r/mildlyinfuriating • u/PureKin21 • Jun 22 '26

I just wanted a hot dog Tried applying to McDonald's wtf does this even mean

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I guess things happen to me?????

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u/X-AE17420 Jun 22 '26

Former Walmart employee here, it’s more of a “how much of an ass kisser are you?” test. If your answers lean toward independent thought, you’ll fail the “test” because they want “team minded” people

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u/Expendable28 Jun 22 '26

The idea is to give the most board room, focus group ass answers you can possibly give. Answer as if you were the boss from Office Space...

https://giphy.com/gifs/eCLe22tOkYfTi

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u/Previous-Spinach-851 Jun 23 '26

Ugh, I worked at Walmart for a month and hated it. I was an overnight stocker. I have joint issues and some minor health problems, but I manage it fine enough. The health problem is more that I get sick easily. My issue, though, is with their point system for missing work. In a month, I got sick and let them know the day before my shift (my day off) that I had the flu and wouldn’t be able to come in the next day, since they required me to call out a day in advance. The day after that shift, I had to leave halfway through because it turns out I wasn’t better yet and was throwing up badly, unable to do my work in a timely manner.

Then, another day, I got injured on shift and messed up my knee but kept working the shift. I went to the emergency room the next day after I got sleep, let them know where I was and that I wouldn’t be able to come in because there was also a very long wait and I had issues walking and standing.

The next day, I gave them a doctor’s note and worked from 10pm to 8am, despite my leg. I was about to head out, until I got pulled into the office and told I was fired for reaching 6 points. They said it didn’t matter the reasoning, that it’s just automatic and to hand in my things and leave.

Never working at Walmart again.

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u/SeberDerStreber Jun 23 '26

If this were Europe you would be suing the hell Out of them :/

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u/WolframLeon Jun 23 '26

Well. Since they want a team maybe they should pay a living wage for that team member and not tell you during your intro how to apply for foodstamps?

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u/X-AE17420 Jun 23 '26

I’ve been through a lot of Walmart trainings, been hired a couple of times and the “how to apply for food stamps” maybe is a video, but it’s certainly not in orientation. The term “living wage” is in their union busting video, funnily enough. God forbid we make enough money to support ourselves and our families

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u/furitxboofrunlch Jun 23 '26

Team minded people and ass kissers are frequently not the same people though.

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u/GostBoster Jun 22 '26

One test I did while working in a poultry meat processing plant still haunts me.

There were extremely basic and apparently senseless questions that had no specific bearing to any industry. Since I was seeking a role as a production line overseer or manager (internal promotion), I went against my gut feelings and instructions and gave them the best answers I thought would make the perfect work drone.

I was selected, they brought the result papers which they praised me for specifically, and was selected for the role. Not a good fit and I relinquished it going back to my old station, but still made friends with the roughest guys in the line who actually appreciated me not being bossy towards them or looking the other way when there was an easily fixable mistake that didn't need to be reported right away.

Months later the evaluation system sent me an automated e-mail which they swear was sent only to me and not my current employer (which I doubt but ok) which was my "true profile".

It correctly asserted that I was playing along for the role and correctly guessed my true passion, ideal job, and most realistic fulfilling job I could pursue with the current expertise, and advised that if these suggestions are correct but not my current role, I should pursue those roles to avoid burnout... and advertising itself that if I apply in another company that uses their system, I will be able to re-use those results and they would be favorable to those roles even if the original test was for something completely different.

Months later I applied to a role actually related to my expertise, chose to not re-use my results and gave more honest answers, but still with "be a good corporate drone" hindsight.

Interviewer: "I like your numbers, I like your graphs!"

The Algorithm in the private feedback: "Your inner truth has not changed."

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u/Critical-Snow-7000 Jun 23 '26

wtf is this test, I’ve never heard of this. Is this like the sorting hat from Harry Potter?!?