This job was facilitated by Retail Equity
Partners Holdings Regional Center
Angela Murdock
Assistant Manager
Burger King
Chicago, Ill.
When the right attitude meets the right opportunity and
training, success often follows quickly. For some, very quickly.
Just ask Chicago resident Angela Murdock. For several
years, she bounced between quick service restaurants in various positions, but little formal on-the-job training hindered
her advancement.
That is, until she bega n her current job at a Burger King
franchise in downtown Chicago, a location financed with
EB-5 capital.
Murdock started as a cashier when the location opened, and
within a few weeks she moved up to a shift manager position.
Just a few months later, she was promoted to assistant manager.
Her responsibilities now include scheduling, hiring, food
safety and other restaurant needs.
”I love this job. And when I say I love it – I love it,”
Murdock said.
After trying other career paths, Murdock knew where she
could be the most successful.
“I tried working at a hospital, it didn’t work out,” she said.
“Then I worked at a clinic for a little while, and that didn’t work
out. I came back to the food service industry…and I love it.”
Murdock is a prime example of someone with the skills to
succeed in their profession, who was simply waiting on the
right job and environment to thrive.
“Since I’ve been working here I’ve learned so much,” she
said. “When I was working at my past restaurants, they really didn’t teach me anything. I get to do everything here. I
thought it would be difficult at first, but I like what I do so
it really wasn’t. I’m still learning day by day, and I love that.”
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Murdock also explained that taking this job has allowed her
to cultivate her passion for customer service and for serving
her fellow employees. She has even developed a few regular
customers along the way.
“We have this older woman who comes in every morning
for a cup of coffee and orders a salad to-go for lunch later.
When she comes in I already have her order ready,” she said.
Customers like this regular can get a coffee anywhere in
downtown Chicago, but she comes to Murdock’s Burger King
instead. There is a certain sense of pride in that, Murdock said.
Outside of work, Murdock maintains a busy schedule with
her children. She stressed that this job has greatly improved her
quality of life, giving her flexibility and control of her schedule
to be with her family. On her off days or on weekends, if she is
not working, Murdock is with her kids.
“I try to do everything I can with them on my off days,” she
said. “They’re the reason I work so much – it is all for them.”
“It really has given me an opportunity to advance my
career,” she added. Murdock plans to go back to school soon.
Like so many Americans, Murdock was not familiar with
the EB-5 program and was not aware that EB-5 funds helped
create her job.
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