McDonald's -> Management

While this blog has been a dead project for quite some time, and my career with McDonald's is over (for now, who knows about the future)...

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This has become a closed project.  It will reopen if (when?) I return to management with McDonald's.  I'll be in the Chicago suburba...

Today, my whole team worked hard. First of all, I showed up over two hours later. The reason is unimportant, the fact that it occurred suck...

Last Saturday morning we had our first visit from a McDonald's representative (I'm honestly not sure of his title), who gave our sto...

It's been a while since I wrote because I've been incredibly busy, like stupid busy, for about 3 weeks, basically since that post ca...

I've been ridiculously busy with life, work and home. I've got to take a little time off (if you haven't noticed, by the dirth ...

Today was quite the long day (in fact, it was yesterday, because it is well into tomorrow (today) already). It was also incredibly producti...

A 13 hour day mostly spent in Production, followed by a 9 hour day mostly spent in Production, followed by today, a rough morning and a long...

I have taken strong ownership of my store, and all that happens within it, being a professional manager, while learning how to fulfill my co...

There's about 40-50 people who read this blog about once every three or four days, and another set of random visitors totaling about 10 ...

I did nothing special, or extra tonight. I worked 7-close, which is 11 PM for Dining Room, 1 AM Drive-Thru. I came in about 6:15, did my P...

My week has been almost interminable. It's been a great week, to be honest. I did quite a bit of thinking and problem solving this wee...

So, my day was off to an odd start from the beginning. My alarm didn't wake me up this morning, and I woke up at 5:30 AM instead of 4:0...

So in around a week or so I will be the Assistant Manager at my store. I really do feel I've done the job of Assistant Manager for the ...

It's not hamburgers. It's not the commercials. It's not massive corporate contracts with Disney and Coke. It's systems. M...

OMFG. Caramel Iced Coffee. HOLY SHIT is it good.

I was unofficially officially told I would be staying at my current store, instead of moving to the new store my O/O is purchasing. I am a ...

My day today was the perfect example of why McDonald's is so damn great a place to be working. My day was nothing like I expected it to ...

Tomorrow, very early, I am training K., a manager-in-training who happens to be the O/O's relation. He's a hell of an individual, a...

I'm currently being considered for an opportunity with a new store that my O/O is purchasing soon. It changes hands next month, and eit...

Yesterday, all Arizona McDonald's restaurants officially were participating in the Arizona Smart Choices Program. Basically, it's a...

My store manager B. was out of town this week. Scroll down to the posts from when my store manager was out of town the last time. All the ...

My boss invited me to a baseball game today, White Sox vs. Diamondbacks. I've got three tickets for the suite he's got so I'm t...

So, I came to terms with the lack of knowledge I would be gaining from the Basic Shift Management class. I realize it's entirely due to...

What a let down. Aside from interacting with a few people from other franchisees' McDonald's stores, I gained absolutely nothing ou...

In December, in a post entitled "Positivity", I discussed my store manager's actions, and some of his unprofessional behaviors...

Basic Shift Management is the first of a handful or so of accreditations in the McDonald's store management universe. I will be attendi...

A couple months ago, I posted about the week my store manager, B., was out of town, and how the shifts went. That was a great learning expe...

I'm a high power kind of guy. I move alot, I do alot, I identify many tasks and delegate my ass off. That leads to me having to follow...

So I woke up and was very, very tired. I've got this horrible pain in my sinuses and upper lungs. So do something like 1 in 1,000 Tucs...

My best friend is coming to visit me this weekend (and visit the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show). I'm off from Friday to Monday. I'm ...

I've decided I'm not a blogger, and I'm taking a hiatus from blogging. Although I enjoy it, it consumes way too much time - eno...

For the past 10 days I've been without access to the Internet, but life has been busy, as well as life in McDonald's. Our Full Oper...

I am on a huge New Year's Eve positivity and proactivity rush and I'm trying to build momentum so that it will continue throughout ...

Happy New Year! I hope it is prosperous first and foremost for myself and my family, my friends and colleagues, and for you, dear reader. Wo...

One of the crew members in my store, M., who I have mentioned once or twice earlier, as someone who offered me feedback on my own growth, is...

Often times in my life, I have been called arrogant. Many times by myself. Some could say that I am just over-confident in myself, and a va...

Hi - I don't have the time or energy right now to post something new - see the comment thread under "Challenge" to see where t...

I enjoy challenges. Personal, professional, social, mental. Most types of challenges intrigue me. I find working with people, and learning...

This is the busiest week of the year for me. I work a full string of 11-7 shifts, which means I get to work at 10:30, and leave about 8. Al...

I firmly believe that everyone (basically) is equally capable of being exceptional at what they do. Life takes hard work, commitment, passi...

I work hard to remain positive at all times while working, no matter where I am. I don't say "I try", because I believe that ...

Happy birthday to me! I'm 27 years old today. My amazing wife helped to make it phenomenal. The kids and Nicole woke me at something li...

No post today! Close today, early morning tomorrow for manager's meeting, which is going to be two hours before a ten hour shift that e...

The last few hours of closing are usually pretty slow at my store, but this is especially true of a Saturday evening. Although there are ma...

It's very difficult to balance the Labor percentage of a McDonald's store. This is true of every business - the goal is to maximize...