Yes , but in those days, the Boss lived next door 
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He might be depressed.
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Is that society’s problem?
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He got a job, what’s not to like.
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Is it our place to judge what someone is going through? A lot of young people are depressed and struggling with a modern world with so many challenges and a bit of a bleak future.
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You will NEVER see an adult working at Maccas (unless it is a manager), Macca’s staff have an award but workers under 21 get a percentage of the adult award under Junior pay rates (all the other award conditions are the same). eg a 17 year old gets 60% of the adult wage in a lot of awards.
Maccas, Dominoes, Pizza Hut etc only employ under 21s, it gives the young people a very good job to be able to put on their CV and save the chain a bit in wages. Two of my kids started at Pizza Hut when they were still at school.
I learned this when I applied for my very first Technician’s job in Australia in the 1960s, at the interview the bloke asked my age, at the time I was 19 which I said. “Sorry”, he said “I didn’t hear you, did you say 21?”. He wrote down 21 and told me to always say I am at least 21 so I get a full adult wage.
https://www.fairwork.gov.au/pay-and-wages/minimum-wages/junior-pay-rates
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