Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2009-05-06
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

Simple job for student experience
Pros: Needed a job as a teenager to save up for post secondary school.  McD's helped me to develop some solid interpersonal and team work skills.  Usually working in a fast paced environment also improved my abilities to make quick decisions.  They also had a contest for essay writing in which the winner was rewarded a tuition scholarship.  I never participated, but thought it was a pretty cool idea.  Food was also offered at a 50% discount for all employees which came in handy during breaks.  The freedom to specify available work hours was also helpful in managing a schedule that worked with studies.
Cons: Not much room for growth unless you wanted to be a store manager, but then again, most people don't really start working at the restaurants with big hopes of moving up the ladder.  The uniforms were a bit uncomfortable, especially during longer shifts.  Lobby shifts were horribly boring and usually given out to newer crew memebers as grunt work.  50% discount also adds weight.