Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe OAKBROOK, Ill., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A U.S. dictionary's decision to list a low-paying, dead-end job as a "McJob" has drawn the ire of fast-food giant McDonalds, a report said Monday. The latest edition of the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary included the word, first coined by U.S. novelist Douglas Coupland in his 1991 novel "Generation X" to describe a "low-prestige, low-dignity, low-benefit, no-future job in the service sector," the BBC reported. Advertisement McDonald's CEO Jim Cantalupo dismissed the term as "an inaccurate description of restaurant employment." In an open letter to Merriam-Webster's, Cantalupo said "more than 1,000 of the men and women who own and operate McDonald's restaurants today got their start by serving customers behind the counter." The letter was also sent to media organizations and published in the latest edition of an industry trade organization. McDonald's is the world's largest fast-food chain, and has more than 30,000 restaurants and nearly 500,000 employees.
