Company: McDonald-s
Date: 2019-11-06
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Easy job, poor employee treatment
Pros: The work is easy and you get to do different things everyday. A lot of the people you work with are really nice. I enjoy working here and if it was for the fact that they mess you about with the hours it would actually be a solid job.
Cons: While many of your co-workers are quality you will also work with a lot of lazy people who you will have to carry. In addition to this you will have very little income security. 

In the busy periods they will want you to work everyday with no regard for your personal life. In less busy periods they will cut your hours every week with no regard for your cost of living. For instance I worked 14 days in a row once during the summer. However, the moment the summer break was over I got dropped to 4 shifts a week, then three, and even with the three shifts I had I saw my hours drop from 30 to 19. 

The zero hours contract approach might be good for store managers trying to 'improve' performance so that they can get their bonuses but it drives out all but the most casual/lazy worker. Then in the busy times the poor quality of staff your business practice has cultivated then leaves you needing more people. Not to mention it's just not a very a decent way to treat people.