https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger_University
Not to be confused with University of Hamburg.
Hamburger University is a training facility at the McDonald’s Corporation global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. It instructs high-potential restaurant managers, mid-managers, and owner-operators in restaurant management.[1] Hamburger University’s mission is to become an “organizational culture hub, introducing a continuous education process for the value chain and transforming knowledge into actual business results.”[2] Hamburger University students take courses about restaurant operations, leadership skills, customer service, operations, and procedures. More than 5,000 students attend Hamburger University each year and over 275,000 people have graduated with a degree in “Hamburgerology.” 40% of McDonald’s global leadership has attended Hamburger University.[3]
Anecdotally, I currently work part time at a Macca’s while I’m studying and my manager mentioned he was trained there. Obligatory recognition that working in fast food always kinda sucks but he is honestly the best boss I’ve ever had.
That said I expect his immediate superior, who gets off on yelling at the kids I work with and is constantly threatening people’s jobs over, just, the pettiest shit (something I am pretty sure is a borderline labour law violation here), also went there. So, y’know.