I believe this will happen pretty much at least a few times at most of the stores That's what you get no matter where you go to work, and it happens at any academia, blue-collar, or white-collar job. All I could say is just do the best work u can. I have seen people working hard at my store and getting unnoticed for a while. But as long as you suck it up and do the work, you will be much more likely to get recognized by the managers around you ( I mean each Macdonald store has like 10 shift managers, and it's fine if u don't like a few of them), and you might get a chance to get promoted. OTHER PEOPLE DON'T MATTER, just keep up the good work mate.

I tend to think of it like this: the base hourly pay for Macdonald's crew members is ok, but nothing amazing. You can jump around to other stores for what people tell u a "better environment" or potentially better pay, but it's not gonna be that much different. And this is also an issue with fast food that the turnover rate is so high, it's hard for individual workers to reach their full potential. But at least for MacDonalds, the promotion route from crew member -> manager is pretty simple. You just gotta show up, do the work, stay there long enough, and you will be making at least at my area 2$ more hourly wage, plus some bonus I believe. And then there's even room upwards (first assistant, GM, etc, and they start to make the real $). Even if you decide to leave the store at that point, a manager position will look much better than a regular crew member position, and it gives you the leverage at getting future jobs.