Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2015-08-14
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Nobody Tries Harder (even if results vary)
Pros: McDonald's is a company full of hard-working, well-meaning people. In the global team you learn about how wildly different and highly complex a simple restaurant concept can become over time and across geography. So many challenges to address. So many ways to make a difference. The populist culture of acceptance and diversity is wonderful. People are open to new ideas, even if they don't know how to act on them. The corporate campus is beautiful and the office pleasant. The salary and benefits are competitive.
Cons: Smart, ambitious people are only allowed to flourish in positions of power. And even then, they may be sent packing if they disagree with one of the "bold" strategies currently in favor. One of the reviews by a former employee at my level correctly states that smart, talented people are many at the company, but that relationships carry more weight. Worse yet, literal thinking and "copy the competition" strategy has suddenly become the order of the day among newly-hired and recently-promoted senior leaders.