Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2015-10-08
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former

Working for McDonald's
Pros: Working at McDonald's really brought me out of my shell and helped me to grow in confidence! At first I was barely whispering for grill orders and by the time I was leaving I was shouting the place down trying to get my orders together as fast as I could! Another good thing is the people you meet, normally dealing with the public every day is tiring but there are also a lot of lovely and interesting people who you are taking orders from! The hours were also great because the managers were good at doing the schedule and if you applied for time off you would normally be granted it! I have met a lot of great friends and had a lot of great memories from working at McDonald's and I also feel it's a great place to have your first job as it gives you a variety of skills including using tills, dealing with customers, cooking, cleaning and more.
Cons: There are some downsides of working for McDonald's and I would say the first one is the uniform! Especially in the summer it gets so so hot and everybody working starts to get a bit snappy! There's also the pay, I used to do 11 hours or more on some occasions and I'd go home completely knackered from running about all day and when it came to pay day it didn't even feel worth it! Then obviously there were the angry customers! And most of the time when you are scheduled to finish it gets busy and you have to stay a bit longer! Also when it gets really busy and there's no stock out and the floors a mess and the store is starting to run out of things or a machine breaks (normally milkshake and ice cream machine) that can be stressful too!