McDonald's Pay & benefits reviews

allight not too bad hi. you're on your feet a lot but you get free food and you can have the craic . manager could be awkward but generally fair. ***

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Good place to work when young

Crew Member (Former Employee) - Dublin, County Dublin - 14 November 2023

I worked at mcdonalds for a good while, It gets bery stressful very quickly but its not all bad apart from obvious Rush hours its pretty calm and not too hard

Pros

Free lunch

Cons

Work/Life balance

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Crew Trainer (Former Employee) - charlestown - 14 November 2023

constantly micromanage and good luck getting a break at any given time strict with time off requests and you will get constant abuse from customers fine starter job

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Nice place to work

Costumer experience leader (Current Employee) - Cork, County Cork - 4 November 2023

It can be stressful sometimes but it’s really relaxed job. They recognise the efforts of the workers. It’s a great place to start to work. Most of the costumers are really good. And they give the full hours. The breaks are 30 min and 15 min no paid.

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McDonald's what do you expected

Équipier Polyvalent (Former Employee) - Mountpelier, County Dublin - 2 November 2023

It's what you think, minimum wage, lot of work and angry customer but you will have a good time and the higher up are nice. Good first job or temp job.

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Good workplace

Crew Member (Current Employee) - Galway, County Galway - 17 October 2023

Easy going environment. Fair pay. Get days and holidays off that u ask for. Nice managers and colleagues. Would recommend for a first time job as it’s easy to get the hang of.

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Fast-paced environment.

Floor Staff (Former Employee) - Galway, County Galway - 17 October 2023

The workspace was very quick. Shifts could be long but there were opportunities to change stations which helped. Other crew members were always there to help while you were trained in.

Pros

Free Lunches

Cons

Long Hours

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felt like highschool

Crew Member (Former Employee) - Belgard, County Dublin - 12 October 2023

felt like a high school movie with how much gossip and bitchiness there was there. managers are horrible too but you’re given wanted hours and holidays

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Ok job for minimum wage

Shop Floor Assistant (Former Employee) - Dublin, County Dublin - 22 September 2023

It is a Minimum wage job, there is alot of weekends & late night shifts required but you are made aware of this before committing to the job. It is what you would expect

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Toxic environment

Crew Member (Former Employee) - Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin - 20 September 2023

I worked here for an extended period of time. Managers were arrogant , dysfunctional, lazy , rude and apathetic. General management was also unprofessional and unfriendly and issues were never dealt with properly. Scheduling was poor and employees were often asked to do more than they were getting paid for. Free meals was a plus. Not trained properly and tasks are repetitive and not given chances to do other things

Pros

Free meals

Cons

Bad management

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first job

Crew Member (Former Employee) - Dublin, County Dublin - 7 September 2023

just a first job, young age, not great pay, around easter time, cashier work andkitchen work and cleaning work, can apply easy for this job and then interview

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i loved and it was fun

Customer Service (Former Employee) - Maryborough, County Laois - 27 August 2023

my typical day was alwways fun and i made a lot of friends. the work was hard and the food is not great honestly. good management i suppose and ok pay.

Pros

free lunches

Cons

long hrs

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Not the worst place.

Crew Member (Current Employee) - Ballincollig, County Cork - 10 August 2023

It’s minimum wage for a job at McDonald’s. It’s fast paced and detail oriented. During school short staffed 8. Standing jobs 8 hours a day. It’s fine for a first time job or part-time. If you know McDonalds it’s probably what you expect

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Fun workplace

Kitchen Assistant (Former Employee) - Dublin, County Dublin - 7 August 2023

High stress and Pretty demanding but very easy job to get into great for students who are currently in college who need a job with their current degree

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Fun

Team Member (Current Employee) - Douglas, County Cork - 22 July 2023

Good fun amazing atmosphere and work collegue good hours free meal employee discounts great for students or people doing gap year good for first jobs

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Good job

Crew Member (Current Employee) - Dublin City Centre, County Dublin - 15 July 2023

Good pay, flexible hoursStaff are all freindly and hors can be adjusted to suit the employees needs, only downside is managers not posting schedule until later in week

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Chronically understaffed

Crew Trainer (Former Employee) - Dublin ireland - 13 July 2023

Some staff are lovely which makes it bearable, but McDonalds is chronically understaffed, staff are paid the barest legal minimum and expected to work 40-50 hour weeks after signing part time contracts for 20 hours, with zero support from management.

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Very accommodating to a work/life balance

Crew Member (Former Employee) - Cashel, County Tipperary - 8 July 2023

I worked there for a short time. From interview to leaving I found Management and staff very helpful and friendly. I worked in an extremely busy restaurant and felt the breaks could be a little longer. The staff room is very small and if busy there is no where to go to sit and have lunch etc. I feel McDonalds are losing out on nott having more older more mature workers employed.

Pros

Free lunches

Cons

Hourly rate of pay for the type of work

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Job for you young people.

Area Leader (Current Employee) - Dublin, County Dublin - 7 July 2023

It’s job for very you young people without any experience. Most of the time I was stressed. Many times we didn’t have enough staff on shift. There is No benefits. Just free meal.

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was very labour intensive

Crew Member (Former Employee) - Temple Bar, County Dublin - 5 July 2023

alot of work for minimum salary.. reason is of the area it is in.. alot of rush hours. apart from this, the managers and employees were very kind. I'd still recommend.

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Enjoyable place to work

CREW MEMBER (Former Employee) - Swords, County Dublin - 24 June 2023

This McDonald’s had amazing staff and everyone was very kind and welcoming all staff were willing to teach you something new whenever you were in need of help.