r/McLounge

I have signed a contract that states I’m being hired as a Mcbarista but just received my roster and I have one shift as a barista and 3 in service but I never agreed to that? Is this okay or should I be bringing it up?

I have done my welcome meeting online and have picked up my uniform and have been doing the tasks theyve been sending me on my welcome. when will they let me know when my first shift is and how are shifts scheduled? its been nearly 3 weeks

Hi, I just hired at McDonald and attended the orientation. They never told me where to check your schedule or ask for req data off. When I asked they said ask you manager. I asked my manager but no response. When I went online my credentials are not working. Can you help me how to access that?

So I started about 4 weeks ago. Just got my uniform today, I’m pretty big 20/22 so I thought the bigger sizes would be fine went to a 26 only for them to be too small. It is super depressing and I was constantly pulling my shirt down and readjusting the pants. I’m embarrassed and not sure what to do, what if they don’t have a bigger size? Like normal clothing I fit 20/22 why are these ones different? Obliviously loosing weight would be a solution and I am trying to. But fuck it just has messed me up. The pants and shirt just don’t fit right at all. Does anyone else have issue with the uniform fit??

I did my interview they said they would let me know in a week and after 6 days I get an on boarding link with message saying they’re offering me the position. I did the on-boarding, filled the documents with my info, and it’s been 3 days now and they haven’t replied.

hi all!

i worked at a store from 2023-2025 and that was perfectly fine i did find another job and gave my two weeks, after a few months of that new job it ended up falling through, and during that time a new store opened to i applied and got the job at that store, two months later, my mental health declined a bit due to home issues and workplace issues at that store, so i just left and which i know i should’ve given my notice but i didn’t.

i want to apply back at the first store bc finding a job lately is hard and i need money to live, but im guessing im on the “do not hire list” due to me leaving with just texting the restaurant manager im just wondering if i were to speak to the restaurant manager at the first store if i could explain my situation and maybe have a chance at an interview since i haven’t even gotten the chance for one.

all stores in my area are owned by the same franchise so it is hard to just go to another mcdonald’s since the nearest one is a two hour drive, just wondering if any of you had any advise thank you in advance!

hi guys this is just a little rant but i’m so sick of it. i work overnights and here in our store, for overnights we have one kitchen crew, one front counter/drive thru and a manger which helps mainly w front counter. im front counter and tasks for front counter is so much including going all the way to the other side of the store for drive thrus, packing front orders, handing all food, doing all cafe, fries, drinks etc, as well as the shit tom of cleaning. cleaning all machines, cleaning all floors, restocking the whole floors, cleaning the entire cafe and drive thru, it’s a shit ton that barely gets done w a manager helping at front counter, but ever since i’ve been here a lot of times the kitchen guy just never comes and there is no one else that covers for them so the manager does kitchen while i’m stuck doing EVERY THING ELSE. it’s so hard running around doing cafes, doing food, running back and forth doing drive thru, while all my cleaning is barely done too. i wish it was just front counter cleaning, but i have to drive thru and cafe which just adds to everything. i’m so so so sick of it. the morning crew are also entitled like sometimes they’re lenient but they act all pissy when one thing isn’t in stock while i’m frantically running around trying to get shit done. we just got a new restaurant manager as well which maybe things might get done, but i doubt it man. i’m just so sick of it. yesterday i was running around doing everything and i was on the verge of tears cause im already so tired and frustrated.

hey so , can someone tell me if im wrong ? it’s Thursday right ? And it’s 7am. That was my scheduled shift 7am-2pm. I was late , but i took accountability and told my manager exactly at 7am that I overslept. My other manager warned me about being late . But i mean hey ? It’s bound to happen. My mental health isn’t really good. But it’s not to the point where like I can’t work. Anyways , We have like this group thing , were we communicating with the managers. It’s on this app. I missed my alarm i woke up at 7am on the dot. So I get there as fast as I could , and ok boom. From the time I got there til about 8:40-9am , the young boy manager already seemed to be in a bad mood. Like he can’t handle stress in a fast paced restaurant. So the receipt machine was not printing receipts, I politely asked him may he fix it . Because customers were asking for their receipts. And they looking at me crazy because they don’t know what they just paid for. And his demeanor

was just so bad , it threw my whole entire mood off. But I still STAYED positive! Because I understand everyone go through things , but why are we reflecting what we are going through onto other people ; especially in the work place ? As bad as the economy is right now , everybody is just trying to survive. Anyways , he has like this attitude and with his hands did like a “ oh im annoyed “ brush down with his hands on his face. And honestly I forgot what he said. I just remember his reaction, cause im so upset . Upset with the fact that I let my emotions get to me. But it’s only so much I can take. Ok boom. I get my break and come back. The whole vibe just feel off. It’s three people in front counter. One of the front counter menu tablets don’t work. So it’s only one cash register and one tablet to take the front counter orders. It’s like 7 of us in this tight little McDonalds , 2 managers packing , one crew boy at the window, one girl taking orders & making drinks. And dude 😂 three people in front while one of us run the parked car orders out. But including me and the other two that was in front counter , one boy was helping with the fries and making front counter drinks. The girl that was taking front counter orders , she was kind of running the orders out. So I started to clean the lobby for the next rush hour. And it wasn’t really all that busy , we barely had front counter customers, there was barely any drive thru customers. But they still had like one parked car , because it was one bag. And after I took that bag , he handed me like 2 or 3 more. But back to me cleaning the lobby from the rush we just had , the dude who was on front counter with me wasn’t really doing nothing . Like nobody wasn’t really doing nothing because it wasn’t busy. and I guess there was a bag sitting waiting to be taken out , the boy from front counter he grabbed the bag about to take it out & the boy manager told him to put it back , because after he yelled at me from the back to take the orders out. I had told him from the spot I was at cleaning , did they want the lobby clean or not? I didn’t see the boy from fc walk pass with the bag to take out . and , he came to me where I was sweeping at and was like , “you need to listen “ “ I told you to take the bags out “ “ did I telll you to clean the lobby ?“ “don’t talk back , cause he’s the manager. “ I could barely get a word out. So I was just like ok , I stopped cleaning the dirty lobby and took the bags out. THENNNN handed me 2 or 3 more. I get back , from doing that and then the towel buckets got like time stickers, so I went to go change the dirty and clean towel buckets. Cause we wasn’t busy. And it wasn’t going to take all day to change the buckets , I carried both of them heavy filled water buckets to the back. I probably weight about 110-115. And he come to the back saying “ did I tell you to change the buckets , you need to listen , I told you to take the bags out.” ( THERE WAS NO MORE BAGS TO TAKE OUT BEFORE I TOOK THE BUCKETS & im SURE THEY ALL WERE JUST STANDING AROUND ) the same way you walked to the back to threat my hours , is the same way you should’ve walked out to take the drive thru customers their food out! But anyways he’s like threatening my hours , and saying that he’s going to cut them , and that I can clock out and go home for not listening . I’m 22 years old . I pay 925 for rent plus utilities . It’s nothing but minors there . Don’t say you’re going to play with my money for doing my job . and he told me to clock out and I didn’t take it well , I threw my vest hat and apron in the office and clocked out. There was another manager there as well and she did nothing at all , because it was his shift. My thing is , ask me to do something , don’t tell me . I have to agree anyway it’s my job. And I wasn’t talking back , I was just explaining what I did / or was doing . You are not my dad & you do not pay me ! You manage the job ! you guys my adrenaline rush me for 1 minute because the McDonald’s is connected to a store , the store employees was like “ what’s wrong “ and I just broke DOWN . I’m already living pay check to pay check trying to survive , and life is already bad with trump in the office . It’s already an minimum wage job $11 an hour . Managers make more . I couldn’t take it , I walked back into the McDonald’s and went slam off explaining that I live alone and have to take care of me and how he’s wrong for sending me home for doing my job. He act as if I was on my phone while CHANGING the towel buckets . We just had an inspection and passed but the whole store is literally filled with roaches . And he checked stickers and we failed that as well. So you’re mad because one employee couldn’t do something for trying to help the store ? If I was just to sit around , well the crew if we were to just sit around they yell at us to do something and get so mad . I’ve had the same headache for weeks now , from working there. The managers , I feel like they face at home or in life situations and bring that anger to work. And take it out on the crew. I get you got to be hard as a manger , but why do they have to be so hard ? We are losing the plot here for that title . management at this McDonalds need new managers. you should have a plan starting your shift. Why are three people on front counter ? everybody is standing around. Only person who don’t move is the window person handing out the food. He told me that I was on front counter anyway. He never told me to run out orders. I was on front counter when I clocked in. So when I get back from break he tells me to be there again. And the other girl who made it 3 people on fc had came in a little before my break started. There was customers present when I crashed out. And I yelled out that the McDonald’s have roaches. I worked for an McDonald’s and other restaurants , never have I ever seen an active roach at those restaurants 😭. I have a1 customer service skills. That role is me , but I told myself I didn’t want to get back into that . Because of this simple fact . So i resorted to working in warehouses , u never have to really worry about managers or supervisors . They just want you to respect the attendance policy and do your JOB! And that’s all I was doing on the day I crashed out. All because I was doing my job. That boy manager was picking at my skin all day. Telling me to shut up while im asking him something , getting annoyed with my voice . Like I don’t get it . But I don’t know chat , the convenience store employees told me to call corporate while they were trying to calm me down. I haven’t yet . lmk what you guys think ?

I turn 18 in a couple months but I don’t want to do night shifts. A few of my friends have turned 18 and the minute they did they were thrown right into night shifts. Even after setting their availability to not do nights, they denied them and still continue to schedule them nights.

I don’t get how they can do this if you didn’t apply for the overnights job? And it’s not as if they even gave you a choice? What do you do in this situation?

Hi! I have an interview tomorrow, and it's my first interview ever. I have a 45 minute slot and, I've heard that it's not going to fill that entire slot, but it's still making me nervous. I've prepared STAR method answers to only 5 questions and I'm wondering if that's even close to enough? How much more should I keep going? Am I possibly even doing too much?? I don't have much experience at all (had one work placement at school, and honestly struggled a lot mentally throughout school so I didn't apply myself so even my experiences there are limited) therefore I'm finding it difficult to not write about the same things over and over again. I'm pretty worried that I'm going to be super repetitive and, while they know I have limited experience, it's going to make them not want to hire me.

Is it really going to be that difficult as I'm making it seem? The 45 minute slot is frightening me a little bit. I've read it's mostly going to be availability checking, which thankfully for me, I'm available literally all the time since the McDonalds is in walking distance and I have no other obligations whatsoever. But, again, the time slot makes me think it must be more than that. Any advice at all? My nerves might need calming more than anything. Is there anything I should be considering that I haven't? Do I need to take my National Insurance Number? Thanks in advance.

i put in my interview a week ago today , i havent received any form of response and the listing i applied for is now gone , am i to contact them or do i just wait or whats happening?

I'm genuinely considering applying to another location that's ran by an old manager of mine. Ever since that manager left who ill call Carl, the work atmosphere is more hostile and nothing ever gets done. The restaurant will be a mess, the garbage overflows in the back, and the sink (ALL THREE SIDES!!) will be filled with dirty dishes. When Carl was with us, working there was somewhat tolerable cause he was friendly with everyone and knew when and how to get shit done.

Plus there's this one kid who I'm constantly cleaning up after who doesn't ever do his job right. He'll leave the place a mess and not do his job while talking and goofing off. I'll come in for overnight and bug me and say "WiLl YoU cOmE cHeCk mY sTuFf?" and dip the fuck out. Carl even said to all of us when he left we were free to come work with him if we wanted. Everyone liked Carl. Some even brought him Thanksgiving plates back in November.

Should I go apply and work with Carl?

I got hired a week ago, sent all my paperwork in and I have no idea when i’m supposed to start. i tried calling the number off the restaurant but it’s not connected. Should i wait till they contact me or go in person and ask? but then i dont want to feel i’m being a nuisance??

I’m getting really annoyed with the managers at my store specifically when it comes to shift leaders.

The other day I was on drinks and I asked for help when I was in 7 pending and the shift leaders just goes “you just need to keep up”. It ain’t my fault when I’ve just cleared the screen and I turn around and 4 more pop up at once. I work in a London franchise so I’m just wondering how easy it would be to transfer outside of any London one to outside the city. As I want to move closer to the country but I don’t know how to bring it up. I’ll probably put up with my store until I’m passed probation (which is another month aka 9/6/26) until I even try think about it.

The only thing I’m bothered about is meeting a whole new work team and bc each store is laid out different I think it would frustrate me so much.

As time goes on I’ll think about it, I just want to know how easy it would be to transfer if I wanted to.

Hey, I finished an interview with McDonald’s, she asked for references of my resume bunch of times, I sent 2; one of my clients and one of my family members. And they still haven’t contacted them, it’s been 6 days and she said she would let me know if I make it to next round within a week?

Preferably with images. I remember who things from them showing me, but not exactly good at it. If I get the answer here then I can always look at it to learn incase I forget since I'm not used to it yet.

I know how to restock many, like ice cream, bulk milk, hot coffee, ice coffee, sweet/unsweet tea, bags, napkins, refresher drink, and more cause I worked for awhile now, but light cream for coffee is something I only done it a few time before so that's one I'm still learning. I made a mess today when trying to restock the light cream actually cause I'm still not used to that yet.

Title says all of it is went to collect my final cheque but it wasn't made. I check online and I got a statement about how much I made this month but nothing sent to my account. I am wondering if there's anything I can do anyway I could get revenge perhaps?