Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2015-03-29
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Crew member - 6 months
Pros: If you embrace the job, even as a crew member you can improve your skills in teamwork and leadership here. In the kitchen the staff are all mutually dependent on each other, so communication and organisation are essential. If you're willing to be the one to step up and lead you can learn a lot here.

Promotion opportunities are very good. Within months you'll be looking at promotion to crew trainer if you're good enough, and a floor manager in a year or two.
Cons: Instability. You don't know from one week to the next which days you'll be working, which hours you'll be working or how many hours you'll get. So it's difficult to plan financially and to plan a social life.