Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2014-05-07
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Confirmed

If you like to chase a carrot on a stick for penny wage increases then this is your job.
Pros: Good social environment, promotion prospects good (to shift manager level, then it stops here unless your willing to sell your sole to Ronald), Fairly easy to get whatever time off you need if your willing to lose pay for it. Teamwork builds good relationships within the store your working for.
Cons: Shift are run to a VERY tight schedule, someone rings in sick or decides there not coming in today you are going to have a bad day in work. This happens OFTEN. If you don't pick the job up within 3 weeks or so you are considered a liability, on job training can be poor. It is hard to be fired for this company, I have decided to put this in the cons section because this fact is abused by the army of students that the company insists on recruiting. Promotion means you get a small increase in wages (40p-60p) for a huge increase in responsibility. When you reach shift management level you prospects for being fired for menial things such as taking a grill or freezer off a few minutes before you close increase tenfold. Working hours can be very unfair, very rarely do you finish work when your scheduled to, this is partly due to people refusing to come into work. You are expected to give the company your all, but should you genuinely fall ill or have an accident do not expect any sympathy from this company. Sick pay is virtually non existent.