Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2019-06-04
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

McDonald's, not a bad place to work
Pros: Excellent staff relatiionships, the managers and crew members alike all understand that each other staff member is a person first and foremost and a worker second; emotions are well understood and nobody is shunned for getting upset at abuse from customers or having a rough day from outside of work.
Managers work hard on the shop floor as well as performing their office duties, brings a sense that nobody does less work than somebody else just because they're in a higher position.
Outside of that, the work itself is fast paced and there is rarely a dull moment. Between customers, cleaning, preparing etc. There is no downtime and yes there's rarely moments of stress.
Not directly relating to the work there but a pro none the less is that there are many opportunities for promotion and advancement should you be willing to put the work in, becoming a crew trainer and store manager is quite literally within everybody's reach should they choose to go for it and have the tenacity.
While, like many companies, the breaks are unpaid. You have a free meal with every break on the store's behalf, with quite a generous allowance on what you are able to get. This, on top of the 50%~ discount on many products really goes a long way.
Cons: The biggest con of such a job is dealing with customers, while many of them are lovely and it doesn't take long to get to know the regulars or have a laugh with strangers, there are more than a few of the most obnoxious and entitled ignoramuses that you will ever meet; between 'holier-than-thou' attitudes, general rudeness, and outright insulting behaviours, it can sometimes take a will of iron to keep up the 'customer service' act and face them. This isn't a major fault on the company's behalf however, as it's easy to see why allowing staff members to point out when a customer was being ignorant or rude would be bad for public image and the overall business.