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Real budgets as filled out by actual employees of McDonald's.

Real McDonald’s Workers Share Actual Budgets — And They’re Nothing Like That Corporate Sample

We were a bit flabbergasted recently while looking at a budget planning guide from Visa for McDonald’s employees that conveniently added a second job (no easy feat for most) and also seemed to forget the fact that most people need staples like food and gasoline. Not to mention healthcare, which usually is a lot more than $20 a month. So what’s a real budget like for an honest to goodness, living, breathing, eating human being working at McDonald’s? [More]