A good friend of mine use to be a shift manager there before he went away to study. He really enjoyed it and took great pride in his work. Well done for not stooping low and showing you're the better man! Click!
(RJWEcology is just sharpening his axe on, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 8:22, 2 replies)

It's not the pay that's the problem.
The pay is largely ok, I prop it up with clinical trials at every opportunity. The problem is the hours. As labour is tightly controlled, hours fluctuate and and can sometimes be short - think 25hrs a week for full time staff. Instead, they seem to favour having lots of staff on fewer hours. I do like it though, the people are great and it's the least prejudiced company to work for - your popularity is directly linked to your work skill and productivity!
(sunray18, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 13:04, closed)

Pfft.
McDonald’s will provide the candidate with a package of
professional rewards that includes a starting salary of up
to £21,500 including London weighting (£3,000 in inner
London and £1,500 in our South East region). Within weeks
of joining, there is the potential of a quarterly bonus. In
under three years, the candidate could be running their own
restaurant and earning a salary and package worth £45,000.
In addition, the successful candidate would expect:
• Five weeks holiday per annum, rising to six weeks (from April ‘09)
• Annual performance related pay review
• Life assurance cover
• Optional contributory pension scheme
• Private healthcare cover available after six months services
(Also extended to the employee’s spouse and any dependent
children up to 21 years of age.)
• Company car or cash alternative after six months as a
Business Manager
• Home telephone bill assistance
• A paid sabbatical leave of eight weeks for every
10 years of service
( Not Pineapple anymore, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 15:16, closed)

Are you saying that is bad?
Because here in the US, a McDonald's worker makes the equivalent of 9,783 pounds a year, gets no paid holiday, no health insurance (unless they want to buy it themselves at full price, probably at $200-$300 a month) and certainly no company car.
(raulduke, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 18:26, closed)

I think it looks
suspicious.

45k probably isn't bad if it was the actual salary, but that's the 'package', and it's the maximum too.

These things get very inflated. I'd be pretty sure the actual salary is less than 40, which for managing a business like a MacDonalds isn't anything to write home about.

The workers salaries are lower than that. Looks like a fully covered employee would get £20k or so, which is pretty piss poor, but for sure much better than the numbers you have for the US.
( Not Pineapple anymore, Wed 16 Feb 2011, 11:32, closed)

The healthcare is the best bit.
I know a few people who do one half shift a week just to qualify. They have "proper jobs" too.
(sunray18, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 19:40, closed)