Wormuth has touted all these as causal factors to depressed recruiting. Now candidates are staying away in their droves because they can’t get a McRib sammich- or is Army service an unattractive option for other reasons? Wish I could post a survey on the issue, but Big Army won’t release raw data and the statistical methodology on the one they use to prop up their narrative. No idea why that is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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