Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2016-09-28
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Good for part time work as a student, not great for full time
Pros: I, as many McDonald's employees know that shifts are very flexible working here. I was able to get shifts around other commitments I had in the day, and more shifts on holidays I had off education. I could also swap shifts with others. 
Working at McDonald's is easy to get to grips with, it's easy work, although it can be frustrating when the store is busy. 

Easy progression to crew trainer/shift manager if this is something you want to consider doing 

Fortnightly pay, easy to check shifts online. Online payslips too. 

Great for young people to get their first job as they take on new (especially young - obviously because it costs them less to pay you for the same job) people all the time. This was my starting point in my working life and is a solid way to build up some customer service experience. 

Large and diverse range of employees- always coming and going therefore job opportunities arise all the time. However the downfall to this is there is noooo job security. You know that you can be replaced with the click of a finger.

Employee discount card- half price meals outside of work and you also got a free meal for your break, where every item on the menu had a number of 'points' e.g. A chicken legend is 12 points, then that goes with the number of hours you're doing, and you get 2 points an hour. So if you're working an 8 hour shift, you would get 16 points to use on the menu for your break.
Cons: Zero hour contract - I was part time, so expected to be working around 16 hrs a week. Sometimes I'd be working 30, sometimes 5 and sometimes 0. This was frustrating as I needed a steady wage each fortnight. 

Sometimes managers won't put out next weeks shifts until the night before meaning you cannot plan ahead

The pay. Where do I start? I worked from the age of 17 with McDonald's, carrying out the same work as others (sometimes more) and I was getting £3.75 an hour (or somewhere in that region.) Soon after I turned 18 and my wage had increased to £5.03 which I know met the NMW however was not motivating at all. 

Hardly any rewards for working the best that you can, barely recognised

Overall, if you're looking for a part time job and aren't too fussed about it being a minimum wage role, with no experience In a customer based role I would recommend McDonald's as an employer. If you have experience, find a better employer.

Managers think they're better than everyone, (with the exception of a few) unfair at times.