Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2012-03-31
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Grueling, but potentially rewarding.
Pros: I am a certified shift manager at McDonald's. I am 19 years old and I start when I was 18. I was able to jump to shift manager quickly because I worked hard and spent alot of time at McDonalds. Depending on whether the McDonald's is McOpCo(Corporate) owned or privately owned, it isn't THAT bad of a job. Granted, it is not the most favorable or the most impressive or flattering (especially for crew members) but it is a job and in this economy and job market, I am simply glad to have a job, let alone a management position (may soon be moving to salaried assistant store manager) when alot of people 10 years or more older than me can't even find a job right now. One positive I have to give to McDonalds is that if you are willing to put up with the working conditions, the heat, and the low pay, and learn the business very well, you can advance through management positions fairly easily. However, McDonald's is not an easy job, and is certainly not just "flipping hamburgers". People do not understand the blood, sweat, and tears that go into running a business like McDonalds. 

Overall, if you need a job, McDonald's is always hiring, Better than nothing, right?
Cons: Working conditions, shady managers, refuse to give raises yearly like they're supposed to, heat, exhaustion, etc. It's fast food.