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Bringing McDonald's into the office 🤢

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Why it worked

The video taps into relatable workplace anxieties and the tension between personal preferences and professional expectations, particularly around food choices, which resonates with a broad audience.

Summary

The speaker discusses the unspoken rules in corporate environments and how they struggled to be themselves, particularly regarding food choices like bringing McDonald's to the office. Colleagues' reactions to her McDonald's lunch made her feel self-conscious and led her to decide against bringing it to work again.

Structure

1Unspoken corporate rules affect thriving
2Difficulty fitting in and being oneself
3Bringing McDonald's to the office
4Colleagues' negative reactions
5Decision to stop bringing McDonald's

Product placement

McDonald's: ACTS - the speaker brought it into the office for lunch, and it was commented on by colleagues. Removing it would change the story. Itsu: APPEARS - mentioned as an alternative lunch option. Removing it would not change the story. M&S: APPEARS - mentioned as an alternative lunch option. Removing it would not change the story. Brook St.: APPEARS - a studio/company name at the end of the video. Removing it would not change the story.

On-screen text

Bringing McDonald's into the office 🤢 There's, like, these unspoken rules and that could potentially affect how you thrive in corporate. I found it really hard to fit in and be myself. You know, when you're 18, like, but honestly, I was like a big teenager. Yeah, You think you know it all. Like you think you know it all, I look back and I don't. And it's small things like at lunchtime, everybody would either bring in their salads, have Itsu or M&S, McDonald's. Yeah. McDonald's. Yeah. I brought it into the office the first time, would just be like looking or making comments like, for lunch? Or that's not healthy! So it's like, being myself because that's what I wanted to eat. But then afterwards I'm never bringing McDonalds back to this office. That's, that's almost like a a strand of like, workplace politics. People First BROOK ST. The Young Careers Podcast

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Haha think we’ve all been here before 🙈😅 absolutely loved doing this podcast thanks for having me @Brook Street 💛 #apprentice #officepolitics #corporate #officejob #9to5