McDonalds

People where I live usually get laughed at for applying at McDonalds.. I don't know why, I suppose it would be okay to work there during weekends or whatever. It's ridiculously easy to get a job in McDonalds around here, but a girl that I know got rejected and I had to laugh. :tehe:

During my desperation, i applied at McDonalds and never even got to an interview, was outright rejected long before that.

So embarrassing to be turned down from McDonalds, i mean, anyone s supposed to be able to get a job there! But it is kinda funny

I've been working at McDonald's for two years now. My friends laugh at me about it, but I don't care. It's easy money, and everyone there is really nice.

I work there. Nearly half of my old school does.
It's not too bad. :cute:

I might work there, but I'm just concerned about the stench.
The smell of McDonald's makes me gag/get nauseous, so I don't know if I'd be able to stand it for 5+ hours every day or anything.
Maybe I'd get used to it, though. I don't know. And maybe it doesn't smell so bad as long as it's not a concentrated smell, like if you have it in your car.
Anyone know about the smell aspect? xD

Mine doesn't smell too bad.
Maybe I'm just used to it though. :shifty
I know that when Im really hungry at work the smell of the burgers makes me hungrier.

^ Lol, same here.
I eat twice as much Maccas as I use to, since I started working there.
Discount is a plus, too. =]

I hated working at McDonald's. I'm so glad I'm not anymore.

I work at McDonalds and to be honest, I hate it. I'm on the dining area which I got moved to because none of the other workers EVER talk to me.. so shouting for the grill orders got a bit out of hand.. I'm happier on D.A .. but I'm always looking out for another job.

I'd probably like it if I had people who didn't ignore me, there. Its probably just me cus everybody else there LOVES their job. :/ I don't know...

I worked at McDonald's... With emphasis on the worked.

It started off just fine, but after the initial training period it all went to hell. It's apparently our McDonald's tradition to hire on a bunch of people at once, keep them for their probationary period and then work them till they quit. They honestly stick by that method. You think I'm exaggerating but that's what their goal is. For your first week, you work 4 days for about 3 hours.

Then they put you down for as many hours as humanly possible. They had me working from 3 until 10, which doesn't sound so bad, until they tell you that you're not allowed to leave at 10. I ended up staying every day I work until at least midnight. When the asked my availability I clearly stated that I couldn't work past 10 because my ride wouldn't be up much later than that. They said that wouldn't be a problem.

They have a CLEAR favoritism problem. If you don't personally know the "blue shirts" (the people that took the training course to be trainers) then you're a dog. You don't deserve to be a part of anything. They've had people that have worked with them for 3 or 4 years, that still feel like they don't belong. There was a girl that was wearing a lip ring. She had been wearing it on her shift for as long as anyone can remember, even though it against our dress code. She's the manager type lady's neighbor and the daughter of her close family friend, someone else wore their eyebrow piercing and was instantly written up for it. The girl with the lip ring had worked there for about the same amount of time (maybe a little less somewhere around a year and a half) as the one with the eyebrow piercing. She quit on the spot.

I quit after being told different things by different 'managers' if I listened to one person I would get yelled at by another, and there was an awful problem with one person saying something, I would do it, and after I got yelled at they asked who told me to do it...Go ahead and take a guess at what happens next...
Go ahead... I'll wait...

You probably guessed that the person who told me what to do, would say they never said anything of the sort... You'd be right. I was looking for a new job anyway.

My boyfriend got called in for an interview there and I took him... He got the formal interview. When he mentioned me the manager talked to me as well and I got hired. I wouldn't really call it an interview. I wasn't questioned.
It was very lucky.

But then I ended up not liking the job much.
I worked there for a year though.

My best friend works there, as do a lot of leavers from my school. Nobody really laughs at it because well, it's a job and a lot of people do it. They're getting paid at the end of the day so hey, what's there to really laugh about? The only reason I don't really fancy a job there is because to me it just seems to get too hot and busy and I would hate to be on my feet for that long. But hey, I'm just fussy.

Rango:

They have a CLEAR favoritism problem. If you don't personally know the "blue shirts" (the people that took the training course to be trainers) then you're a dog. You don't deserve to be a part of anything.

This is EXACTLY the problem we have in the restaurant that I work at. As I said: I work on dining area and I get treated like the lowest of the low. Its horrible.
I'm going to quit at first opportunity!

My boyfriend works there and he hates it. He's extremely glad that his last day will be coming up soon on August 1st. I've never really asked him what his interview was like, but I've been thinking of going there and applying for a job, only because it's so easy to get one there and I really need an income to help pay for school right now..

I worked there for like five days. I couldn't stand it. But thats just me.

Perhaps it's just my city or whatever, but people who work at Maccas tend to get looked down upon because it's such an easy job to get and because it's the 'lowest' of jobs - working for fast food, I mean. Actually, working in any fast food place is frowned upon (especially if you study/studied at a private school). Where I live, people tend to associate working at Maccas with kids who have either dropped out of school or go to public/state schools. It doesn't really have the best rep

@ swell

Where I live here in the UK, is exactly the same! I live in what is called the posh state so jobs at places like mcdonalds are looked down upon. I luckily never had to apply there because I was fortunate to get a job somewhere else. But everything you said is exactly what it is like here!!

@ Antidote.
For a good six months I was unemployed and looking for work - and I was desperate to work at any place no matter how far. But the one place I refused to go was at fast food. The thought of telling people I work in Maccas was not something I was keen on doing (plus it wasn't particularly ideal for someone like me who wanted to lose weight and didn't actually eat McDonalds )
If people tell me they work at maccas I'd have no issue with it but I personally could not ever work in a fast food joint.

@ swell

I don't like mcdonalds food so working there wouldn't have been ideal for me, especially since I didn't like the smell of the place either. I'm the same, I don't look down on anyone who works there because a job is a job, but I personally wouldn't work there!

@ brittaney.
Where are you now?