[kellymichelle]

it was my last shift last night.
was a bit sad.. gonna miss the people there alot.
but the job...
i couldnt be happier its over

[Ronda]

(Original post by thisthreadisalevel)
How long have you been working there?

My store doesn't give out stars/scout badges/50m certificates. I'd have to say that I hate McDonalds with a burning passion, the store I work at is ridiculously busy and understaffed. You work flat out for hours on end often doing mind numbingly repetitive tasks (drinks, ugh). All this for the absolute minimum they can legally pay you.

Still, I'll continue working there throughout university (I plan on transferring and getting another job whenever I can) if I can get a pay rise or promotion in 6 months. If it takes a year or more, it simply isn't worth it at such terrible pay.

But there's a recession so I won't get my hopes up .

I've been working there part time for nearly two years now. Our store didn't really bother about stars or anything, only did them when people needed them for promotions, but the manager got moaned at by someone further up so they're doing them all more now.

There is someone at my store who's been working there 6 months and is going for Training squad, he's been working full time though and I've been part time other than school holidays and stuff.

[pwdrin]

We had one been working 8 months and is now a trainy manager at the age of 20...

And pay is every other thursday so next one will be the 16th, Lloyds (I believe) get it at 00:00 and others get it by 12:00.

[Ronda]

I got my Crew Trainer Booklet yesterday along with my PR. My boss said that if I can pass the test and stuff before the end of the month my pay rise will get added on to whatever the Crew Trainer pay is which is good so I'm gonna try and get through it quickly. I'm off for 2 weeks now so it gives me plenty time to fill out the booklet and learn stuff

[emilyystar]

Ive been wrking at mine for a week now, 3rd time being employed at maccyds.

im leaving in a few weeks to go uni. but tbh the managers have been abusive, rude, and just down right ridiculous so im gonna put down examples of this in my notice and leave.

[Wooah]

Im still a trainee but how do you get stars? I've never been told anything about this / the learning proccess sp?

[adam_1234]

(Original post by africankween)
Woohoooooo!!

My store is horrible. We have one particular manager who makes life a living hell for every crew member and sometimes even some managers too. It's to the point where yesterday a new girl was saying how she was hating working with her, keep in mind this girl had just started 3 hours earlier. I mean, seriously. And the thing is parents and crew constantly complain about her behaviour and nothing gets done about it. I'm sick of all that crap. I'm sick of working at 6am and having the same stupid pay. And 50p an hour extra when you work between 12am and 5am? Wtf is that? You have to work Christmas and New Years at my one... words can not express how much I hate it.

Ugh! Window 1 and doing dive at the same time... FFS! There are no words...

At least you get 50p extra an hour over night, at ours we get paid exactly the same.

[pwdrin]

(Original post by Wooah)
Im still a trainee but how do you get stars? I've never been told anything about this / the learning proccess sp?

Do all the SOCs in that area. Like buns and dressing etc for quality. Then you have a unit workbook you need to fill in. Then you get a unit test if you pass the workbook then you get a star if you pass that. Tbh you don't need to know anything to pass the test, I has my quality before I knew much chicken and I knew nothing on breakie.

[Ronda]

(Original post by pwdrin)
Do all the SOCs in that area. Like buns and dressing etc for quality. Then you have a unit workbook you need to fill in. Then you get a unit test if you pass the workbook then you get a star if you pass that. Tbh you don't need to know anything to pass the test, I has my quality before I knew much chicken and I knew nothing on breakie.

Yeah, they're not difficult, plenty of people in my store have the service one without even being on front counter before.

[daniel....b]

i have my mcdonalds welcome meeting tomorrow and i would like to ask some thingsss
.. is it just you in the meeting or is there a group ?
what do i take ?
how long will it last ?
what do you do ?

[Scarletwings92]

do you have to turn in your uniform after you leave? noones said anything at my work but I've heard some people say that you have to?

[moregano]

(Original post by Scarletwings92)
do you have to turn in your uniform after you leave? noones said anything at my work but I've heard some people say that you have to?

The crew handbook says so, but I don't know if it actually happens. I've got through several uniforms, some of which I had to throw out after getting ripped or covered in ajax or stained with ketchup, so they'd better not demand that I give them all back when I leave.

[moregano]

(Original post by daniel....b)
i have my mcdonalds welcome meeting tomorrow and i would like to ask some thingsss
.. is it just you in the meeting or is there a group ?
what do i take ?
how long will it last ?
what do you do ?

You'll be with a group of other new starters. Take two forms of ID (passport/driving license/birth certificate), a pen to fill in forms, your national insurance number and your bank details. It's meant to last an hour and a half but they usually don't last that long. You'll watch a few short videos about the company and the job etc, fill in some forms, get your uniform and possibly your first shift.

[ohmyholyshirt]

I just had my welcome meeting today but I didn't watch a video about McDonalds...

I've been reading this thread a lot so at least I can be involved now

[dbt110]

Hi I applied online for a position of crew member on the 25th Aug - it stills says 'considering' is this normal? i have applied for others since and been rejected after a week or so - just wondering why i havent heard form the first one, do you think they have forgetten about me!!!

[fishkeeper]

Hi all

I had an interview on friday for a job in McDonalds.

It was quite surreal, I asked about it and got told to sit on a chair in the restaurant, all on my own with people staring at me lol. Then a youngish man came along with my application printed out and questioned me for about 15 minutes. He then offered me a job saying that he thought I was a suitable person. I thought this was weird because I've recently had 9 job rejections (all group interviews) and the first solo interview I am accepted?

Im going to be rung tomorrow about an orientation, and he said my hours would be 9 hours a weekend. Would I have to do anything on this Orientation except fill in forms and I assume watch Health and Safety presentations? I've been told to bring in a bank statement, NI number and Passport.

Im currently 17, any idea how much I will be paid? The store is on its own within a retail park so I'm assuming its owned by the McDonalds restaurant chain, and not by a franchise? I thought it would be rude to ask at the interview so chickened out. From what I've seen its from £4.20-£5.25 an hour. I think I'll be the lowest?

Also, I heard that you could get a free meal at lunchtime on your break. Is this true, or is it ok to bring your own food to eat? If the free meal was true, I can't imagine eating McDonalds every week is healthy?

Finally, I took this job as it was the first I was offered. Do people really get that much stick for working in McDonalds or is it not a bad place to work at all? I thought it would be quite good on a CV as a large company who has (high?) standards has accepted to employ you?

Thanks everyone

[coffee&cigarettes]

(Original post by fishkeeper)
Hi all

I had an interview on friday for a job in McDonalds.

It was quite surreal, I asked about it and got told to sit on a chair in the restaurant, all on my own with people staring at me lol. Then a youngish man came along with my application printed out and questioned me for about 15 minutes. He then offered me a job saying that he thought I was a suitable person. I thought this was weird because I've recently had 9 job rejections (all group interviews) and the first solo interview I am accepted?

Im going to be rung tomorrow about an orientation, and he said my hours would be 9 hours a weekend. Would I have to do anything on this Orientation except fill in forms and I assume watch Health and Safety presentations? I've been told to bring in a bank statement, NI number and Passport.

Im currently 17, any idea how much I will be paid? The store is on its own within a retail park so I'm assuming its owned by the McDonalds restaurant chain, and not by a franchise? I thought it would be rude to ask at the interview so chickened out. From what I've seen its from £4.20-£5.25 an hour. I think I'll be the lowest?

Also, I heard that you could get a free meal at lunchtime on your break. Is this true, or is it ok to bring your own food to eat? If the free meal was true, I can't imagine eating McDonalds every week is healthy?

Finally, I took this job as it was the first I was offered. Do people really get that much stick for working in McDonalds or is it not a bad place to work at all? I thought it would be quite good on a CV as a large company who has (high?) standards has accepted to employ you?

Thanks everyone

mine wasn't even an interview...she looked at my application, said "wow, you could work wherever you want with those grades" - obviously not. the orientation is pretty much just filling in forms. yeah you get a free meal every shift, but i never do. i'm pretty much known as "the girl that doesn't eat anything".

[TheLastSunrise.]

Just a quick question, I need to make sure that I'm not working on a saturday in a few weeks time as i've got plans but I need to do that through mctime anyone know how I would do that? :P

[pwdrin]

Just for one saturday? My McTime is down so can't be 100%. So you might have to guess.
Open McTime > then requests > Apply for time off (its above) > Select the date (just the date you want off too and from)
You will get an email in a few days.

[TheLastSunrise.]

(Original post by pwdrin)
Just for one saturday? My McTime is down so can't be 100%. So you might have to guess.
Open McTime > then requests > Apply for time off (its above) > Select the date (just the date you want off too and from)
You will get an email in a few days.

Yeah just one Saturday but then a few after that, Okay thanks i'll give it a go