Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2019-01-01
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

The Name of the Game is Stress
Pros: The people you work with are often great. They try their hardest and there is genuine teamwork that occurs. Even the managers are often nice, they certainly have human sides.  

McDonald’s will train you well. You will know how to deal with a variety of situations, cleaning will become second nature and your skills with either customers or food handling will be unparalleled. But there is a high price to pay for that.
Cons: McDonald’s runs on stress and threats. Every action you perform can have drastic consequences and if it does not meet the standards except to be reprimanded. Written warnings, vague open ended threats and even straight up verbal harassment. 

The system is set up to keep you stressed so you’re always performing fast and on the fly. But this constant stress takes its toll, especially outside of the workplace. Managers experience it the the worst, having unrelenting stress thrust upon them by the higher ups mandating all sorts of sales goals and timing. Profit comes at the cost of the people.