{"id":6783,"date":"2019-02-14T21:01:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T21:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=6783"},"modified":"2019-04-11T00:51:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T00:51:34","slug":"culture-showdown-mcdonalds-vs-chick-fil-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/culture-showdown-mcdonalds-vs-chick-fil-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture Showdown: McDonald’s vs Chick-fil-A"},"content":{"rendered":"

In December of 2018, a surprising report<\/a>\u00a0came out from Restaurant Business claiming that McDonald\u2019s chief competitor in the fast-food world was no longer Burger King or Wendy\u2019s, but was in fact the Atlanta-based chicken sandwich chain Chick-fil-A. In fact, the only chain to generate more growth in 2018 than Chick-fil-A was McDonald\u2019s. So in the spirit of that healthy competition, today\u2019s Culture Showdown is all about your drive-thru choice: McDonald\u2019s<\/b> vs. Chick-fil-A<\/strong>. Let\u2019s see what Comparably\u2019s data can tell us about how employees of both companies feel about working for the fast food giants.<\/p>\n

OVERALL CULTURE<\/b><\/p>\n

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One McDonald\u2019s employee says of the company\u2019s culture, \u201cMy coworkers are like my family\u2026 This makes work extremely tolerable.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Chick-fil-A employee says the company as a whole is \u201cvery conservative.\u201d They add, \u201cThey are attempting to break the mold of the traditional office space to make it more inviting.\u201d<\/p>\n

CEO<\/b><\/p>\n

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A McDonald\u2019s worker thinks that the company leadership needs to start \u201ccaring about employees and having more empathy.\u201d<\/p>\n

About Chick-fil-A\u2019s leadership, one employee writes, \u201cThe leadership team is willing to publicly acknowledge areas of weakness and shortcomings, and moreover has shown commitment to doing the hard and humble work of fixing those things that are broken.\u201d<\/p>\n

COMPENSATION<\/b><\/p>\n

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One McDonald\u2019s employee says, \u201cI work too hard for little pay and I work full time for no benefits.\u201d Another adds, \u201cI make more money than unemployment but not enough to eat anything other than McDonald\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBase pay is decently above minimum wage, which is nice for fast food,\u201d says a Chick-fil-A employee. One very mature-sounding young worker adds, \u201cI make a fair amount a teenager should make.\u201d<\/p>\n

PERKS AND BENEFITS<\/b><\/p>\n

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About benefits at McDonald\u2019s, one worker writes, \u201cThe insurance they finally offer is still too much and there\u2019s no 401k or other investment opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Chick-fil-A employee points to the company providing \u201chealth insurance and an employee food discount.\u201d Another adds that, because of the company\u2019s nationwide policy, they are happily \u201cguaranteed to not work on Sundays.\u201d<\/p>\n

GENDER<\/b><\/p>\n

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DIVERSITY<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201cOur culture is very diverse,\u201d says on McDonald\u2019s worker.\u00a0 \u201cThe company accepts everyone of all cultures and races. They treat them no differently.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In December of 2018, a surprising report\u00a0came out from Restaurant Business claiming that McDonald\u2019s chief competitor in the fast-food world was no longer Burger King or Wendy\u2019s, but was in fact the Atlanta-based chicken sandwich chain Chick-fil-A. In fact, the only chain to generate more growth in 2018 than Chick-fil-A was McDonald\u2019s. So in the … Read full-story <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,4,3],"tags":[350,11,86,349],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6783"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6783"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6793,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6783\/revisions\/6793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}