McJob

English Etymology From en Mc job derogatory, entry-level jobs at en McDonald's restaurants being considered to be this sort of job. Pronunciation en /məkˈd͡ʒɒb/ RP en /məkˈd͡ʒɑb/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-McJob.wav US en ɒb 2 Noun en colloquial sometimes pejorative A typically entry-level job, often part-time or temporary, generally paying low wages and requiring minimal training, such as entry-level positions at fast-food restaurants. en What are you going to do this summer? –I'm going to find a McJob for the evenings and hang out at the beach during the day. en Mar 9 1987 w:Steve Forbes Major problem with the American economy: hypochondria Forbes 139, p33 Many politicos claim most new jobs are low-pay, dead-enders, “McJobs.” en Oct 19 1989 Paul Grondahl Managers get behind the grill Albany Times Union C1 Shortly after the opening of the Latham McDonald’s, the first in the Capital District, Zdunek, then 16, hopped on his Cushman motor scooter, rode from his Halfmoon home and applied for his first Mcjob. The wage was $1.25 an hour. 5 The car was the color of butter and bore a bumper sticker saying WE’RE SPENDING OUR CHILDREN’S INHERITANCE, a message that I suppose irked Dag, who was bored and cranky after eight hours of working his McJob (“Low pay, low prestige, low benefits, low future”). Related terms en McWages en McWorker Translations low-paying, minimally skilled job Esperanto: eo laboraĉado Finnish: fi paskaduuni, fi hanttihomma Swedish: sv skitjob n, sv slavgöra n, sv grottekvarn c See also List of words formed from the prefix Mc- derived from McDonald’s en eponyms en McDonald's