Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2016-07-20
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Crew Member (Cashier) Experience
Pros: You'll learn how to work in a very fast paced environment. My McDonald's had very few periods of calm even in off-hours. I had to learn how to multi-task and work efficiently. Also, I learned how to deal with a wide range of individuals with differing priorities: very wealthy or homeless; speedy delivery or accuracy over efficiency; some people even wanted me to slow down and focus on customer service itself. So it was interesting to learn how to treat each customer as a unique individual and focus on their needs.
It's a repetitive job, but it can be rewarding when everyone is satisfied with their orders.
Cons: Some of the regulars would regularly forget that you were not a perfect robot.
Since our breaks were all spread out in order to accommodate the customers, I didn't get to interact much with the other team members.
There were a lot of Spanish-speaking or heavily accented individuals that I couldn't help but offend when I didn't understand them. Learning common Spanish words is very useful.