We worked in ‘toxic’ McDonald’s – staff have rampant sex like rabbits & bum-slapping perverts rule with ‘circle of fear’
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EVERY day for two years, 16-year-old Matty* broke down in tears as he prepared for another shift at McDonald's, where he was “degraded to feel like a worm”. Faced with a "toxic" boss who allegedly turned a blind eye to sexual harassment and created a "circle of fear" while he bullied employees, the traumatised former worker paints a dark vision of life working at a UK branch of the fast food giant.
![[McDonald's sign against a cloudy sky.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/file-photo-dated-03-08-833192097_d88e64.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Matty is far from alone, with McDonald's facing a growing 'sex for shifts' legal case brought by 700 current and former workers, who claim venues are a “predators’ paradise”. The employees, who were all between 16 and 19, faced a range of issues including harassment at more than 450 restaurants, which is nearly a third of the UK’s entire stock.
![[17-year-old Shelby, a former McDonald's employee, discusses allegations of sexual assault, harassment, racism, and bullying at UK McDonald's locations.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/100-current-recent-uk-staff-832508486.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Among the claims are that sicko bosses took bets on which teen workers they could sleep with and inappropriately touched some staff. The Sun has heard from ex-workers, the legal firm bringing the claims against McDonald's and a trauma charity, all of whom condemn the burger chain's troubling culture behind the scenes.
![[McDonald's UK chief executive Alistair Macrow testifying before the UK Parliament's Business and Trade Select Committee.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/screen-grab-mcdonalds-uk-chief-962185907_87e3e7.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
One former manager admits young, inexperienced staff are "f***ing like rabbits", leaving bosses to act as pseudo-relationship counsellors, while Matty claims too many problems are “brushed over without care”. He tells us: “For my first two years I had a horrible manager who bullied me. There was verbal abuse to the point where I used to cry before I went to work and sexual abuse was brushed over.
![[McDonald's restaurant sign.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/credit-image-vuk-valcic-zuma-962186552.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
