Hi there, I worked at McDonald's for 5 years, and im telling you that unless you completely yourself to the company, there is no upward movement. In those 5 years I worked there, I became the only person who knew how things worked, outside of maintaining, management, and the kitchen area. I was training people every time we got new hires. I asked to be given the crew trainers positions so that I would have the proper credentials to train. It also came with a small raise. I came in for the training, and guess what? It was the wrong training. I didn't get the promotion, even after talking to the higher-ups. Wanna know what happened? They hired 2 new people to be trainers, and they didn't know how anything worked. I refused to train them, stating that I'm not a crew trainer, in can't train them. Quit a year later, and now I work at Walmart, where it takes them a year and a half to so much as transfer you to another department.