What should I do? I work at McDonalds.?

Question

I'm 20 now, I have bills to pay, rent, car insurance, gas, and college to pay for.. I've devoted one solid year of great work to McDonalds but a few managers dont like me so they always give me bad reviews. (feel free to think what you want, but it's not properly justified to think someone isn't capable of working there, it's incredibly easy and demeaning). Basically I've worked there for a year though, I know how to do everything there literally.. yet i still make 8.00/hr LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, there are NO promotions, there are no RAISES, there are NO benefits. worst of all? you're treated like scum. heres a list.

CONS: -Store Manager talks trash about everyone, its a well known fact, I've seen her do it myself (she's a 40 year old woman)
-the floor manager is a total B****, she swears, calls you effing stupid, retarded and all sorts of things when you dont understand what she said and such.
the assistant manager is gay, therefore he walks around and thinks its okay to tell me i'm cute and -hug me, and talk abotu the guys he met and what he's trying to "do" with them.
HOURS: i work one week for 35 hours (great) and then the next I can work as low as 15 hours.. tell me how do i survive off that? Impossible... yet i see all the other people have pretty consistent hours (not days which would be fine by me).

Today: I've gone for my 2nd day of work at my sandwhich shop (2nd job) and i informed mcds with an assistant manager, and a note in the day off box 5 days ago that I will be late today by 10 mins and tomorrow i need the first 2 hours covered. NO ONE GOT THE MSG so i got blamed, so I appologized but never heard the end of it from the Store manager... at the end she threatens me and says "Why do you even need a job, i dont think its fair we need to work around you now because we are your first job" I told her my 2nd job works mornings upt ill about 2.. i never EVER work at MCDS until like 3 average.. 2pm rare. she then said "the GM wont like this, she's going to tlak to you i hope you dont lose anything" so i told her flat out, are you threatening me because you're coming off a bit hostile. and she backed off and repeated her first question so i said " you want to know why? because I'm 20 and i have bills to pay and you guys dont give me hours, you have to work around me i did the best i can with the hours its not really affecting you. I devoted a year of my life as you guys yanked me around for whtever hours you pleased, I'm in need of consistency or i leave. she then said okay the GM will talk to yuo, but u can have the consistency.

honestly guys i know im ranting but seriously this is BS, there literally is sexual harrassment, the managers put you down and make you feel like terrible like a DI in the marines would! (I've gone through MEPS so i have a generalized idea what DI's actually are). Now they think that I still want MCDS as my primary job, I want to work 2 jobs now for summer, then drop MCDS for my new job (better pay and more hours) I just dont know if i can really take this BS anymore honestly...

what do i do?

Answer 1

Wow! I feel you. I too have just put in a solid great year at McDonald's. I google searched that I just worked 1 year McDonald's and found your Q. Anyways yeah I see what you're talking about. I see some messed up stuff go on in the resturant. No one reports anything though. Except if I slip up though then it's time to talk to me outside. I made a list of the positives and negatives from me working there for 1 year: Positive

Card for 1 year

Sample new product

Gained a lot of weight

Got muscles from doing truck every week

Got stamina from working 9 hour shifts

Hard work

Got to work with different people

I got employee of the month for january



Negative

Disrespected by managers/crew

People look down on me poor title

I think about work too much

I dream about work

I smell bad after work

I risk myself by cleaning two grills

I am held accountable for more than I get paid for. They say since you got that employee of the month award we expect you to act like a crew trainer. I argue I'm just a crew member, basically though I need to act better than my position in order to get a promotion though.

Right now I work 26 hours roughly while I'm full time in school. I go to school Monday-Thursday and I work Friday-Sunday. I work 2 9 hour shifts Fri & Sat (5PM-2AM) which I clean both grills because it'd be horrible if a girl ever cleaned a grill. Also I notice guys and girls get treated differently by some managers. Like guys get forced to do all the freezer stuff and lobby stuff like changing trashes and stuff. Yeah managers swear a lot which I don't like. Also the restuarant I'm in the managers speak Spanish to the crew people so I can't understand what they are talking about. I took Spanish for 11 years in school but I am not fluent in it. I only pick up bits and pieces. This is against policy though. Anyways people always talk a lot of junk about everyone. You can trust no one to not say anything to someone else. The worst is when you have managers asking you why you're talking junk about them. I just deny deny deny. Also I work in the grill almost every shift. It'd be cool to get to work up front for a day but that's for the girls I guess? I don't know. All I know is that I put in a rough tough solid great year at McDonald's like you. Could we get paid the same or more working at a nice AC retail store? We'd probably still have jerk bosses but I won't have to deal with as much I think? My biggest fear is that a new job wouldn't be as flexable. What do you think? I'm thinking I'm going to make a list of some nice stores to apply at. That way I can keep my options open. Until then, or if that doesn't work, know I'll be changing my availability in 1 week because my semester will be over to open to close all 7 days so I can get on that 40 hr weeks. Hey man There are positives and negatives. Part of me is like the economy is bad so I should just stick to this until I get an internship for my real career which I'm going to school for. What are you majoring in? I am trying to be a lawyer. So I was thinking of working there until I get an internship. . . Which could be in another 2 years since I'm only a freshman. McDonald's probably taking both our sanity. I don't know man. It's just life I guess. I mean in life we have to deal with jerks so it's a good experience. Maybe we should just stick to this. I mean we are established which should mean that this job is only getting easier and easier as we both know everything. Yeah we got some history with some managers that crossed us but I just squash that beef that's real G to squash the beef. You work you go home that's it. Note I just got home from closing so I'm really tired. Thanks for your Q though. My final answer is that we should do some thinking.

Answer 2

Only food I like from McDonald's: Happy Meal with Cheeseburguer (just w/ cheese), Chicken Nuggets and Double Cheeseburguer (again just cheese). And of course, the fries.

Answer 3

You could always try to sue them for harassment and such. But if you dont want to do that then find another job somewhere, you can always work as a waiter at some restaurant becUse you have your pay and the tips also. Hope I helped.

Answer 4

I don't know how the company works, but if I were you and this was really bugging me, I would seek out a regional HR rep. to help you. If you can meet with one, spill your guts, name names and see what happens. Really, you have nothing to lose with this job.