The McDonalds Thread

Good news - I got an email today offering me an interview! Thanks to those who took the time to answer my questions. No news did turn out to be good news!

I'm going to stalk this thread now and read about the OJE/Interview. It'll be on Thursday, so fingers crossed!

Finished my shift and I really, really want to quit. They seemed to have stuck me in the worst area of the restaurant and given me a task which no one else wants to do. The managers are never satisfied and expect us to move at impossible speeds, caught one of them bitching about me while I was standing about 10 feet away. Witnessed more drama in the kitchen, managers kicking boxes and getting into arguments with other employees. Was told by one of the crew trainers the only way to survive in the restaurant is not to show any weakness and not to take any crap from anybody. The restaurant seems to try and cut as many corners as possible when it comes to money and we're not allowed to take the box the chips come in when having lunch nor do we get any money from completing the apprenticeship.

If I didn't desperately need the money I would have been out of the door last week, looks like I'm going to have to ride it out until I can get the opportunity to get out of there.

Lmao applied for a gap year summer job and they told me I was underqualified

Part time I worked there for 3 months, 18 months in sales whilst doing A levels and just finished a 5 month internship (first non graduate to do it at this place)

It made me lol.

Our store did the whole "no fry boxes" rule but it didn't last long. They also didn't pay us for apprenticeships because we got a qualification out of it (that I was forced to get by the store manager and don't need).

What job have you been given that is so terrible? Lobby is very boring but I wouldn't say you needed to move at impossible speeds, kitchen is quite relaxed generally and tills you are under pressure to move fast but the actual job itself isn't too difficult.

Managers should not be shouting at employees though, talk to your store manager or even phone HR if it continues.

Hey Wondering If I could get some advice, since theres alot of people here who have worked at Mcdonalds for a long time.

Yesterday my til was down at the end of my shift.

Half way through the lunch hour rush I noticed that there were different denominations of coins in some of the moneybags which I had weighed for my float in the morning. Would this have led to an inaccurate float?

Also someone else(shift manager) used my til during the lunch hour rush because I was instructed to clean up a spill of ice cream behind the counter. I had to help on a few orders also.

The manager also did a refund but didn't input it into the til so there was no refund receipt printed off for me to sign.

Obviously I'm not happy about this at all because when it came to cashing up, it was short so I got a retraining slip.

If i'm right, on the cash procedure for dealings with +/-, I shouldn't have got a retraining slip because someone else used my til(going by the flow chart on the cash office wall) and not to mention the refund not being taken into account and the possibility of the inaccurate float count due to mixed coins.

Any advice would be much appreciated. Other people using other peoples tils in rife in our restaurant and a few of the managers are aware(and pissed off about it) but nothing has been done as of yet.

Good luck! On mine they didn't even do the OJE part just a very casual interview and got offered the job on the spot so hopefully yours is just as easy

Thank you!

I'm going to speak to my best friend prior to Thursday and hopefully he'll help me with what to expect, etc.
Also, I forgot to mention yesterday, the email says I should take my birth certificate, but I haven't had one for years as it's been misplaced.

Is this to prove I'm a national? Only my passport says I was born in Liverpool, is that good enough or should I call to enquire?

Cheers for any replies

Yh its to prove you're a citizen and have right to work so a passport will be fine. I don't even have a passport atm and they let me start work as long as i bring it in eventually (don't think they're too strict)

if a manager uses your till or tells someone else to then its thier responsbility. my till was down £40.00 once because a lady ordered a fair few meals and wanted milkshakes with them then the machine went in to pastursie. i was training someone at the time and the area manager gave a refund without doing the correct procedure.

Everything was fine with my til in the end. I talked to my B.M and she had already investigated over the last few days and it turns out the next person on the til was up around the amount that mine was down. She also counted the safe and things were over. She did also say she got rid of the rts.

My shift was great today, with the exception of this really horrible woman. What happened was; the person backing me forgot this womans chicken sandwich. when the woman told me her chicken sandwich wasn't in the bag, I asked my colleague if they had put a chicken sandwich in there or not just to make sure......then this woman shouted at me saying "I'M NOT A LIAR YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SO RUDE"......... I didn't rise to it or say anything, just went in the office to speak to my manager which calmed me down Thank goodness it was the evening though, or I probably wouldn't have had the chance to calm down if it was any other time. I count myself lucky that most of my managers are nice and understand things can get too much sometimes.

Reading some of your posts makes me slightly glad I work on grills :P

I'm doing my first breakfast tomorrow (only for 30 minutes though ) and has anyone got any tips or anything for working in the kitchens during this? As I'm pretty sure I'll be there and ideally I want to do the best I can.

Also I've never have a McDonalds breakfast before, so I have no idea what is what. So any help would be heavily appreciated by anyone

are any of you guys losing weight because you're on your feet the whole time?

No I love a good binge on what's left over at the end of the night.

I have been working at McDonalds for a while (7/8 months? I called in sick yesterday due to a stomach bug from a takeaway from a night before. I went in work today as normal and noticed that my mananger has removed me from all shifts next week and updated schedule yesterday.

Bang out of order, esp after I havent called in sick before.