Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2017-09-18
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former

Horrible job
Pros: Great people (sometimes), fun place to work (sometimes), lunch and uniform is supplied, easy work
Cons: Nine hour shifts with only one half hour break for your meal.

Let that sink in. In a normal restaurant, you get more breaks for more time plus tips. Here, maybe because the work is so simple (yeah you can do more secondary jobs if you want to help out more), you're expected to go a whole nine hours with only one break. And that break is TINY. Now I've worked restaurants before, but this is my first fast food restaurant where I'm expected to work such a long period of time without being able to get water on my own. Here, you have to ask permission for a "courtesy cup". Which sounds like a privilege when it should be more of a right. You have to greet each and every customer (if working at a register of course) with "Hello, my name is ____! How can I help you?" so it's hard not to get a dry throat after the nth customer. 

People need to get permission for everything. Clock in. Bathroom (you also need to give a reason). Water ("courtesy cups"). Bathroom. Customer using the same card twice. Checking a $50/$100 bill. Clock out. Breathe. Fart. Blink. Wow. Mcdonald's has gotten everything covered to the most minuscule detail just so they can squeeze as much as they can out of their workers without expecting any uprising because of all the courtesies they've so gracefully given to their staff. 

It's actually really impressive on McDonald's part, but I'm sorry. I couldn't buy into it. Hard work? Not really, but get ready to be more tired in one day than a whole week at a regular restaurant. Because you're not really working.. you're being exploited. 

Did I mention the pay is also shit? "Well, it's McDonald's. What do you expect?" This mentality needs to stop. Well, the people who work there are PEOPLE. The people who eat there are PEOPLE. If this is your first job and you have very low expectations and don't mind being worked like a mule, go ahead. Ask for the courtesy cup. Give your reason to be able to go to the bathroom.

This job is for those who always asked this question in school: "Why do I have to be here every day? I don't get paid."
Here's your answer. In school, you get an education that gives you leeway to higher education which gives you a shot at a career. You just want to get paid? Well at McDonald's you can get paid for coming. It's just like you were in school. Ask to go to the bathroom. Ask to go to the water fountain. Ask for everything. But is that really how you want to live your life?