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      McDonald's

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      McDonald's reviews

      3.6

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (145,185 total reviews)
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      Chris Kempczinski

      71% approve of CEO

      50% positive business outlook

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      McDonald's has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 145,185 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The McDonald's employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Gastronomie industry (3.7 stars).

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      145K reviews
      3.0
      Jun 21, 2011

      Management Doesn't Care, but Employees Do.

      Drive thru cashier
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      CEO approval
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      Pros

      You meet lots of characters Shifts were flexible Depending where rules are either well enforced or not. Free Food...kinda

      Cons

      Raises were based on whims While shifts where flexible expect them to stay that way No true experience gained.

      3.0
      Jun 20, 2011

      It's a place to start, but don't spend your whole life stuck at McDonald's.

      Crew member
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Every day, you get one free meal. Employees also get 50% off all food at their store (you must order inside, not through drive thru). The hours are very flexible. I've gone from working full time in the summer, only every other weekend during school, and back to full time once school let out. I started a year ago when I turned 18. It's a very fast paced job, but the tasks are simple. You learn to appreciate certain things, and it's good place to start off as a young kid.

      Cons

      Of course, the employees (for the most part) aren't the brightest of folks. Some of the managers aren't very well qualified. Rules aren't set in place very well, and you WILL get yelled at - by coworkers and customers. When you're faced with upset/rude customers, you need to learn to not have it affect you. You come home smelling like fry grease, and your feet will hurt from being up and about all day. You're supposed to get a break every day depending on how many hours your shift is, but sometimes you don't get one. Sometimes, business will get incredibly busy, and everyone gets frustrated. You just have to know how to keep it rolling.

      1.0
      Jun 20, 2011

      Chef de jour

      Chef
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      If you like to make hamburgers than this is the place for you, otherwise you probably would not like it.

      Cons

      Sometimes it can be hard to make a sufficient amount of palatable culinary masterpieces within a predefined window of time given the inherent limitation of you cooking station. My latent preference would have been to work for Burger King, however to work there you must score over 40 on the wonderlic test and my score was but a 39.

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