Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2017-04-20
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Good start, bad franchisees, don't expect much
Pros: - Great start, especially for 14-25 year olds

- Good, standardized training (although this depends on your store)

- Promotion opportunities are feasible and (depends on the store), worth it.

- Flexible work hours, can't complain about the pay for crew members.
Cons: - Management trade offs. Some stores offer a great deal for management, with full-time work and pay (~$40k a year), while others offer a very small hourly increase. This can mean, for some, that they earn the exact same as Crew Members, except they have much more responsibility, pressure, stresses and dedication to their job. For some, this is reason enough to stay as Crew for years at a time. Disappointing.

- For 24/7 stores, night shift is often the worst shift to work, as (again, depends on the store) you are often working with only 1 or 2 other people all night. This can be a problem as you are expected to get a long list of jobs done by yourself, whilst filling out orders. Can also be very depressing sleeping through the day and working at night, you have no opportunity for a social life. Get used to bad sleep and loneliness.

- Treatment of employees, both by staff and customers. This applies especially to night shift. Many managers across many stores find it easy/enjoyable to boss around people younger than them, and to be mean-spirited, unprofessional or even cruel to their employees. Some even go so far as to limit those employees work hours for something as petty as dropping a burger on the floor, or an awkward exchange. Customers, especially on overnights in certain areas, can be even worse to the front of house workers, sometimes going so far as to physically and verbally assault them. Be prepared to grow a thick skin if you work out front, especially if you want to be manager one day.