Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2015-11-23
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

Takes the right kind of person
Pros: - really flexible hours
- ability to swap/change shifts with other workers to suit your schedule
- easy to become a favourite to the bosses
- pretty good pay if payed as casual
Cons: - many different bosses/shift managers/assistant managers - difficult to communicate when first starting work
- it requires a personality where you are willing to do the exact same thing for up to 9 hours, no mental or intellectual stimulation
- need to be able to work where you don't necessarily want to be 'friends' or socialise with co workers- despite the reviews that say many people make friends, for the first 3 months I barely got to know anyone, and was working with new people every single shift
- shifts can vary from 5 a week to 5 a month, difficult to organise around commitments
- even short shifts are tiring, and if you don't live close to the store, can end up using an hours pay just to fill up petrol to get there
- not enough support for new workers- employees are friendly to each other but it can be very difficult for new workers to bond with coworkers
- trying to keep up with training/SOC's is a pain
- I was only trained for 4 shifts, and was expected to be 100% competent on every station even though I had not been trained- which was hard to communicate when I had a different manager and crew trainer every single shift for a month