What was the WORST place you've worked at?
What's the worst place you've ever worked? Share the details of the management, and how it was like working there with the crew, the cleanliness.... etc.
I landed my first job at McDonalds Liverpool F/C. It was the WORST place I've ever worked at. The management was a joke, the crew were unfriendly and unclean, the pay was utter crap compared to other Maccas restaurants who pay you the normal, grade 2 rate when you first start out.
There were always too many crew members working at one time, which led to confusion. The crew trainers do a really crap job of training new crew. They often gave me different methods of doing the work, so time after time I was yelled at by another crew-trainer or manager for 'doing things the wrong way'.
The management was shit. When I went to Orientation, they didn't warn you about all the hazards in the store when working, no emphasis on safety. On my first shift I wasn't even provided with my uniform yet - I was never given pants, and they gave me an old, worn out shirt which hardly fit.
The hours were terrible and after they're done abusing their new trainees by giving us shit 'training wage' they cut down our shifts till we have just 1 a week so that they can fill up their shifts with MORE TRAINEES.
It just shows you how little respect this store had for it's crew. Becoming a crew-trainer wasn't a difficult task, and even the most irresponsible people I've worked with at the store were crew trainers. It's shocking but when you have such an unorganized, dysfunctional workplace with a cheap, stingy store manager, poor management, and unfriendly crew members who were unclean and served you old nuggets that were past the 2 hour stage... well, you get the idea.
The store manager is a bum. He didn't pay me the correct wage (1.8x your rate) on public holidays like Australia Day, New Years Day, and if you were ever clocked on for more than 5 hours, they alter your payslip so it looks like you've had a break, when you never did on that shift. That's half an hour off your payslip.
I would strongly discourage anyone to choose McDonalds Liverpool F/C as their store. If you're someone who's not serious about teamwork, and don't mind bad work hours or having to deal with poor management, apply for this store.
When I quit, I sent them an email because I ddin't want to see them; bad decision. It didn't work and I had to personally come into the store to give them a resignation letter when, conveniently the store manager was absent from work that day and I was met with an angry faced assistant manager who gave me no notification that I had a shift that day (nothing on metime rosters at all) and then yelled at me for doing a 'No show'. It's really pathetic, but then even worse, I had applied at a different store and I couldn't get my hiring email from them because my details were still on the Metime tracking system so I had to call 2 days in a row constantly to get them to remove my details. Good riddance I was finally able to get away from the dumpster that is McDonalds Liverpool F/C @ Westfields.
I'm now working at another McDonalds restaurant - MUCH better. The crew are a lot friendlier and the management is very professional and they actually pay you for a PUBLIC HOLIDAY. Now, I realize how lucky I am to be working at this store when I look back my old restaurant.
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