McDonald's Restaurants Limited

McDonald’s is the biggest family restaurant business in the world, serving approximately 3 million customers a day in the UK alone. Our employees are committed to being the best they can be by always delivering a great customer experience.

McDonald’s has operated in the UK since 1974. The business is growing consistently, with our 1,200 UK restaurants and 87,500 employees serving more than 100 million additional customers last year than in 2010.

What makes McDonald's a great place to work?

McDonald’s company vision is to provide the best family restaurant experience. The key to our vision is people. We put them at the centre of everything we do. That goes for our employees as well as our customers.

Careers

If you've set your sights high, you'll want an employer who can turn your potential into reality. If you've visited our careers site, chances are you'll know we're a Times Top 100 Graduate Employer. How did we make the list? By combining training that sets an industry standard with real opportunities and great benefits.

Our commitment to our people’s learning and development was recognised in 2009 when we were awarded the Investors in People ‘GOLD’ award – a new stretch award for companies that have already achieved IiP Profile status.

Our world class people practices and employment opportunities continue to be recognised by numerous prestigious external bodies and we have been awarded the following Employment Awards:

• Top 10 of the Sunday Times '25 Best Big Companies to work for': 2012
• Great Place to Work - Top 50 Best Workplaces UK: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011
• Great Place to Work - Top 50 Best Workplaces Europe: 2010 & 2011
• Investor in People: Gold status 2009
• Business in the Community, Big Tick Award: 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011
• Times Top 100 Graduate Employer: 12 years running, including 2011
• Britain’s Top Employers: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011 

Whatever you're looking for from a career, you can find it with us. We offer a competitive salary, accredited training, fantastic prospects and a whole host of other rewards. The company invest over £30 million in training each year. Learning and development is part of our legacy and has become an integral part of our culture.

We offer our employees a culture of opportunity, equality and personal development. McDonald’s have one of the most diverse workforces in the UK, with employees aged from 16-85 years old and originating from over 100 different countries. We hire talented and ambitious individuals from all walks of life.

Download our prospectus here or visit www.mcdonalds.co.uk/people for more details.

Meet our people

What sort of person do you think works at McDonald’s? There are over 87,500 people working and learning with us in the UK. We decided to invite some of them to star in our latest employer brand campaign, giving you the opportunity to get to know them and find out more about our career opportunities.

Where could a career in McDonald’s take you? See what Selin has to say:

Quick facts

• 2011 was another record year for McDonald’s in the UK
• We’ve had 23 consecutive quarters of sales growth
• We served 100 million more customers in 2011 than in 2010
• McDonald’s has created more than 20,500 new jobs since 2006 (with 2,500 additional jobs in 2011 alone)
• 8 out of 10 families dine at McDonald’s every year
• More than 500 of our restaurants are now open 24/7 at least one day a week
• 86% of our staff feel proud to work for McDonald's
• 91.8% of our employees feel they receive the training needed to do a good job.

Corporate social responsibility

As a progressive burger company, McDonald’s is guided by the principles of social responsibility; environment and agricultural sustainability, food quality, safety and nutrition, the training of employees; and being a good neighbour in the local community. Visit www.makeupyourownmind.co.uk to ask questions and find out more about McDonald’s.

RMHC

McDonald’s created Ronald McDonald’s House Charity, which provides free ‘home away from home’ accommodation for families with children in hospital and hospices across the UK, helping to keep family units together and encouraging families to support one another through what can be an emotionally challenging time. There are currently 14 Ronald McDonald Houses across the UK.

More information

To find out more, please visit www.mcdonalds.co.uk/people or click on the 'visit our careers site' link on this page.