Necessary Skills and Leadership Training

• McDonald's managers should have a thorough understanding of McDonald's, including business practices, company values, hiring and customer service policies. People being promoted to manager may need to relocate to a store where an opening is available. McDonald's has a thorough training program for managers that focuses on successful team building, employee management and business panning. Most managers start as counter employees, but promotions can happen quickly in the right circumstance.
  
  

Salary

• According to Glassdoor.com, McDonald's managers make an average of $36,025 at the time of publication. Some managers reported average bonuses of $3,812 in cash or $3,562 in stock. The average salary with bonus was reported at $37,411.
  
  

Benefits

• As a manager at McDonald's, you can receive many benefits from free uniforms to profit sharing. Health care, with both dental and vision, is available to some managers, depending on store ownership. Paid vacation, 401k savings plans and flexible scheduling can help you manage your life outside of work. The health care benefits may be useful to your spouse and children as well.
  
  

Educational Assistance

• McDonald's offers employees educational assistance. Those interested can apply for the program through their restaurant once they are a hired employee. The company also gives one employee in each state a $2,500 college scholarship every year for student employees who show a commitment to community service. The three strongest applicants receive a $5,000 scholarship.
  
  McDonald's supports education in other ways, too. According to the McDonald's website, the founder of McDonald's, Ray Kroc, said, "If we are going to go anywhere, we've got to have talent. And, I'm going to put my money in talent." He founded Hamburger University, a school that educates and trains managers, as well as other employees. Some courses at Hamburger University transfer to other colleges in the United States.