When Gerry Murphy was entering his second year of college, he decided to get a part-time job at McDonald’s to help pay for his gas, as many teenagers do. Now, it’s been 40 years, and Murphy has worked ...

In today's tough employment market, one company has become the go-to option for the frustrated job seeker: Starbucks. That's a problem for McDonald's as it seeks to beef up its workforce for what's ...

McDonald’s wants Merriam-Webster to take its McJob and shove it. McDonald’s CEO Jim Cantalupo is steamed that the latest edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines “McJob” as ...

"What McDonald's is really trying to do is add new part-time jobs at entry level and let the people go from there. There's plenty of opportunity at McDonalds," says local owner Adam Sloan. Locally, ...

It's one thing to have your brand name go generic: Kleenex for tissues, Xerox for copies. It's another when it's generic for something the company finds derogatory. Which explains McDonald's current ...

``McJob'' is similarly defined in the American Heritage Dictionary, the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's Dictionary, published by Random House. The OED definition, which cites a 1986 story in ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- A former dot-commer working a McJob was listening to some headbangers while laying out the last of his dead presidents for longnecks and some less than heart-healthy Frankenfood.

US fastfood giant McDonald’s has voiced its objections to a dictionary’s definition of the word “McJob”. In the latest version of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, a McJob is defined as a ...

McDonald's wants the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and other British wordsmiths to revise their definitions of "McJob," which the OED says is "an unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects." The ...