Terrible schedules and lack of organisation skills at a specific Mcdonald's location - Kitchen Staff McDonald's Employee Review

2.0
10 Feb 2022
Recommend
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Pros

The colleagues were very helpful and kind when they had time they helped with teaching you new skills. The absolute argument in favor is that the job required me no previous German knowledge, as most of the colleagues spoke English as well and the German knowledge used for work here can be learned within 2 weeks. Also, you get the 13th and 14th months' salary if you work here just like most workplaces in Austria.

Cons

No general teaching tools or learning curve, e.g. I was thrown into deep water on my first day without any instruction which is extremely dangerous considering the fact that I have never worked with similar types of machinery (with extreme heat and frying oil in deep-fry machines) before. Scheduling is the worst, for most of my time here I did only know my schedule for the next 1-2 days. This could be solvable by hiring more staff as we were very much understaffed all of the time, which was also reflected in the speed of order fulfillment. I have heard that this is a special case for this one Mcdonald's restaurant I worked in and most of the others have a healthy amount of staff.

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5.0
24 June 2026
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Pros

Good pay for easy work

Cons

Not enough time to eat

2.0
18 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Experience varies heavily depending on the owner/operator you work for. Free and discounted food. 2 weeks PTO. Vision, Dental and Health insurance. Offers rapid development opportunities.

Cons

Work-life balance is nonexistent. In fact, the director of operations has stated numerous times, “Work life balance is a myth”. The company states you are required to work 45 hrs/week minimum; Realistically, GM’s can expect to work 55-60 hours in store with constant calls and messages when home. The company does not count any work done outside of the restaurant toward your 45hr requirement. There is no training for this position as you are expected to figure it out on the job. They offer $2000 per month performance bonus but are always finding new ways to disqualify you and move the goalposts when you actually earn it.

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