Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2010-03-06
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current

Competent management, strong ethics and business values guide the ship
Pros: McDonald's is a traditional, mature organization that is very well run.  Strong ethics and business values infuse the organization.  Equally, a sane work/life balance is achievable in this organization at fairly high levels of the executive chain.  Working for a global brand of McDonald's stature is always challenging and exciting.  Salaries are fair, the total compensation package is very good.
Cons: Company is very mature, so getting new thinking and ideas implemented can be a significant challenge (but not impossible).  There is not a free flow of ideas and many employees are still reluctant to share their perspectives.  General culture is quite friendly but also quite passive-agressive and the organization does not manage conflict particularly well (especially managing up).