Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2015-09-26
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

My McDonalds Experience
Pros: What do I like about working for McDonalds? Where do I start, from the free uniforms (I don't have to ruin any of my own clothes like I have with other jobs), to the meal discount during my shift (it's cheaper than bringing my own from home), to the opportunity to pick up extra hours if I choose, to meeting like-minded awesome people and having fun all the while serving up a customer experience that keeps them coming back! I've worked for McDonalds ten years, and for my ten yrs. of service I got to choose from a number of really nice items. I picked out a pair of emerald earings! Yes, real emeralds and I wear them everyday and often receive compliments on them. I make a point of telling how I got them, I'm very proud of where I work. In today's economic climate where unemployment is high, I feel lucky to have steady work. My only regret is that I'm not 20yrs. younger! It can be very physically demanding, very fast paced, and at times overwhelming. But in the end, it's that wicked fast pace that makes it fun!
Cons: There's no job that's perfect and it is, after all, a business whose bottom line is profit.  The labour equation needs to be revised. I work in the kitchen and it is often the people in kitchen that get "cut" first when the labour numbers don't add up.  Kitchen to service ratio is very unbalanced, making the stress level in the kitchen unnecessarily high.