Quick answer: McDonald's locations are mostly franchised, so there's no single company-wide portal — your pay stubs live on the payroll platform your location's owner uses (commonly ADP, Paychex, Paycom or Paylocity). Check your hiring paperwork or first-payday email for the link. Corporate-owned locations typically use Workday (corporate-owned stores).
Current employees: step by step
- Find your payroll platform: check your offer/hiring packet, your first payday email, or ask your manager which system the franchise uses.
- Log in to that platform (ADP: my.adp.com · Paychex: myapps.paychex.com · Paylocity: access.paylocity.com · Paycom: paycomonline.net).
- Open the Pay / Pay Stubs section and select the pay period.
- Download the PDF — and save copies regularly, since access ends if you leave.
Over 90% of McDonald's locations are franchised — corporate stores use Workday, while franchisees commonly run ADP, Paychex or Paylocity.
Former McDonald's employees: how to get your pay stubs
Once you leave McDonald's, your portal login is usually deactivated within days — often before you realize you need one more stub for a lease or loan. The reliable path:
- Written request to payroll/HR — ask for “copies of my pay statements for [dates]”. Employers must retain payroll records for years (FLSA), and many states require them to provide copies to former employees on request.
- W-2 route — annual totals come on your W-2 (mailed by Jan 31), and the IRS provides free Wage and Income Transcripts if it's lost.
- Bank statements — every payroll deposit is evidence; lenders often accept deposits + W-2 in place of stubs.
- Reconstruct your records — if you know your true pay figures, rebuild a clean records copy with our generator and pair it with bank statements.