McDonald's Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Always keeps you busy."

What do you like about working at McDonald's?

"I like the personnel at McDonald's."

What don't you like about working at McDonald's?

"I don't like the system."

"It's so simple a monkey could do it."

What do you like about working at McDonald's?

"I could call off just about any time I wanted."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Allow the employer to see that you can and will work."

What don't you like about working at McDonald's?

"Working at McDonald's was absolutely not getting me anywhere professionally."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Pay people more than minimum wage at least a $1.50 or something. And give people some really good benefits."

"First job, with low-end pay."

What do you like about working at McDonald's?

"I like meeting new people every day at McDonald's."

What don't you like about working at McDonald's?

"I don't like the management and ownership."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would suggest higher pay."

"Great opportunity."

"McDonald's is a very challenging place to work."

What do you like about working at McDonald's?

"The people who work for me at McDonald's are wonderful."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Please be aware you will be expected to work overnights. Overnights are not as easy as you might think. You also will not have a regular schedule, so you will need to do a huge juggling act for your family and personal life. If you really think about this, and you feel you are up for it, then by all means interview with them, because McDonald's is doing very well."

What don't you like about working at McDonald's?

"It is a 24-hour business and that availability is expected of you. That will kill a personal life of any kind in a heartbeat."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to incorporate a work-life balance."

"Being a manager at McDonald's was a great experience to get early on in life."

"Working at McDonald's paid the bills."

What do you like about working at McDonald's?

"It was fun to take it from losing money to being a profitable store in just a few months."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just be yourself."

What don't you like about working at McDonald's?

"There was no real advancement there."

"Distributuion warehouse - not a good work environment."

What do you like about working at McDonald's?

"At this center, I liked nothing."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"DO NOT interview until management has changed."

What don't you like about working at McDonald's?

"The warehouse manager was a self-serving bigot and racist who treated employees like they were nothing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Turnover is 140% for a reason. Listen to your employees and get rid of the filth running the center."

What do you like about working at McDonald's?

"I started working as a crew member and worked my way up to general manager."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Go back to school."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Go back to the old ways 30 years ago."

"McDonald's provided income while in college."

What do you like about working at McDonald's?

"I liked my coworkers at McDonald's."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just be yourself."

What don't you like about working at McDonald's?

"I didn't like the pay scale."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Raise the pay scale."

What do you like about working at McDonald's?

"I like getting to know different people on a daily basis at McDonald's."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Stay focused. Answer questions completely and honestly."

What don't you like about working at McDonald's?

"The location is too far."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire more qualified supervisors."

"First job."

What do you like about working at McDonald's?

"I liked the work experience at McDonald's."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Go for the highest position you are qualified for."

What don't you like about working at McDonald's?

"I didn't like the hours."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to your employees more."

"DO NOT GO TO WORK FOR MCDONALD'S UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE!!!"

What do you like about working at McDonald's?

"The health insurance was very cheap. Barely anything was taken out of my check for it. And because Americans are so obsessed with crappy fast food, you will have job security. Other than that, I HATED the job."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"One: don't. You will hate it. They will put you through an OJE. That is them observing you interact with customers, employees, etc. You are working. It is like an audition. They supposedly pay you for it but I never got my check for it. The OJE can be two or three days. Mine was two. I think they went back to three. Once hired, you are not trained well at all. It is either sink or swim,. These restaurant managers have too much to do and they barely have time to train you. I know a lot of manager trainees who, after 3 months of being there, only knew the register and not much else. Their training program is non-existent. If you try to say something to someone about it, they will reverse it on you and say you are responsible for your own development. How the hell do you expect someone to learn a job if no one will teach it to them Life is too short to work somewhere that is so horrible. There are other jobs. Go apply there. I only wish that I read something like this before I started with them."

What don't you like about working at McDonald's?

"A lot of things. For one, if you are a manager, you are expected to be available 24 hours a day. So, yes, you are expected to work overnights. You will not have a dating life, a social life, or a family life. They tell you that you will get one weekend off a month. I worked three and four months in a row with no weekend off, not even a Saturday. I worked all weekend. You will be working six days a week and still be making the same salary. As a salaried manager, you are nothing but slave labor. Holidays Well, if you are salaried, you work them. And there is no extra pay. Nothing. Since I was working six days a week, I never got an extra day off. Their corporate culture is very mean, petty, and backstabbing. I never met people who were so happy to set you up to fail. After two years, I left. It was the worst job I ever worked, or at least one of them. I am NOT lovin' it!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Why don't you people try working overnights See how you like serving drunk, screaming college kids, and see how you like not having a life. Then see how you develop sleep problems because of the schedule. And get rid of that stupid auto greeter! How stupid do you really think people are! Oh and one last thing: upper management needs to stop being so pretentious and taking every single thing so seriously. You serve crappy burgers and fries! You do not serve filet and lobster!!!!!"

What do you like about working at McDonald's?

"There is a different challenge every day at McDonald's."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be patient."

What don't you like about working at McDonald's?

"I don't like being on call 24/7."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Place more emphasis on caring for people."

What do you like about working at McDonald's?

"When I worked for McDonald's, I liked the interaction with the staff and customers."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Good luck."

What don't you like about working at McDonald's?

"I didn't like the quality of applicants."