Good first job, bad job to have forever. - Crew Member McDonald's Employee Review

3.0
May 1, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working with people, and dealing with the general public (sometimes customer service). Good job to have if you've never worked before. Great learning expierence.

Cons

As a cashier, they expect you to greet customers like you're super excited to be there and as if you are a 17 year old girl. So not very fun working there as a guy at times. The upper management is usually on the level (store manager/assistant store manager) however the shift managers are usually in their 20s or younger. When I started there I made 7.50 an hour and when I left two years later, I was making 7.70. Early on they wanted to train me to do everything in the store. This is one of the precursors to becoming a manager. I asked how much more money they'd pay me and it was 5 cents more an hour. Not worth it.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Free food during shift when you were able to be put on break

Cons

Lack of care for basic cleanliness was common. The dispensers for sweet tea were not properly cleaned and covered, and were often full of bugs they attracted. When I brought this up to management they blew me off and acted annoyed I brought it up. They would also complain under their breath for employees briefly going to wash their hands, as required by law, after clocking in, coming back from a break, after using the restroom, and other times it was needed (such as after cleaning something or handling money before then touching food). The brooms used to clean the floors were filthy and extremely poor quality. Did not properly address employee health especially mental health (such as when they were understandably distressed by customers exhibiting very inappropriate behavior such as cursing/shouting at workers, throwing things etc)

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