Actually established fast food company like McD, provides internal training to all their staff, so you do have potential to work your way up to their corporate ladder. If you become divisional manager pun dah kira ok dah.

If you have the talent, work ethics and brains, to reach to restaurant manager will be somewhere within 3-4 years. This all comes with internal training and education.

I used to work for a fast food chain before. I reached Restaurant Manager status all within 1.5 years, at the age of 18.

I left F&B industry to pursue other career since then.

It wasn't my long term goal to be in F&B. I was there to self support while I am taking part-time diploma certification. Once I graduated, I got a work placement, so I left the fast food position. My boss was sad to let me go, but he too knew that my time there is only temporary.

Having said that, looking back I really enjoyed my time then. The camaraderie with fellow staff during peak busy period, and the fun as a team. Also I never forgotten the internal training provided to me at a very young age, experiences as HR dealing with new staff, dealing with government sectors like EPF and Sosco proved to be valuable to me later on in life.