Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2016-01-10
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

A good start to a career, but not much else
Pros: You work with a great, diverse set of people, and it's a flexible environment which is very good at catering to those in high school or tertiary education. Promotional opportunities do exist but are not always completely fair. It is a fast-paced environment and you learn to manage stress, as well as leadership skills. Training is also (mostly) very thorough and allows you to develop your skills.
Cons: Constant cost cutting takes place. Progression to management is very doable but managers are very underpaid and work extremely long hours, and at 24 hour stores are often required to work extremely late and/or early shifts. It is a very good job while still at school/uni, but full-time crew/management provides very few career prospects.