"Earn 5 Free Entrees Per Shift (1 Hour) Worked": Chick-Fil-A Faces Backlash For Their Despicable Volunteer Search

Thought that it's already ridiculous enough for a private business to recruit volunteers, but it gets even more ridiculous when they say that they'll "pay" volunteers with food. Well, it's true. That’s what a branch of the Chick-fil-A fast food restaurant promised to "pay" their Drive Thru Express volunteers in North Carolina. For each shift (1 hour) worked, a volunteer will be paid 5 entrees. Well, what an interesting offer.
Interesting as it may be, this volunteer search received many negative responses from the public. The internet has gone wild in denouncing the company for this approach. Yes, it should be like that. That's illegal, to say the least. As the chicken/labor/wage drama grows, the discussion gets more intense that we can practically taste the tension in the air. Below, we have selected some of the most viral responses to this whole drama. Let's dive into it!

#1 Chick-fil-A was in the news recently, and not because of something good

Source: Mike Mozart (not the actual photo)

#2 A social media post about wanting ‘volunteers’ at one of their drive-thrus in exchange for chicken went viral for all the wrong reasons

Source: Jeph Foster

#3 Unsurprisingly, the initiative got blasted. The restaurant got called out for the idea online

Source: Jeph Foster

#4 A dash of irony…

Source: Chick-fil-A Hendersonville (52 Highlands Square Dr, Hendersonville, NC)

#5 TikToker Bona Bones was dumbfounded by Chick-fil-A’s ‘volunteer’ program

Source: bonadona

#6 She made a video about it and it immediately went viral

Source: bona.bones

#7

Source: bona.bones

#8

Source: bona.bones

#9 Some people argued that what the restaurant was doing was allegedly not illegal so it must be fine, but Bona provided the facts

Source: bona.bones

#10

Source: bona.bones

#11 Here’s how people, from well-known CEOs to regular internet users, reacted to Chick-fil-A’s ‘volunteer’ program

Source: DanPriceSeattle

#12

Source: JoshuaPotash

#13

Source: JoshuaPotash

#14

Source: CallMeDaLottery

#15

Source: JYSexton