Bogalusa McDonald’s to hire 70 people; dozens show up for interviews

By Jacob Brooks
The Daily News
Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:59 AM CST


Dozens of Bogalusa area residents stood in line Tuesday for a shot at getting a job at the new McDonald’s in Bogalusa.

The fast-food restaurant is expected to open on Dec. 18, and officials are looking to hire 70 employees, said Alan Galdamez, the restaurant’s director of operations.

On Tuesday, McDonald’s officials were taking applications, and doing first-round interviews. The hiring process will take place the next four weeks, Galdamez said.

Bogalusa residents, from left, Joseph Roach, Toria Lucas, Velecia Young, Malik Patterson, Deneen Matthews and Shawanday Roberts are seen at the application table outside the new McDonald’s in Bogalusa Tuesday.

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Starting wage for new employees is $7.50, which is 25 cents above minimum wage, he added.

The new restaurant will house a McCafe for coffee drinkers and TVs broadcasting cable news. The drive-thru will be open 24 hours, officials said.

Galdamez said problems that plagued Bogalusa’s former McDonald’s, which closed down years ago, won’t exist at the new one.

“This will be well-run,” he said.

 

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    John wrote on Nov 12, 2009 9:01 AM:

    " Sure hope they train these people to have some manners. Most all the fast food places in Bogalusa have people who are rude and do not know how to deal with the public. "

    Chris wrote on Nov 12, 2009 1:12 PM:

    " That's awesome! It's like Bogalusa is a real town! Maybe people will actually know where it is now. "

    josh wrote on Nov 12, 2009 9:48 PM:

    " Yeah just about all of the fast food places have rude people. I know its not the best job, but dealing with the public, you have to be friendly! Being rude just runs off customers! You know, all these problems, put a reflection on the type of people that live in Bogalusa! It once was a good town! Now it looks like a rundown town. And the people are in denial about it coming back to life. The people make this town bad! "

    meagan wrote on Nov 17, 2009 9:24 AM:

    " yay! McDonalds!!!!!
    mmmmmm chicken nuggets.... "

    thought wrote on Nov 17, 2009 11:06 AM:

    " Bogalusa is just like the US in general. Once a large enough portion of the population that is getting the handouts and living off of some sort of government living or supported by tax money they dont care and become lazy, which breeds lazy generations to come. I don't blame only the people taking government handouts because alot of wealthy people got that way by abusing the same programs. The people getting the handouts start out numbering (voting) for people that want to keep the people lazy. That is the problems with Bogalusa and the U.S. in general. "

    Keith Holliday wrote on Nov 18, 2009 4:17 PM:

    " And I thought I was lazy Ha Ha "

    jaylan wrote on Nov 18, 2009 11:09 PM:

    " It is not that the people are rude the problems is that they will come in here and hire the ones that are not educated enough to place an order let along fix an order. "

    Home Cooking wrote on Nov 19, 2009 4:31 PM:

    " The problem is that fast food restaurants hire people like in the above comments who can't read, spell, or speak proper English. "

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The following are comments from the readers. In no way do they represent the view of downtownnews.com.

John wrote on Nov 12, 2009 9:01 AM:

" Sure hope they train these people to have some manners. Most all the fast food places in Bogalusa have people who are rude and do not know how to deal with the public. "

Chris wrote on Nov 12, 2009 1:12 PM:

" That's awesome! It's like Bogalusa is a real town! Maybe people will actually know where it is now. "

josh wrote on Nov 12, 2009 9:48 PM:

" Yeah just about all of the fast food places have rude people. I know its not the best job, but dealing with the public, you have to be friendly! Being rude just runs off customers! You know, all these problems, put a reflection on the type of people that live in Bogalusa! It once was a good town! Now it looks like a rundown town. And the people are in denial about it coming back to life. The people make this town bad! "

meagan wrote on Nov 17, 2009 9:24 AM:

" yay! McDonalds!!!!!
mmmmmm chicken nuggets.... "

thought wrote on Nov 17, 2009 11:06 AM:

" Bogalusa is just like the US in general. Once a large enough portion of the population that is getting the handouts and living off of some sort of government living or supported by tax money they dont care and become lazy, which breeds lazy generations to come. I don't blame only the people taking government handouts because alot of wealthy people got that way by abusing the same programs. The people getting the handouts start out numbering (voting) for people that want to keep the people lazy. That is the problems with Bogalusa and the U.S. in general. "

Keith Holliday wrote on Nov 18, 2009 4:17 PM:

" And I thought I was lazy Ha Ha "

jaylan wrote on Nov 18, 2009 11:09 PM:

" It is not that the people are rude the problems is that they will come in here and hire the ones that are not educated enough to place an order let along fix an order. "

Home Cooking wrote on Nov 19, 2009 4:31 PM:

" The problem is that fast food restaurants hire people like in the above comments who can't read, spell, or speak proper English. "

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