Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2014-07-07
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Great place to work.
Pros: It baffles me how many people put down working in McDonald's. When I tell people that I work at McDonald's, their usual expression is either disappointment, or overall amusement for them. I have worked in McDonald's for a little over a year or two. I can defiantly say, McDonald's sets you up with the necessities you need to grow as a person, and career wise. If you think about it, majority of Americans have worked at McDonald's once in their life. Every McDonald's store has their ups and downs, but life does too. I cannot speak for everybody, however, my store, is one of the best McDonald's you could ever work it. The customers are delightful to see, as well as  my co-workers. A few customers have told me that I am "Too pretty to work in McDonald's" That made me more upset than happy. The reason that I was more upset than happy is because, simply, everybody is beautiful in their own ways, as well as I was not aware that only "ugly" people worked at McDonald's. I have had other jobs, by far, this is the best job I could ask for. When I left McDonald's, I could honestly say that was the worst thing I could ever do. I am so glad I am back working for my store, it has done nothing but help me grow as a person.
Cons: Some of the placements of the products in McDonald's. For example: We have the cream machine, ice coffee sugar flavors (Liquid Sugar, French Vanilla, Sugar Free French Vanilla, Caramel, Hazelnut) then we have the coffee maker. When making ice coffee, it is quite a hassle to keep taking and removing the liquids from the holder considering we cannot just squirt the sugar in the iced coffee because the coffee maker is in the way. It creates a lot of time that is wasted when it is quite busy. Another issue, re stocking the cream. It is extremely difficult to do so when it is busy. I even have trouble myself. It would be extremely beneficial, if they had training classes for grill. I personally, have a lot of trouble with grill, and it quite difficult to grasp when I am not too sure where the sauces are when making a sandwich, also the language barrier can be a problem sometimes. I always thought it would be a great idea, if you introduced the opinions of not only corporate, however, the customers themselves. Come up with ideas of a new product you would like to introduce into McDonald's, and have the public themselves decide what they would want and buy. I believe it would create a lot more revenue considering you would not have to change the menu items so frequently. It is what the customers want, not only corporate although their opinion is extremely important as well!