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Haha asked in Dining OutFast Food · 1 decade ago

Is Mcdonalds trying to play me?

Ok so I started my first day at McDonalds yesterday. I am 17 and have NO job experience at all. The manager hardly talked to me or explained anything and she was hispanic with thick accent so I was really lost. She just gave me a headset and threw into work. Then she put me at the drive-thru with the only other black person who was a regular crew member. I was basically taking orders while he took money. I kept messing up and going really slow until another manager came in and just took over. I don't know if it was just me but they kept looking at me and giving each other these weird *** looks(WTF..its my first day I just learned where the buttons are). So then she took me to the front and told me to watch the cashier. She came back like 20 mins later, gave me little "quiz" on how to take orders and just told me I could go. Then she said she didn't have my schedule and I have to talk to the other manager about it.(this threw me off because i thought there be some kind of schedule board or something).She gave me the other manager's number off the receipt and told me to leave again. I called this morning for the other manager who supposed to make up my schedule but she was off today. Now I'm really lost and I think I'm going to get fired because I don't know when or if i work and nobody will give me any answers. It kinda pissed me off because I didn't even clock in or out and I don't know if maybe if the lady did it for me. So I might not even get paid. Oh and I only worked two hours from 4-6. I know I screwed up some of the orders but still its my first day and everyone did eventually get their food. The manager was nice but she didn't really tell me anything like how I was getting paid, how much,how I clock in/out(I know his sounds dumb but I'm new and I really don't know). I feel like I just gave Mickey D's two free hours of work. I even told one of my other friends last night and she works at McDonalds. She was shocked they even started me on the drive-thru at one of the busiest times of the day. Why would the manager not try to explain ANYTHING to me knowing I'm new? Is this a normal McDonalds routine??

P.S: Sorry this is so long but I needed to know wtf is going on.

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    I worked at McDonalds but only for 4 months because personally, it drove me nuts. But kudos to you, and congrats to your new job.

    IDK where you work at, or what state. But here in Maryland, they train you and explain what you'll be doing and I was training probably at least a week before I did things myself (well more like a week at the most maybe? Idk it was like 4 years ago, lol)

    but in all seriousness, I agree with one of the other answers. contact your district manager if no one is giving you answers. if they hired you and you're working the hours, they HAVE to pay you.

    FIGHT FOR IT!! :) even if it's not much, that's still 2 hours you coulda been doin somethin else better than McDonalds :P

    and if you can last longer than 4 months, you get brownie points. :]

    I hope I helped, lol.

    Source(s): experience. 4 months of working at mcdonalds.
  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Having worked at a McDonald's as a manager I can tell you that schedules are often made up at the last minute. McDonald's has a considerable turn over rate and lots of call ins by workers at the last second. This causes the person who makes the schedule to start pulling their hair out. That's how I went bald.

    McDonald's will often only work a person for 2 to 4 hours the first day. This little break in period is to keep from overwhelming them all at once.

    Some people take to the register very quickly. Some never do. It really sounds like they were expecting more out of you than you could give them. It's nice to be able to give a new employee plenty of time to figure things out but at McDonald's this often isn't even possible. The managers have to do what the owner wants and what the owner wants is as few people on the payroll as possible. I often worked 60 to 80 hours a week because we were always short of people who quit or called in sick.

    If you want this job then stick it out. Jobs are few and far between these days.

  • 1 decade ago

    I use to work at McDonald's they do have a high turnover rate because they higher teenagers that only want to work when it is convenient for them and not when they are needed. The teenagers are always calling in either last minute or after their shift starts are not calling in at all. I was thrown into the drive thru without really knowing what to do. I had worked other drive thru's before McDonald's drive thru are different. If you really want this job be be persistent. Ask questions. Make sure that you know what to do and that you know how to clock in and out. Make a list of things to keep track of and things to ask. If you don't like the job hold on to it till you can find a better one good luck!

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Oh, get over yourself. When I was a kid, most of the time my grandmother would cook me breakfast, lunch, and dinner seven days a week. However, maybe once a month she'd take me to McDonalds (this is the late 80's early 90's) so I could play on the playground/she wouldn't have to cook and it was considered a treat. Now, parents who only feed their kids McDonalds and other fast food that's another thing...but the occasional Happy Meal is nothing to call CPS over.

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  • 1 decade ago

    My son just got hired at McD and he is going through the exact same thing you are (in fact, I had to ask him if the above letter was his, because it is very similar to what he told me happened to him).

    The person he was supposed to be working with is called a "buddy", but his buddy went home early or left, and then they had him working with two hispanic girls who barely spoke any English, and they were explaining things in Spanish (of course, he didn't understand a word they said). The other guy who did speak English didn't explain anything either, and he broke a hamburger patty in half, and then still served it. (I told my son that he is going to end up getting fired for something stupid that the other guy did).

    Also, when he went home, the supervisor he was supposed to ask about his hours for the following week, went home or was on break or something, and he had to hang around waiting for her to reappear. When she finally did, she told him that she hadn't finished the schedule for next week yet.

    So in answer to your question, yes, this does seem like a normal routine for McDonald's.

    I think they hired so many people, that it has caused them to be unorganized; either that, or they are still using their old, sloppy skills even though they have hired a lot of new employees.

  • 1 decade ago

    Sounds like very poor management.

    My brother worked at McD's and wasn't even allowed near the cashier. He had to be trained, starting at the frying station.

    If there is a regional manager, perhaps you should try calling them.

  • 1 decade ago

    I use to work at McDonald's, and they train you first. They Have to pay you. Talk to the other manager tomorrow. They need to train you first. It is hard to learn when it is the busiest time. They need to give you more time and training.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No, this is NOT typical Mc Donald's routine. The manager where you are at is total racist. Contact your DM ( District Manager ) and report this.

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    they did that to me, except I was in the grill on meats. It is not supposed to happen that way, but it depends on the management if thing get done the right way or not.

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