Working for McDonald’s is more than just a job. We’re a business that aims to have a positive impact in everything we do. We offer good value, quality food and a fantastic experience for our customers. But it’s not just about the millions of meals we serve each year. It’s also about the hundreds of communities across the UK where you’ll find our restaurants, and the thousands of people who work in those. It’s about you. Whatever you want to get out of your career – with McDonald’s, you can.
Our culture
Things move fast at McDonald’s, whether we’re serving our customers or helping our people build their futures. In our workplace, we promote flexibility, opportunity, equality and development. McDonald’s employees come from all walks of life, but share a common approach: positivity. We know that happy employees help to make happy customers, so we want you to enjoy your work.
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Over 85% of McDonald’s employees told us that they love the flexibility their job offers them
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9 in 10 of our Business Managers started with us as Crew members
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1/3 of our executive team started their career in one of our restaurants
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Each year we invest £43 million in training to develop our people
Training and development
Great opportunities at McDonald’s come with training to match. Every year, we invest over £43 million in developing our people. Every one of the 110,000 employees working for McDonald’s has the opportunity to take part in structured training, whether it’s in customer service, team work or financial management. Plus, you can achieve an array of qualifications with us, many of them nationally recognised.
Benefits
Benefits can vary depending on the restaurant you work in and whether or not it is franchised.
A great place to work
It’s official, McDonald’s is a 'Great Place to Work'. For the tenth consecutive year, we appeared in the ‘25 Best Workplaces’ list (for Large Organisations) from the Great Place to Work® Institute.
We've also been ranked in the top 10 of The Sunday Times ’25 Best Big Companies to Work For’ list since 2012 thanks to our highly engaged workforce.