McDonald's Company Reviews and Ratings
Crew member
Cocoa, FL - February 7, 2025
Work for them for 2 years until one of their Melbourne stores got shut down for stealing a bunch of food and then the district manager started coming down hard on my particular store. And then every single violation became a write-up while managers could do pretty much anything they want from showing up 45 minutes late to sending people home early for any reason that they want. GM will not allow you to contact her unless she is scheduled to work at a certain time so any emergency that happens you're on your own for
Pros and Cons
Free lunch
Blanket favoritism to individuals
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Crew Trainer
January 16, 2025
McDonald’s is a great place to start working. It teaches you customer service skills. Working here I have met a lot of new people as in coworkers and regular customers. The job is very rewarding
Pros and Cons
Free meal, recognition, holiday presents, birthday recognition
Sometimes you get a bad customer
Jordan D.23 days ago
Hey, thanks for sharing your xpereience! How supportive is the management when dealing with difficult customers?
Former McDonald's employee2 days ago
Not very supportive
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Kitchen and table
January 9, 2025
My mom send me a picture with the application and the first thing I did was apply and the store manager called me in 2 days a she scheduled me for an interview since that day I’m still working there
Pros and Cons
Check and get to know new people
They pay 16 dollars an hour
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Maintenance
January 1, 2025
Did maintenance for seven stores had to use my own truck my own gas and my own equipment to make these stores run. I was told one thing didn’t receive it. I know what I’m doing. Very good friend who works for McDonald’s as a maintenance supervisor done a great job training me And then I got screwed.
Pros and Cons
Hours was there
Pay was not there
Maintenance Technician5 weeks ago
Wow, sounds like quite the challenge! How did they handle equipment reimbursement if you had to use your own gear?
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Crew Trainer
Fort Collins, CO - December 30, 2024
I worked as a crew trainer at Mc Donalds in Fort Collins, CO. It was a demanding job, but I trained people to work various stations at the Mc Donalds store. I quite there when my wife pasted away, and moved to Arizona.
Pros and Cons
Free food, good people to work with.
Low pay, long hours, bad upper management
Joey Nichols5 weeks ago
Thanks for sharing your experience as a crew trainer! How do you think the company could improve its support for employees, considering your time there?
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drive thru and close / crew member
Ronceverte, WV - December 20, 2024
I worked for a year at McDonald's I loved my job there but during the fair it was a whole lot more of a job bc that location was jus a block from th fair. Any other time was great.
Pros and Cons
Given a 50$ discount on all food and drinks plus they work with you life schedule and plenty of hrs
No overtime and closing was not always team work
Fast Food Crew Member6 weeks ago
Thanks for sharing your experience working at McDonald's! Do you think the benefits and hrs make it a good starting job for others?
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Guest service Department manager
Arvada, CO - December 19, 2024
Worked there for 13 year’s horrible but loved my gm she was amazing company its self not so good I don’t have much to say I was comfortable but no longer want to be in fast food now that I’m on my 40s so that’s that guess I will just waste my fear sweet time and that that
Pros and Cons
Flexible hours
Horrible pay
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Crew Associate
Hallandale, FL - December 7, 2024
I got fired because I’ll admit I was coming to work late but I always did my work and ever since I got let go I’ve been consistent wit other jobs picking up shifts working over time clocking in 5 min early
Pros and Cons
Everyone was nice
The disrespect customers
Jessica H.8 weeks ago
Hey, I'm curious how working at McDonald's shaped your work ethic for future jobs!
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it was alright
Flushing, NY - October 31, 2024
so my story to mcdanalds there was alot of people and managers even co workers telling me what to do they basically treated me wrong and with this experience i had here ill never work in a fast food restaraunt i love being nice but if you treat me like a slave well i will report you
Pros and Cons
not friendly rude
basically bad people
Alex Green3 months ago
Yikes, sounds tough! Does Macdonald's offer any resources for handling conflicts with managers?
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Cooking and making sandwiches
Watertown, NY - October 14, 2024
Cleaning cooking making sandwiches making sure everything fresh change mop bucket make sure they don’t run out of fries I was doin a lot
Pros and Cons
Good on helping good on communicating
We made sure we clean everything we didn’t have no problems we was always in first places
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Swing Manager
Snow Hill, MD - October 3, 2024
I loved working at McDonald’s. Fast pace, keeps you busy & time flys by. I enjoyed the people & the customers.
Pros and Cons
Free meal each work shift
Must be able to take criticism
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Department Manager
October 1, 2024
I've worked at McDonald's for
multiple years and they are very understanding and work with me when I need to change my schedule or take time off. I am offered insurance but the pay is not much for the stress of the job. Your offered free food with each shift but it's low quality
Pros and Cons
Free meal, flexible work schedule, optional insurance
Bad food, low pay, not much room to work up
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September 29, 2024
Inspired by the fun, a few kids joined in, twirling around with their Happy Meal boxes. Jake started a "Burger Boogie" competition, where the best dancer won a free sundae. The laughter and joy spread, making the restaurant feel like a carnival.
By the end of the day, Jake had not only served burgers but also created unforgettable memories.
Pros and Cons
Friendly office
No cons for me
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September 26, 2024
I worked there almost 20 years and I enjoyed most of the time besides working late nights and I didn’t care for that, but otherwise I enjoyed working there
Pros and Cons
Breaks, half price food on break
Sometimes you had to work longer on your shifts
Jamie Lee4 months ago
Thanks for sharing! Is the half-price food on break still a thing, and how flexible are the shift schedules now?
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Crew Member
Glen Ellyn, IL - September 15, 2024
I applied as soon as I turned 16, and it was an amazing first experience for working at the company. Many coworkers and managers helped me improve my customer service skills, and boost my ability to participate in team building
Pros and Cons
The experience, free meal at end of shift
Standing for long periods of time
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Team Member
September 10, 2024
I worked there for a few months before leaving I would work five days out of the week and about eight hours it was months before I got paid and it was a lot for the many hour I was putting in
Pros and Cons
Free lunch
Long wait for you to get paid
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3rd street very judgemental
Chattanooga, TN - September 3, 2024
It was horrible. The whole time i worked there i tried my best to make orders for drive thru door dash front line and uber eats while management watched me struggle.
Pros and Cons
Great discounts on food
Watch your back
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Crew Trainer
August 28, 2024
I would not recommend this type of job if you too are disabled/ a member of the LGBT community, as you will NOT be listened to if you are discriminated against, and the managers are likely to be the ones partaking in the mistreatment.
Pros and Cons
Free lunch
Free mental issues
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Crew and management
Redford, MI - August 23, 2024
This is probably the worse one I’ve worked at. I’m so good at McDonald’s and I thought I could possibly have a career in it but when the upper heads don’t care as much as the crew don’t care. You can’t get anywhere
Pros and Cons
It was walking distance
The crew didn’t work. They all got drunk. They all was fighting. It felt like high school
Shift Supervisor5 months ago
Wow, that sounds terrible! Do you think it’s just that location or could that be common at other McDonald's too?
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Frontline cashier
Richmond, VA - August 13, 2024
Worked there for over a year had fun while making money and learning from others.people were nice and was able to handle any customers complaints without to many issues
Pros and Cons
Free lunch flexible hours and great opportunities for growth
None that I can think of this was a great experience
Sarah Johnson5 months ago
Sounds awesome! Did you find the flexible hours helped with work-life balance?
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Maintenance Associate
Roseville, MI - July 12, 2024
Well I was a maintenance worker at McDonald, aka I was the one that did most of the cleaning around the place, tho the work life was somewhat entertaining.
Pros and Cons
Free lunch breaks, discounts, friendly crew members
Low end Job, sanity draining sometimes
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Cook
Redford, MI - July 12, 2024
Great first job and I feel as if it taught me a lot of skills such as leadership, how to be organized
Pros and Cons
Free food!!
Not careful
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Team Associate, cashier
Sandusky, OH - July 10, 2024
The experience was well-rounded and taught me meaningful communication skills, the importance of being apart of a team and working in a fast pace environment.
Pros and Cons
The atmosphere was friendly.
Time management was key in being early for work.
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Cook
Shamokin Dam, PA - June 27, 2024
I worked in Mcdonald's for over a year and saw a lot of people who quite this place cause how bad they have been treated. And same happened to me all the time they yelled and put me down making me feel like a slave there
Pros and Cons
free food new people
bad food quality and dirty place
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Crew Member
Apopka, FL - June 24, 2024
I was verbally abused my manager, had coworkers that didn’t do their job, quit because of that. The day I quit, the manager that usually verbally abused me got mad at me, she wanted an explanation as to why I was leaving, she was asking me in front of all my coworkers, and she got mad because I said that I wanted to leave because of me moving away, which was a lie, I was too scared to tell her to her face it was because she verbally abused me. In my resumes I say it was because I had to start senior year, but I was truly going to work during school too, but I quit days before summer ended, had support from my mother who was outside of the McDonalds waiting for me to quit, I was a minor while working too, because of the bad experience in McDonald, it was truly hard to even go back to that same McDonald’s I worked before to even go eat.
Pros and Cons
Free Lunch, there are some good coworkers and customers
Toxic Environment, some bad customers and coworkers
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Certified Shift Manager
Houston, TX - June 20, 2024
I have been with the company for five years. I love working for McDonald’s Corporation. Great Pay & Benefits they take care of they employees. And I take care of the store. I run a shift as they would expect me too. I love all the GM & AM and Supervisors I have worked with.
Pros and Cons
Free lunch, Bonus
When the crew don’t want too listen
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Manager
Oak Lawn, IL - June 18, 2024
I loved the environment loved meeting new people new friends. But it was to much as a manager you had to do employees job and not manger job it started getting stressful working more hours because other managers or employees never showed it takes a toll in your family life missing their activities family time
Pros and Cons
Free lunch making new friends
Employees or managers not coming to work
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Cook
June 18, 2024
It’s ok place to work at im cool with all the managers and crew members sometimes things get bad and everyone is doing they own thing instead of everyone being a team
Pros and Cons
Friendly fun
Slow with orders
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Dept Manager
May 17, 2024
Started as crew member and worked myself up to Dept Manager. Very supportive co workers. Benefits also were available. However working different shifts is also expected. Loved it
Pros and Cons
Free lunch for managers discount for team members
Short hand at times
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Director of Operations
Indianapolis, IN - May 10, 2024
As for my career with McDonald’s I started with them at 15 years old in the production area assembling sandwiches. I was a Swing Manager at 18 years old at the same time, I was a senior in high school. Once, I graduated from high school I was promoted to General Manager at a $4.1 Million Dollar location. I was a Multi Unit Supervisor leading three restaurants/three GMs. By the age of 25 I was promoted to Area Supervisor leading five restaurants.
Fast forward to now I was promoted to Director of Operations running a 19 store organization. I was in my role for 3 years before leaving in 2021 to start my own small business.
However, the best aspects of working at McDonald's is actually enjoying the busy pace and multiple things that need to be accomplished. My days are never boring. Also, Mcdonalds Corporation really cares about their employees and their training program at Hamburger University is top notch. Many successful people in business started here.
Pros and Cons
McDonald’s gives you a business mindset
Work life balance isn’t great at times.
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Customer Service
Stroudsburg, PA - April 26, 2024
Not a good place to work understaffed, staff is overworked, management doesn't care, pay is low. No appreciation
Pros and Cons
Free food and nothing else
Under staffed
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April 5, 2024
Very nice workplace and very friendly workers and all surround is very nice and very quality and free foods for employee
Pros and Cons
Free lunch
Free parking
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Crew Member
Rochester, NH - March 20, 2024
You are constantly busy and very easy to get overwhelmed with required to usually do multiple task at one time
Pros and Cons
Even if comes to scheduling they always work with you
It's a hard job that you never get used to
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Shift Manager
Cornersville, TN - March 13, 2024
I started off by hating it but I grew as a person and grew up to where I was yes to be more than grew so I adjusted myself and life and worked my way to manage.
Pros and Cons
Always seeing different faces and regular customers were the best
Never knowing how busy or dead you would be
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Chicago, IL - March 11, 2024
Great place to work! Great location! Fun times. Managers and directors were fair. Easy to get along with peers.😂
Pros and Cons
Lots of fun meetings. Great building
Hard work!
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Crew Member
Lexington, NC - February 20, 2024
I felt very unappreciated and taken advantage of as I have been a manager at many restaurants. The manager here doesn’t know how to speak to people and treats everyone like they are disposable no matter how hard you work for them… she doesn’t need her position honestly
Pros and Cons
Hours, free meal
Negative working environment
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Shift Manager
Denver, CO - February 9, 2024
After they let another Manager Put Her Hands On Me Get Up In My Face 3 times and call me abusive names they are racist and do not know anything about Great Customer Service. The coworkers are all Rude, Disrespectful, and will take advantage of you
Pros and Cons
There is none
There is none
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Shift Leader
Nogales, AZ - January 16, 2024
I learned everything there, customer service was essential for us in that particularly store
I will definitely work at McDonald’s again
Pros and Cons
Had Sundays and Mondays off
Now they hire only young kids and no customer service what so ever
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IT technical support
Seattle, WA - January 7, 2024
Happy to get along with everyone, able to adapt to many work conditions and always maintain an optimistic spirit
Pros and Cons
friendly
good and happy
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cashier
Jacksonville, FL - December 13, 2023
McDonald's was my first job that I have worked in since I had no experience. I know that I should be greatful for having the job which I am since I have stayed there for the rough 5 years straight. If I had to tell myself where to work for first timers, it should NOT be McDonald's. McDonald's always have the worst crews, unhygienic, unsanitary environment, and foul mouth. I understood why EVERY customer would treat each coworker with disrespect. Not only that, the crew members, especially the managers are always stealing, favoritism, blackmailing, and all the other harmful things you can think of. The reason why I stayed there working for years is because McDonald's do have flexible hours and only if you chat with the managers for multiple times until they accept it. Overall McDonald's is the "Don't Recommend" unless you have criminal records and no one is hiring you.
Pros and Cons
free meal, 50% family discount, flexible schedule
disrespectful, no training, rude customers, unhygienic environment, no locker
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Crew
Strongsville, OH - November 27, 2023
dirty people touching the food of the clients.
went they are making the food, no wash hands, no change of glove.
touching they hear, ass crack to made the food, disgusting but they allow it.
manager screaming to the minor employees.
Pros and Cons
free lunch
they don't do drug test, any want with a drug problem can easy get a job there.
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Cook
Tappahannock, VA - November 15, 2023
Honestly one of my more enjoyable careers to say the least, the coworkers are friendly and willing to help out and the majority of managers know what they're doing, though there sadly was an incident that resulted in me losing good faith in the higher ups as an incident occurred in which an employee had been taking unwarranted photos of me during work hours, when bringing this to the multiple managers attention it seemed that little to no one was going to do anything about it, even when asking for a different schedule I still saw him the next day I worked, I also believe I haven't been paid for the time I did work until my departure so there's that as well, ultimately the scum is still working there and I'm looking for a new job, thank you McDonalds, I cried to sleep for a week
Pros and Cons
Free lunch
Little care for employees
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November 8, 2023
I think it's going good. Just sometimes i feel like i an not wanted. but that is not all the time. I am thank full for this job though.
Pros and Cons
Get more experience
Not use to it yet
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October 22, 2023
Because the cost of living so expensive would be different to balance it out $15.00 from 12.50 options All bills paid apartments $1100 a month month $875 2023 in Fort Worth Texas different from New York
Pros and Cons
Manager work with your time two employment support
No free meals for breaks and sometimes that's considered taking from the company
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Cashier Crew Member
Boston, MA - October 2, 2023
I use to work for McDonald’s long time ago I really like it a lot I like what I do as an employee I do have 8 children of my own I would like to set good example for them as grown up and getting good jobs so they can support them selfs and there families one day .
Pros and Cons
Free lunch
Good quality of the food and environment
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Cashier
Falls Church, VA - September 18, 2023
It was a great job for me at that Age Learn how to work my first real job. I kno how to work well with people I learned that as a cashier
Pros and Cons
Not to many
Not to many
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Shift Leader
D'Iberville, MS - August 29, 2023
While working at Hard Rock Casino, I took this job as extra income. Doing both. Now I am just working at McDonald's started out morning Prep. Two weeks Manager ask me to join the team. I said yes.
Pros and Cons
Free meal,
Making sure quality food leaves the restaurant.
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General Manager
Benton, AR - August 28, 2023
I personally left the company due to personal reasons due to work/life balance was not there for me. I lived an hour away and the current restaurant I was working at needed more time and attention I could give. Work/home life was being affected and I chose to look for something closer to home. Mr. Palacios is a very good boss to work for and my heart was torn to leave because you don’t always find bosses with the same core values as your self in this world today. If someone is looking for a job in the fast food industry and you are in the area of Cantrell, 12th St, Mid-Town, Otter Creek, Alcoa, Bryant, Benton or Haskell, AR I would definitely recommend applying to work at any 8 of these restaurants that Mr. Palacios is the owner operator of!!!
Pros and Cons
Discount manager meals
Being a General manager the schedule could be unpredictable if a manger didn’t show.
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Delivery Agent
Jeddo, MI - August 19, 2023
Very nice place to work with Best crew members and also closest to Holy Mecca as I am a Muslim. Company was very good but Salary was Quite low
Pros and Cons
Duty meal with Free Accommodation and Transport
Low Salary
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June 26, 2023
It's a great place to work if your just starting a new job. It's a great part-time job if you're looking for more income
Pros and Cons
Nothing to report
Nothing to report
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