Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2015-10-18
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Cashier
Pros: Good training. This job is excellent for developing a communication style that is quick and delivers the essential information to keep serving the right orders rapidly. Working here will help you deal with stress. If you can deal with it at McDonald's you'll be able to endure rush times anywhere in your life. The hours are very flexible and have a wide range, it's a great way to balance studies, life, and work. The team is great, agreeable, fun, and helpful which is crucial to adjust because everything happens really quick.
Cons: The job is stressful, you will get used to it, but it's still a stressful time when you work. The perspectives of staying at McDonald's long term are not great: aside from developing great skills for team work, communication, and stress coping, there is not much more to learn. This is a fast food restaurant, it's not complex, it's not gourmet. The best possibility I saw was crew trainer, but it feels like too much time has to pass for that to happen and the salary raise is not encouraging. The same goes from other higher positions.