Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2013-07-24
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

"Overworked, underpaid, and unappreciated."
Pros: This job is super easy to get; if you need income fast. Do not need any special education of training. Flexible hours; you can usually get any days off by asking in advance. Short traveling distance; McDonald's are everywhere. Free employee meal. Employees--crew--are usually pretty cool and down to earth.
Cons: Minimum wage. Inconvenient break times; a 30 min. break an hour after you get there and your 10 min., 15 minutes before getting off and 4-6 hours in between with nothing. Sometimes treated like a slave; yelling, belittling, and always getting shut up when talking to other employees while working. They expect you to work twice as hard when it is busy yet when it slows down; forget about getting a pat in the back and allowing some time to relax, drink water, and get yourself together. They are still yelling and acting like we need to be at 200% at all times. No mental stimulation, once you learn all the tricks of the trade it gets extremely tedious, boring, and annoying. In the back--grill/table area--it is extremely hot, you are constantly sweating and getting dehydrated. What's worse is that from extreme heat you have to go into the walk-in freezer which is about 10 degrees below zero. This is not great for your bones and could possibly lead to arthritis in the long run. Also, I was working close to the 40 hours but now due to the new health care reform--which states that employers have to pay for their employees' healthcare if they work 30 hours or more--San Joaquin County McDonald's have cut everybody's hours down to 25. I could have tolerated everything else a while longer but now I cannot even make the income that I need due to their own selfish politics. I am planning on leaving there as soon as possible.