Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2015-05-17
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Good times were decent, bad times were absolutely terrible.
Pros: When things were going good (our times were good, no outrageously rude customers, not during peak) my coworkers were pretty fun to be around. My managers were understanding and it was easy to ask for days off as long as it was 2 weeks ahead of time. You get paid once a week. The job was simple as long as customers weren't expecting you to read their mind.
Cons: Peak times were horrible. Especially if someone you were working with was dragging and didn't do their job. Most people working do not want to be there at all and are just counting down the minutes. So they were little help. Coworkers would also be difficult to work with if they just ran into a difficult customer (some would complain and basically stop working because they "couldn't deal"). At a lot of times our crew wouldn't work as a team. If there was a mess up ( which with as many people that come through mcdonalds there is going to be a lot) people would point fingers and blame one another. When trying to get something like this done in the short amount of time you have, communication is very important, but a lot of times it's just people trying to throw someone else under the bus. Not to mention, some customers are very rude. I have never dealt with this many angry people than when I worked for mcdonalds. You could do everything right and perfect in a timely manner and there will still be the occasional customer to give you a problem. And that's with there order being completely right.