Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2014-03-23
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Decent coworkers, too much work for laughable pay
Pros: My store is relatively new so it's well-maintained and the managers are hardworking (for the most part) and generally optimistic. Flexible schedules, limitless unpaid time off.
Cons: It doesn't cost McDonald'anything to raise the cost of its food and in turn give its employees a decent salary. In fact, several months ago, a number of dollar menu items increased in price and not a single person at my store got any sort of raise for it. I'm paid by the hour and minimum wage where I live is 7.25 - that's what I started on despite my office and customer service experience and it's taken me a year to start making 7.50 (25c raise over 12mo.). Managers regularly comment on how efficiently I work as well as my dependability and because of food costs as well as lousy ethics, I am not paid for the effort I put in (did I mention I'm trained on as many roles as the average manager?), and I am far from unique in my experience. It's impossible to move up unless the GM is in the mood to start looking. I've been trying to get promoted for roughly 6 mo. and while my supervisors and GM agree that I should be an official Crew Trainer, nobody will initiate the process online for me due to poor memory and lack of organization. On addition, while the schedule is flexible, if you want time off, it needs to be asked off a week or so in advance. I can't tell you how many extra credit opportunities I've missed at school because professors won't mention them until 5 or 6 days before they take place, well after my schedule for the week has been established.