McDonald's Reviews in Chicago, IL Area

I worked at McDonald's full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – LOVED working for this company, excellent benefits, majority of the time worked with great people.

Cons – You can get burned out fast if you are in a badly managed department, but that would be the same anywhere. They don't have a healthy mentality at the Home Office, there was a VERY high rate of obesity there (I gained 70 lbs while working there).

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at McDonald's part-time for more than a year

Pros – Fun working atmosphere with plenty of opportunities for growth and raises. You also get a lot of benefits and perks while working with them

Cons – Customers can be hard to deal with at times. Other employees aren't always motivated and can hamper the overall experience at times.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at McDonald's part-time for less than a year

Pros – Discount on food.
Easy work clean working area

Cons – Low-pay
poor Management
cut hours

Advice to Senior Management – hire better managers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at McDonald's part-time for less than a year

Pros – Fast food is not going away and hard to find a company willing to develop you talent outside of school

Cons – high turnover can be diffucilt

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at McDonald's full-time for more than a year

Pros – good pay good hours good people

Cons – not so good pay long hours

Advice to Senior Management – pay me more

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at McDonald's full-time for more than a year

Pros – Learning how to work with the public, sometimes unhappy customers, and there are opportunities to become manager, etc. You learn to work with many different people. You also learn communication and cashier skills.

Cons – Things can become very unorganized and hectic depending on management. Customers become frustrated and unhappy.

Advice to Senior Management – Be more open minded and willing to listen to employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at McDonald's full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – They promote within their own crew, flexible schedules.

Cons – Too much stress, not enough pay, no motivation.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't let yourself be fooled with a nice speech from your supervisor, its not how they say it would be.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at McDonald's part-time for less than a year

Pros – Technologically advanced, organized, top of the line company

Cons – Work expectations not clearly laid out

Advice to Senior Management – Make sure everyone is properly trained

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at McDonald's part-time for less than a year

Pros – Flexible Schedule for college students

Cons – Rude customers
Management is the worst

Advice to Senior Management – Train your managers properly.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at McDonald's part-time for less than a year

Pros – I liked the food they sometimes gave me free like left over fries and they taught me about buisiness and just an overall good atmosphere

Cons – Not very good pay its minimum wage but really otherwise I enjoyed it there and I just have so little to to actually commit to being there

Advice to Senior Management – Be a good leader and don't put down other employees it will only make them not wanna listen to you and if you encourage and give them positive feed back when due they will respect and listen to you and they will enjoy working there

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company