A program in which Vietnamese high school students are encouraged to achieve hospitality skills via on-the-job training at McDonald’s stores in Ho Chi Minh City has been blasted for appearing to take advantage of student workers, local media have reported. The McDonald’s Apprenticeship, the second to be launched in Vietnam following the first edition last year, invites students aged 14-18 to work at five of the fast food chain stores during the summer, as announced by organizer IvyPrep on its Facebook page on June 2. The apprentices will work five hours a day but no more than 25 hours a week, undertaking daily tasks such as frying chips, wrapping burgers and preparing ingredients, in addition to cleaning floors, washing dishes and dumping garbage. The rewards for the apprentices include one free meal during each shift, a McDonald’s uniform and “a McDonald’s Apprenticeship certificate [for students] to … [Read more...] about McDonald’s apprenticeship sparks outrage in Vietnam