General Manager

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The Team for Me – Our people want to say YES — to working with energy and purpose, finding new talent, providing coaching and direction, honing leadership skills, and helping to run a business that serves up delicious food and feel-good moments. Does this sound like you? You’ll fit right in.

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Requirements

The General Manager is responsible for running a profitable restaurant and for ensuring the restaurant meets McDonald’s critical customer standards of Quality, Service, and Cleanliness. The General Manager works with their leader to set restaurant goals and creates a plan to achieve them.

To meet restaurant goals, the General Manager leads a team of Department Managers who handle the day‑to‑day operations. They help these managers set their own goals, follow up on progress, and provide coaching and direction to improve their departments.

The General Manager may also be responsible for hiring and developing Department and Shift Managers to ensure the restaurant has the right team for future success.

Ideal candidates should have previous General Manager experience running high volume locations. A background in quick‑service restaurants is strongly desired, or experience in hospitality or retail. Candidates must be 18 years or older to be a manager in our corporate‑owned and operated restaurants.

Pay Range: $50 – 70 k

Benefits

• Paid vacation
• Paid holidays, a sabbatical every 10 years
• Rewarding profit‑sharing plan
• Education through Archways to Opportunity including opportunities to earn a high school degree, college tuition assistance and English classes as a second language
• Medical, dental and vision coverage

This job posting contains some information about what it is like to work in a McDonald’s restaurant, but it is not a complete job description. People who work in a McDonald’s restaurant perform a number of different tasks every day, and this posting does not list all of the essential functions of this job.

By applying to this position, I understand that I am applying to work at a restaurant that is owned and operated by an independent franchisee, not McDonald’s USA. I understand that this franchisee is a separate company and a separate employer from McDonald’s USA. Any information I provide in this application will be submitted only to the independent franchisee, who is the only company responsible for employment matters at this restaurant. I recognize that the independent franchisee alone will make all decisions concerning employment matters, including hiring, firing, discipline, supervision, staffing, and scheduling. By applying for a job at a franchisee-operated restaurant, I understand that the information I provide will be forwarded to the franchisee organization to reach out to me and process and evaluate my application. I acknowledge that McDonald’s USA will not receive a copy of my employment application and will have no involvement in any employment decisions regarding me, including whether I receive an interview or whether I am hired to work for the franchisee. I understand that I need to contact the franchise organization for information about its privacy practices.

Seniority Level

Associate

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Management and Manufacturing

Industries

Restaurants