There have been many calls for a boycott of certain international brands ever since the Palestine-Israel crisis intensified last month. Although McDonald’s Malaysia clarified that they have no ties with Israel, their number of customers was said to have decreased over the past few weeks.
While the boycott may be great for the cause, it also means that employees would be affected by it. One employee shared his worries online but thankfully, one successful businesswoman was more than willing to offer him a job. Here’s the story:
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Yesterday (Tuesday, 31st October), a McDonald’s employee posted a TikTok video of her deaf colleague sharing the struggles he’s facing due to the boycott. In the video, the hearing-impaired man explained that he has been working full-time at McDonald’s since early this year to support his family back home.
He then said if the boycott persists, he would have trouble finding other jobs as there aren’t many companies willing to hire disabled people. He urged viewers to sympathise with him and his co-workers as they don’t have much choice but to work at the fast-food joint. Not long after the video went viral, celebrity entrepreneur Dato Seri Vida came forward and offered the young man a job.
In the comments section from a reposted video on director-producer Michael Ang’s Instagram, the Qu Puteh founder offered the McDonald’s employees a chance to work for her company. “Come work at my company! You’d just need to pack the Salmon Salted Eggs. Easy job, you won’t get tired and good salary. You can apply via my daughter @cikb_havoc66,” she wrote.
The comment received praise from both netizens and celebrity friends. Apart from that, many also showed interest in working with the local millionaire. As for the affected McDonald’s employees themselves, they have yet to respond to the job offer by the Dato Seri Vida.
Regardless of whether or not they will accept to work with the entrepreneur, we wish them nothing but the best and hope that they’ll get through these trying times.
