McDonald's reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(145,220 total reviews)
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Chris Kempczinski

71% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

McDonald's has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 145,220 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 Ristoranti e servizi alimentari industry (3.4 stars).

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145K reviews
3.0
Aug 10, 2010

Not that bad

Recommend
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Pros

Depending on what store you choose, you'll be around fun people. Free food to an extent (some limitations). Incredibly flexible. Never thought I'd be able to get weekends off, especially in the summer. Definitely an awesome first job. You'll get experience with cash handling, dealing with customer complaints (a lot of experience), problem solving, food prep, multitasking, etc. It really isn't the terrible "McJob" everyone thinks it is. If you're in a good store, you can make it fun, take some of the stress out of it. It all depends on attitude.

Cons

Of course you'll deal with rude customers. Inevitable, really, given that you're really seen as the lowest of the low as far as entry level jobs are concerned. Management is always reluctant to take responsibility for anything. It's always someone else's fault. Sometimes you'll get the managers that hide in the office and text all day. Some employees in my store, at least, speak little or no english, which makes it difficult to communicate quickly.

2.0
Aug 10, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

My fellow employee's are very helpful and are very easy to get along with. The customers that show appreciation make my job easier and worth doing.

Cons

Some customer's have no appreciation for what we do. I understand if they have an important phone call but it can wait for ten minutes and if it's so important that it can't then what are you doing in the drive through. Also no matter hard your working or trying to do the best you can there is always those managers that screem and yell at you to do better. You know their managers and we are crew for a reason, and just because we cant do something as well or as fast as they can doesn't mean we shouldn't be treated with respect. Yes, their managers and we are crew but we're both still human.

5.0
Aug 10, 2010

I like to Cook

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I like the career path that the company gives you, I think I can make it to the top of this organization.

Cons

I dont think they pay me enought money. I wish that I had enough money to buy a Mcdonalds. Some day I will.

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