In “Behind the Counter,” Eric Schlosser discus’s the efficiency of the under-paid adolescent and the exploitation of taxes. “Behind the Counter” is similar to “Selling in Minnesota”; both articles discuss the exploitation of employees and demonstrates the cause and effect of this exploitation. Ehrenreich provides an example of a young employee and her reactions to indoctrination in an early orientation. Schlosser describes the typical work day of an adolescent McDonald’s employee; He goes on to explain how she gets up extremely earlier for a job that will hardly fulfill any financial needs.
(Barbara Ehrenreich selling in Minnesota) talks about the exploitation of the individual and how employees no longer work