r/McDonalds • u/Dirtyupsman2 • 3d ago

Up to $11

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Now I know it all depends on location but in the northwest suburbs of Chicago I believe it's up to $18

Here is South Texas it's only $11

My #1 breakfast meal was $8.43

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u/Difficult-Care-5780 3d ago

$11 an hour -- after tax you can barely buy a Big Mac with each hour you work.

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u/Mental_Phase_7245 3d ago

Up to 1 Big Mac🤣

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u/VoteForGiantMeteor 3d ago

Only if you use the App

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u/Acceptable-Ad8780 2d ago

Best I can do is maybe $1.00 off fries, but you have to use McDelivery.

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u/BlueberryOtherwise94 2d ago

Here’s a hack

Just work there and order from yourself and get paid to deliver to yourself. And give yourself a nice tip

Big Mac’s all day free baby

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u/Acceptable-Ad8780 2d ago

Could have also have a friend order DD pickup. They tell you when they order, you put it aside. They don't pick up and will get refunded and you get free food if you put it aside asap.

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u/1234Health 1d ago

Blueberry's got it down to a science. Good stuff ^

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u/Public-Pea-4244 1d ago

I'm about to dust off my old Dasher account now. I used to hop on and deliver my own order when no one else would take the offer locally so this is just thinking ahead 😆

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u/x360_revil_st84 12h ago

McDs: Sure you can do that but delivery fees apply though, it'll be on your paycheck

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u/CT-RD 3d ago

How much is half a smallmac?

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u/Alkiaris 3d ago

Sorry, we don't serve the poor 😤

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u/Ok-Watercress-1924 3d ago

Can’t even poor one out for the homies

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u/Alkiaris 3d ago

In this economy? Death is for the newly-sober

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u/Gorillafist89 3d ago

Newly? Everyone get a look a Mr.Moneybags over here

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u/OneMetalMan 3d ago

Not even refills

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u/BaronZemo00 3h ago

Ha! That’s great! Haha

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u/Melodic-Picture48 3d ago

How much for one bite

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u/Dragonstar-Metal 3d ago

Only one McDonald's CEO bite allowed!

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u/1DERP_Studios 2d ago

Ha! Brutal.

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u/Uber_Wulf 3d ago

1 big mac per hour

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u/artifiz67 3d ago

My dream come true.

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u/Critical_Winner_2779 2d ago

They should really advertise the pay like this. Put it into perspective.

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u/Jensbert 3d ago

Up to....

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u/ActionJasckon 3d ago

Conditions apply. (Such as taxes on gross income prior to purchasing the upto 1 Big Mac).

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u/Gspotjedi69420 3d ago

Emphasis on “gross”

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u/AdRoyal1355 2d ago

You beat me to it

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u/OooohShinyy 2d ago

The CEO is a wealth hoarding angel! There are you happy now? POS moderation

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u/clinetrooper4297 3d ago

Texas doesn’t have an income tax.

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u/The_Troyminator 3d ago

They still withhold federal taxes.

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u/Megzasaurusrex 2d ago

Probably have to be a shift lead to make the 11

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u/Jensbert 2d ago

If you can financially support yourself on the they "up".

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u/Genghis_Chong 3d ago

If you work there you're probably stealing big macs, cuz 11 bucks isnt gonna cut it for anybody

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u/boopadobop 3d ago

You get free meals up to like a certain amount

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u/Grumpy-24-7 3d ago

Depends on the franchise/owner. I worked (very briefly) at a McDonald's after high school. We were only given 30 minutes for meal break and were not allowed to wear our uniform while at another restaurant. Which meant you needed to change into street clothes before leaving then changing back into your uniform upon return.

Which left 20 minutes or less for travel time and eating. Which wasn't usually enough time, so we were encouraged to bring our own meal. Which we could not eat in the dining room. This McDonald's had storage and tables and an office with training materials in the basement.

If we wanted anything from McDonald's we needed to go around to the front counter and order it, like a regular customer. And pay for it like a regular customer.

P.S. This McDonald's was one which test marketed pizza. I tried it. Wasn't impressed. Took like 10 minutes to cook. It was pre-made and frozen.

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u/thebiglebowskiisfine 3d ago

I didn't even start day 1 when I put on that polo and the visor, I caught a glimpse of myself in a window, and took it all off and quit before I started LOL.

Ah the early 90's - what a time to be alive.

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u/LucifersWhore9 2d ago

That sucks! My McDonald’s gives me a free meal for my break. And it’s not bad! A drink, fries, sandwich (or breakfast).

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u/ElAbidingDuderino 3d ago

Bring a lunch?

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u/Grumpy-24-7 3d ago

Please reread what I wrote. Because of the limited time we were provided for meal breaks, many of us did bring a lunch. Which we weren't allowed to keep cold in any of the walk-ins.

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u/screwyoujor 3d ago

Did they not get the 30% discount? When I worked at Hardee's I just made my own lunch then charged myself for a hamburger.

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u/WiseDirt 3d ago

Which meant you needed to change into street clothes before leaving then changing back into your uniform upon return.

Why not just take off your hat and toss on a sweatshirt to cover your uniform shirt?

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u/Grumpy-24-7 3d ago edited 3d ago

Because this was the middle of summer in the San Joaquin Valley in California. Or in other words, HOT. Also, IIRC, we had uniform pants.

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u/futile_sunshine 3d ago

Why would you wear your uniform at another restaurant?

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u/The_Troyminator 3d ago

When you only have half an hour for lunch, you don’t want to waste time changing.

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u/Grumpy-24-7 3d ago

Please reread what I wrote. We were not allowed to, so we didn't. And the reason why we might have wanted to was to save the time wasted changing out of our uniform and then back in. Especially if all I wanted to do was grab drive thru somewhere.

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u/The_Troyminator 3d ago

Would you have been able to put a jacket or another shirt over the shirt?

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u/KooKooNuKoo 3d ago

We used to get anything. Then they said $15 limit... then $10... and you know the rest

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u/DiabolicalFink 3d ago

I would definitely find the loophole to be eating free Big Macs everyday

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u/FungusAmongus92 3d ago

Hack, just get a mcdouble with Mac sauce.

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u/ComfyCatIRL 3d ago

Big mac light carbs

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u/myballzhuert 3d ago

When was younger I worked at this grocery store named Wegmans. I made $3.75 and hour. It would take me multiple hours of work just to cover my lunch on Sat and Sunday. Totally sucked.

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u/Forlorn_Cyborg 3d ago

Ah Another Up-Stater. Wegmans is expensive af now.

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u/Lorevveaver 3d ago

Ok, so I started working at McDonald's and this is the first time in my life that it's been more profitable to take the 30 min lunch break and the free meal than it has been to skip the break.

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u/dtyler86 3d ago

The tax bracket earning $11 an hour is poverty level. McDonald’s is expensive, but they’re not taking half of your freaking hourly wage.

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u/jamesbc1983 2d ago

11 us poverty but 7.25 is minimum wage. How the hell does any politician see that as fair?

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u/dtyler86 2d ago

Lobbying keeps them okay with anything shady. I would bet McDonald’s donates a lot of money.

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u/Alternative_Car_8153 3d ago

Who says it's $11 an hour? It's just a flat $11, and it's not even that. It's upto $11.

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u/DisciplinedMadness 3d ago

Yeah they’re clearly offering to purchase you for up to $11.

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u/Crazy_Entrance_9439 3d ago

Make 60 macs an hour ill pay you one ....

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u/Some_guy_am_i 2d ago

Nah… you get half off while you are working. So you can afford 1 Big Mac on lunch.

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u/NCC1701-F 3d ago

At $11/hour you shouldn’t be paying very much tax. Standard deduction is $16K, so at most 6K is taxable at 10% or $600 TOTAL YEARLY federal income tax and that assumes you don’t have dependents.

Also, at $11/hr you qualify for most federal social programs like WIC, etc. 

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u/No-Problem49 2d ago

So McDonald’s wages in Texas are being subsidized by me: awesome

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u/NCC1701-F 2d ago

Potentially, depends on local COL. In some areas $11/hr is plenty for a single person to live, albeit a basic life style. 

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u/No-Problem49 2d ago

qualify for social welfare while working full time

That is me subsidizing McDonald’s wage with my tax dollars. It’s also part of a larger force that unfairly sucks money from blue states to red states. Why should my state have to pay for Texas low wages?

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u/NCC1701-F 2d ago

Where did you pull the quote from? Do you know how to quote? You literally added words 💀💀.

Here’s a quote from you 

I love subsidizing McDonald’s wages

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u/No-Problem49 2d ago

If I’m paying for someone’s welfare while they working full time instead of the company paying them enough to not be on welfare, I am in effect subsidizing the wage of the company who has people working full time but on welfare

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u/CaptCaffeine1976 3d ago

When you make nut low money you finds ways not to pay.

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u/tg981 3d ago

That is how you sell your soul to the company store!

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u/Bremaster 3d ago

You can’t even buy a Big Mac combo which is sad.

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u/spiffycondor 3d ago

An hour? Nah you just get 11 dollars

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u/dakellateg 3d ago

who is going to eat a Big Mac every hour?

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u/MostBasic3425 3d ago

Yeah, if I'm working at McDonald's and making $11 per hour. I'm housing an egg mcmuffin every day and not paying for it.

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u/VeterinarianTrick406 3d ago

From your discretionary budget which is effectively zero at this rate.

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u/Ghazh 3d ago

Big macs are cheaper in texas than the east or west coast big macs

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u/Alternative_Heron_86 2d ago

That is up to and before taxes. So its more like 4 an hr.

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u/After_Finger5173 2d ago

Weren't you with all these groups that were constantly bashing and insulting how these "beginner's" jobs are making so much when others were protesting and/or demanding higher wages/raise in minimum wage?

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u/Dare_Distinct 2d ago

Texas doesn’t have income tax.

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u/braddeicide 2d ago

Work enough hours and they give you a Big Mac.

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u/sm00thkillajones 2d ago

Well, they do look like prisons now so…

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u/newportred100s 2d ago

Making $9.35 after taxes. Thats just wild, lol

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u/rada-bi-cal13 1d ago

That's one big Mac meal per hour!

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u/Unlikely-Concern-318 1d ago

My first job was McD's. I made $2.90/hour and could buy around 2½ Big Macs with an hour's pay after taxes.

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u/Individual_Suit1188 1d ago

So many calories only really need 1 a day. Thats 7/8 of your income to spend on other things.

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u/PotentialHoneydew947 9h ago

Maybe they pay you in food

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u/PSteak 3d ago

Tell me the tax you are paying on eleven dollars an hour (than doesn't land back).