Worked at McDonald’s for about 3 months one summer 12years ago. No sexual harassment, just slave labor. Worst job I ever had.

I worked at Mcdonalds for a few years starting at age 14. Easily the worst job I've had since. This is exactly what happens when you put creepers and drug addict 25 year olds in positions of power over 14 to 17 year olds.

I was Mcdonald's employee of the month. They gave me a £10 gift card. I was an employee of the month at a mom-and-pop restaurant and they gave me £100 in cash.

“ oh look you have cats!!” This is my kind of reporter

People don’t understand being stuck in situations like this, especially when you are a young girl. Most girls, boys as well, are taught “Stranger Danger” when they are young. But nothing is taught about how to recognize what is illegal behavior with an employer or coworker.

I worked at McDonald's as a kid during school. Never had a problem with co-workers or managers, but we got everything from abuse to assaulted by customers on a daily basis. It seems even crazier how some of these adult customers acted when you look back on the time as an adult yourself.

Worked at Burger King as a 16 year old. With a creepy manager in his 40s. The managers office was called "the touch space" it was like a closet. Litrally a inbuilt desk with room for a chair plus a stool. You couldn't fit no more than two people at a time. All franchise managers offices are like this.. Why! Such a intimate claustrophobic, windowless space. The manager tried to put his arms around me in there once. I reacted by hitting him in his neck, he quickly opened the door. And hardly ever spoke to me again.

McDonald’s definitely needs a union. When i worked there i almost wanted to stage a walk out with all my colleagues. But most of us were like 16

This is why I treat McDonald's or any other fast food restaurant employees with respect they work hard and don't get paid that well, we just gotta do better as humans

"McDonalds, why does nobody want to work at our minimum wage, catalyst for humiliation, make less than unemployment job?"

My gf works at McDonald’s for the last 7 years and never got promoted above manager making 14$ an hour. Her boss is best friends with the store owner and gets away with whatever he wants. This all sounds familiar. She’s been so manipulated since she was 17

I feel horrible hearing how many victims there are, especially because i currently work at McDonalds. I personally have never been through harassment from the managers or crew members, but I’ve been uncomfortably “complimented” by nasty old men and one had even stalked me. It’s absolutely disgusting how this happens and i’m so glad this is coming to light.

This is a perfect embodiment of the corporate world and how they use their Social Justice campaigns as a shield from an real change an reforms.

McDonald’s was my first job and I distinctly remember seeing the 30+ year old managers and older work staff sexually harass young girls I worked with. I remember a girl telling on one of them and nothing happening. This is a problem with any fast food organization that allows creepy 25+-year-olds work around children that are just trying to get their foot in the Work market. I complained about those creepers and I got fired.

Now it makes me think why my 15 year old niece only worked a week at McDonald’s and quit without telling her parents. We were all disappointed at the time but to my niece’s credit she had another job within a week. She continues to work hard around her schooling. I know her older sister did quit her first job, serving elderly in a retirement setting because of a pervert in the kitchen constantly touching and patting the girls. She was not the only girl to quit. As her aunt I was angry that a young person I care for had already had her first experience of sexual harassment in the workplace and not yet a senior in high school.

Damn, when Daryl began to cry that broke my heart. I feel bad for these men for being treated the way they are being treated. It's despicable what McDonald's is doing.

If any victims of harassment are reading this - we support you and keep up the fight! Corporations should be held as accountable.

I used to work at at Wendy’s and was really close to one of the Managers. We were the same age and she was the only female Manager. She would tell me all the time how Other managers would grab her and one guy tried to actually kiss her.

I worked at a McDonald’s when I was 18-19 & yes there was unwanted flirting & comments but I was never physically touched. Even still it’s definitely an issue to be addressed . I feel terrible for these ladies . Justice for them! The owners should be ashamed 😢

God, Jenna's face looks so defeated. Broke my heart to watch. Every retail or food service job I've had I've been assaulted or at least sexually harassed by a manager or coworker and there has never been anything done about it. Misogyny is ingrained in our culture. It feels so hopeless.

Worked at McDonald's in the late 90's. As a new female worker, the environment was almost like a hazing. Touching, grabbing, etc. If that wasnt enough, the boys (often worked the cooking line) would pee in the soapy buckets used to wipe the tables. Would let you wipe them, as they stood around laughing...only to tell you later you wiped tables with pee. And you better go back and wipe them again. There were so many disgusting things going on there it was unreal. I think I got one paycheck out of that place and quit.

In my early 20's I was a franchise McDonald's manager for years. I'm not exaggerating...I ended up in therapy. I seriously discourage anyone from working in fast food if you can help it. I understand not everyone has a choice but it should be your last choice. I was so fucking stressed out, I couldn't see or think straight. Most management in fast food places hate their lives and have these weird superiority complexes. The entry-level employees were usually good people just trying to earn a living but my fellow managers were just crap humans that took everything out on those below them. The job itself is too damn stressful, especially for the pay. I eventually became a stay-at-home mom for a while but now I'm a part-time bar tender just to get out of the house. You'd think this job would be worse but it's a piece of cake compared to McDonald's, on top of making 3-4 times as much money. Fast food, mainly the management, is just a cesspool of human trash. I'd literally rather be homeless than work there again. These corporations don't give 2 fucks about their employees or the employees of franchise operators. As long as they're getting their slice of the money they're good with whatever is happening. I'm glad that people are suing the corporations. They need to take responsibility too. You don't get to just sit there and collect profit while the workers making you that money are being used and abused. That's disgusting.

i was sexually harassed though by a fellow female employee at a Whataburger I used to work at, I reported her and she got fired after they reviewed the cameras. They listened to me though I feel for others who’s cries often get ignored.

As a female who worked in (non-fast-food) restaurants spanning from 15-18 years old, I can attest that there’s a culture in which harassment is not only tolerated but normalized. It’s tragic and atrocious that underage girls are allowed to be treated this way and no one has even attempted to stop it. I believe all of these young women and wish this much success in their upcoming lawsuit!

I've never worked at a mcdonald's, but I see how busy they are in comparison to most fast food restaurants, and their workers don't get paid good for the service they provide

I worked at McDonald a couple years ago when I was 16. I experienced sexual harassment every day I worked there. I honestly don't remember even a single shift where I didn't.

I’m 15 and working at bk, overall it’s alright but the hours and terrible pay sucks, I can’t wait to get out of the fast food industry and upgrade in jobs

The fast food industry sounds like a disaster to work on entry level jobs, I feel privileged that I've never gone through this. Wish that the conditions would get better for McDonald's employee.

I was sexually harassed by a fellow employee when I worked at Burger King years ago. My boss actually yelled at me for not reporting the incident sooner but there were MULTIPLE incidents and I said NO every time. The regional manager was much more understanding and helpful. Eventually, the other employee was fired.

At 17 a married 40 year old manager asked me to go on holiday with him and generally just didn’t leave me alone for years , another staff members backed me into a corner in a stock room and felt me up :/ , wasn’t a pleasant place to work as a young teenager

What's crazy, this isn't new. I worked at McDonald's back in 1987 and the managers as well as crew were sexually inappropriate with us then too. It wasn't considered sexual harassment back then. We has these managers who were twin brothers who would kiss us in the mouth as if to say good job. I was only 16 at the time so I didn't know any different.

If my daughter or girlfriend told me this was happening, this manager may have never been found for a phone interview.

Broke my heart when Darryl said “it’s humiliating” and lowered his head. Such a well spoken and classy man. No one deserves this.

As a female chef I've worked in the restaurant industry all my adult life. Never fast food but food service is food service. I've been harassed so many times I've lost count. I've quit one job because of it even after asking the person to stop and then going to management. Seems to be common problem these days.

if a franchise corporation receives sexual harassment complaints, they should have a team responsible for investigating and enforcing policy, not throw their hands up and say take it up with the franchise owner.

Wow! But this stuff happens all the time in retail. When I worked in a clothing store in 12th grade, a supervisor slapped my butt. When I objected, he made fun of my physical appearance, as I used to be overweight. He told me that because I was “fat,” that I should be grateful to have any man showing attention to me, as I wasn’t attractive enough to have a man want me. I was crushed by that, as I was just 17 years old. I never told anyone. He resigned eventually, for unrelated reasons. About ten years later, I found out that he was involved in some sort or check/coupon schemes at some other retail establishments. He eventually plead guilty to a 35 year sentence, in order to keep from having to serve a sentence of more than 100 years. I feel like justice was served.

This is so common in many industries, but especially the food industry. Owners and managers have so much power over you. Unions are a minimum necessity in every workplace. Unions for all!!!

My ex girlfriend worked in fast food at 16..she said it wasn't until a girl recorded the sexual harassment happening to her that corporate got involved. There were many complaints against the shift manager ( the younger the more aggressive he was towards them) but nothing would come of it. Most of the time the girls would either be fired or made to do double the work bc they made a complaint. There's a reason managers hire young girls at higher rates than guys.

"If not now, when?" I think this is the question that we as a species need to answer right now.

Make no mistake what goes on behind those doors to the kitchen when you are out eating somewhere. Sometimes there’s scumbags and drugs making your food.

I was also sexually harassed by my manager at the McDonalds that I worked at in South Florida many years ago. I hated working at that job.

I am technically still employed by mcdonald’s but am looking for a job elsewhere. My experience is that even if there is no explicit harassment like touching and grabbing, the adult managers will still do things to an often underage girl that are not appropriate. The main manager of my workplace not only hires 50% skinny teenage girls but gets uncomfortably close physically and uncomfortably intimate with what he says. He sometimes portrays himself as more than just a manager to them. The vast majority also work up front, where they get oogled and sometimes hit on by male customers. Its a disgusting culture, no one intervenes and the girls themselves only smile and play along because it puts their job at risk if they do anything otherwise, but everyone knows it happens. I honestly would not be surprised if this type of stuff happens anywhere and everywhere, much more often than we’ll ever know, but it just hasn’t been said out loud yet.

As a female who has been in the food and beverage industry for over 25 years, I can tell you this isn’t just McDonalds. Nor is this an isolated incident. I have been subjected to sexual harassment in the workplace too many times to count. I was even fired from a restaurant in my early twenties after being slapped on the ass by the owner and threatening to file sexual harassment lawsuit. By the time I turned 30ish I just accepted it as part of the job. It was not until I began working for a major coffee company that I realized it isn’t supposed to be that way. These women are telling the truth.

I’ve hated each moment of working at McDonald’s. Luckily I finally graduate this year and will be able to quit soon.

Heartbreaking. The young women who was badgered and harassed until she was raped by her manager, a person who had power over her, is just horrifying and something women know all too well.

I worked at McDonald for 1 year and every day they would leave me in the kitchen alone for 4 hours with someone that would just prepare the burritos for the next day and watch me run and do everything, but like everyone, I had bills to pay. I told them they were overworking me and that i was quitting in two weeks. She kept just trying to say she’ll have more people in the kitchen and it never happened.

I used to worK McDonalds in LA. My male manager would only hire young girls based on their looks/body size and basically flirt with them all day long. As one of the few males working there i was surprised none of the female staff ever complained.

Damn, first the broken ice cream machine video and now this. smdh McDonald's.

I used to work at McDonald’s as a child, and I believe these Women. McDonald’s had a lot of men who preyed on me and other young girls at the store.

i've been harrassed for 1 week. i literally just got a job in mcdonald for this 1 week and i got harrassed by one of this guy. Honestly i felt disgusted and terrified at the same time cause he always came close to me and always looking at me like really close.

MCDonalds and other companies literally are lowering the minimum wage in the USA how isn’t that being covered ?

Please Vice, never stop doing what you do. Nowadays we need media like you to hear what the world actually needs to see. This channel is one of the few ones that brings something intelectual, something very rare to see today. Please exist for ever. Thank you guys, your work is very valuable.

Stuff like this goes down in a lot of restraunts.

I've worked at four locations in 3 states, harassment and discrimination is RAMPANT in the company and others like it.

Ok, the pain and emotion in the black franchisees' voices just broke me 💔

I was SA'd by a Pizza Hut manager when I was 14, I didn't even work there...I was in having dinner with friends before the cinema. At the time I was actually kind of flattered that someone older was interested in me. Now looking back I realise how fucked the whole thing was.

It's such a toxic place behind those counters.

Never experienced sexual harassment at my McDonald's I worked at however when I got a job at Burger King I experienced sexual harassment. I think this is an employer issue across many companies not just McDonalds.

I remember working at a theater and we had a couple of new employees who worked. In his first week he refused to take breaks and while we thought at first it was this weird eagerness to work we later found out that it was because mcdonalds would take the time they had on break out of their pay.

I was 16 when i got harassed and was alone in the store running it. called the cops scared the guy out of the store , cops never showed up. still have ptsd from it all he did it for months btw. and i won the lawsuit

Its very important everyone understands what it means when they say independent franchise owner. I worked for a McDonalds that was independently owned for years and was even assistant general before I quit. This is 100% real and when you try to the right thing and report it to corporate they literally tell you its not there problem and you have to contact the owner. (The owner was who I was trying to report)

I worked there when I was 16 and I worked 48 hour weeks. 6am-2pm. They deadass asked me to drop out of high school and do this full time like bruh?

I used to work at McDonald’s and it was very low pay, understaffed, certain people were allowed to work weekdays while the rest had to work the horrible, overwhelming weekends. I faced work harassment at one of them and I didn’t realize it until after I left. I was being overworked and my manager would get mad at me for every little thing. Never again will I work at McDonald’s or any other fast food place. You can do so much better

I think that we’ve all heard the gross manager fast food stories. This one guy became the focal point of a class action.

I was there for 6 days. The shifts were terrible , customers treated you like a slave & upper management only cares of how fast you push that food out the window. Working their made me feel less of myself.. I hated it‼️

I worked at two different locations in my college years, which I am still very much in. I left when I realized sexual harassment, racial discrimination, and drug abuse on the job were not only normalized but almost expected and rewarded. Its a disgusting thing to be honest

I witnessed and was attempted to be groomed for sexual harassment at another fast food chain as a 16 y/o. The key is to call it out. Embarrass them. Teach people, children, everyone to speak out as soon as it happens. Know what's ok and not ok.

As a former employee you see a ton of harassment taking place. Specially in the franchised owned locations.

broke my heart when the gentlemen said if not now when. hits your soul.

Girls remember you NEVER have to say yes.

I waitressed in a pub and the chefs hit our behinds with tea towels and laughed about it, trying to get us every time we turned around or bent down. Talking about sexual things, asking questions that made us feel uncomfortable (personal questions) and multiple people got locked in the dark freezer with the head chef..

I haven't had McDicks in years. Glad to keep the streak going.

I honestly don’t know any woman that hasn’t been sexual harassed at work💔

I've never tasted McDonalds in my life, and I never will

Thank you for bringing this forward. Many people ignore these claims because "they're just being friendly" or "team inclusive" or "that's just how he/she is". I had customers touching or gripping at me when I worked at a large liquor store, and when I'd tell my supervisors or managers, they'd just kinda laugh it off. This was after I had constantly asked for accomodations for my physical disability and mental health issues that were getting worse working as a cashier. I was also about to report someone to HR before I was let go for something my [male] supervisor encouraged and told me was permissable. He wasn't fired, but at least I wasn't charged. This led to nearly 3 months of no job, without qualifying for unemployment, and surviving off my savings with a monthly expense of $1,000 for myself and my dog... These corporations don't care about us or our voices. Best of luck to these girls.

"...and I wrote that one when I was really depressed." -Every artist

This is so what women in low wage jobs deal with and no one prepares you for it. I had mild sexual harassment at MCDONALDS but subway was my guest experience with hardcore harassment. I was 18 and after I had to hit the nephew of the owner with a box of cold cut combo to eascpe a walk in fridge, I transferred to another store. Except it was worse there. And that’s not even my worst experience of sexual harassment at work.

i am currently a manager at mcdonalds! but when i started working there i was a fresh 18 year old, and i had this one really creepy manager who would ask me if i was a virgin or if i was down for a threesome while currently having a sexual relationship with another employee. I pretended i was a lesbian for months to really drive the point i was NOT interested, and reported him over and over and over to my general manager and to my supervisor, but my GM and that guy were friends, and I found out later that the manager harassing me was fired years ago for sexually harassing minors, but my GM gave him his job back anyway. I put in my 2 weeks a few months into my manager training, and my GM said she would move him to a different store if i stayed, so I did. and about my supervisor at the time, he never did anything about my harassment because he got a bonus the more managers he has. I wasn't in a position where i felt i couldn't do anything, because I didn't need the job or the money as I was living with my parents. My hearts go out to those who cannot just quit. I have a new supervisor now and the creepy manager is still employed (a department manager no less!) but I'll be sure to bring it up again next time i see him. i hope that guy goes to hell and that his wife finally leaves him

Me and my lads worked at Wendys in highschool, every manager and even the district manager were women and they messed around and suggested inappropriate things but we just always brushed it off and accepted it and enjoyed our simple but hard jobs.

I worked at McDonald’s and I was harassed by a guy I dated that worked with me. He found out I was seeing someone new and he proceeded to yell at me and grab me in front of the entire crew. Nobody did anything and I had to talk the guy down in front of others. Also worked at KFC and the manager was saying disgusting vulgar things about me behind my back. I would see him watch me but I did not know he was telling others. He was reported by a fellow coworker and the organization only interviewed him and never asked me and avoided putting me on the schedule for weeks until it was over. Fast food industries are actually kind of dangerous for the youth especially

"Time to *BOYCOT* McDonald's!!" Yeah, good luck with that. Especially in America. 😂

People who can murder animals on an industrial scale might also mistreat human beings?

the way vice films can make any city seem empty and depressing

Wooow my heart broke watching those two men smh

Those two franchisees were the heart and soul of this video. Bless their hearts. They are the change we wish to see in this world. I hope for the best for them in their future and their lawsuit.

The fact that there are so many people in the comments who have experienced something similar proves that this is real.

I worked at McShitties myself a couple of years ago. And I must say it was thee worst experience I’ve had .. I got promoted to crew trainer within 6months . And also asked to be a kitchen manager . I went and got my Serv Safe , passed all requirements with flying colors and was literally refused my raise and shirt . Yet was still expected to carry the weight of the kitchen staff without receiving what I had rightfully earned . I complained about it !!! I fought for myself and other crew members. I had obvious discrimination issues. I even got in contact with the district person. I asked to have a meeting. I spoke to that person during a shift in front of other crew members and I immediately became a target . Best believe I got No resolutions what so over . Jus told it would b investigations . And low and behold not even two weeks later I was losing hours. Having verbal altercations. and in turn I was fired thru a text message without any warning for absolutely no reason ! I should b suing these bums too !!!!!!! They knew I was in a hole financially literally told them my lights were bout to b cut off and I lost my hours and fired three days before Christmas. I literally lost everything . I became homeless and have been struggling with homelessness every since due to the same discrimination everywhere I’ve been since. Even moved to another state and I’ve had 4 jobs in 6months all lost for absolutely NO REASON !!! sounds a lot like systemic racism to me ..

They take away the McRib again, and now this !!! 😡

I have a very low opinion of Vice's "journalism", but I am so proud of them for giving these workers a voice. Well done.

As a young college student I was sexually harassed while working at a fast food franchise -not a Mc Donald's- by my white supervisor. I didn't know how to respond after he slapped my behind in front of my all white crew members. He said something was "on me". Then asked why was I standing around doing nothing. He pulled the ice cream machine off the wall and told me to clean the years of dust and dried cream off the wall, floor and machine. My other (white) female crew members were mortified and behind his back, tried to tell me to stick up to him, but no one said anything directly to the manager. I got on my knees and cleaned it up, finished my shift and never showed up to work there again. Most humiliating work experience of my life.

There's nothing wrong with a job at McDonald's. I worked at burger King for 3 years, decided I wanted to do more with my life and went to college. Today I'm an electrical engineer

1. I thought the biggest McDonald’s problem would be with the food... 2. She said she was sexually harassed “almost immediately” damn wasting no time... 3. McDonald’s response to the victims was basically “Don’t Lie, You’re LOVING IT!”

Anybody who is currently dealing with sexual harassment at work: Report it to a higher authority. Start documenting every incident of harassment, save emails, notes, texts. If the harassment persists, file a charge with the EEOC. You have within 180 or 300 days to file a charge. The EEOC will investigate and can give you permission to file lawsuit depending on your situation.

"im not a rapist" says every rapist ever.....

I wouldn’t recommend McDonald’s as employment for a teen, especially a female. My family an I are boycotting; it’s a small protest, but there are better burgers and locally owned fast food to support.

A growen man doing that to young workers that is so wrong and disgusting

The McDonald’s here fired someone for wearing a Black Lives Matter mask at work. It’s insane

Like anyone’s gonna stop ordering at McDonald’s 🤦‍♂️

I worked at two locations in washinton over 2.5 years. The first location promised me promotions but gave them to my male counterparts who started after me one of which who left two months later. That same location had the air conditioning break during summer and it was 120 degrees in the warmest part of the building and 86 degrees in the coldest. I had heat stroke the first day and got sent home (reluctantly) and my next day back had another heat stroke but couldn't get sent home due to lack of staffers. My manager cried because he felt so bad. Never got a raise never got a promotion never got a bonus. The next location again promised raises and promotions and still it never happened, but my male counterparts got it again. Lesson learned, McDonald's is sexist.

This goes for all these big food chains, all these complaints go unknown and not talked about. Sad truth.