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Big McSteak? McDonald's lays off HUNDREDS of workers and slashes pay after shuttering US offices for a week - amid plans to RE-INVENT its drive-thrus
Daily Mail ^ | 4/08/23 | James Gant

Posted on 04/08/2023 9:05:21 AM PDT by Libloather

McDonald's has laid off hundreds of workers and cut pay packages for others after shuttering officers across the US.

The fast food firm slashed roles across all departments including marketing, operations, store staff and field offices, the Wall Street Journal reported.

It comes as part of a huge restructuring at the burger giant, which is reportedly part of a bid to re-invent the drive thru across the world.

McDonald's even temporarily shut down offices across the US on Monday as it started to tell some corporate workers about the layoffs.

In recent months, the fast food giant recruited pop culture icons Cardi B and Offset in an attempt to revive the company's fortunes.

Bosses reportedly offered some workers the chance to keep working for the fast food firm but with reduced salaries and changes to their benefits.

The changes are expected to impact at least 10 offices across the US for those working in operations, finance and marketing, leaked emails revealed.

President of McDonald's USA Joe Erlinger said: 'While the McDonald's Brand is in the strongest position it has been in years, we also recognize that our business has grown increasingly complex in recent years.'

Meanwhile an internal email last week said employees should work from Monday to Wednesday so staffing changes could be made virtually.

McDonald's also asked all staff to cancel all in-person meetings with vendors at its headquarters.

U.S. employees laid off exited the company but will remain on the payroll till June 15 and will receive severance after that time.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Local News; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: bigmac; employment; mcdonalds; workers
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A spokesperson named cardi? Some good news - you won't get an alligator passed that wall.
1 posted on 04/08/2023 9:05:21 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Lucky the bidenomics is roaring right along eh?


2 posted on 04/08/2023 9:06:56 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Libloather

Drop the woke bs and maybe some customers will come back.


3 posted on 04/08/2023 9:08:04 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: Libloather

“RE-INVENT its drive-thrus”

Hopefully automated......that would certainly cut down on the gunplay.


4 posted on 04/08/2023 9:08:17 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Libloather

I see the cardiB/offset meal deal at the mail link. Wonder if they include antibiotics with that? 💉


5 posted on 04/08/2023 9:09:30 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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” in an attempt to revive the company’s fortunes.”

Huh? I was in a McDonald’s about a week ago, and the place was super busy. Maybe it’s different in some regions, but most of their stores seem to doing quite well from I can see.


6 posted on 04/08/2023 9:10:30 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: Libloather

Cardi B admitted, in an off-handed way, that while she worked as a stripper (and hooker) she would drug, and then rob, some of her johns.

Is this what we can expect at the new McDonald’s drive-thru?


7 posted on 04/08/2023 9:13:08 AM PDT by PGR88
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Cardi B and Offset are just another reason I don’t eat McDonald’s.

the Ebonics Kaiden commercial ran endlessly every day on iHeart Radio for 30-40 days so I quit listening to that too. I don’t need to be tortured by the same commercial 50 times a day for over a month.

8 posted on 04/08/2023 9:13:36 AM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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plans to RE-INVENT its drive-thrus

Bullet proof, armored, airlock customer interface?

9 posted on 04/08/2023 9:14:14 AM PDT by null and void (I'm ready to come back to Russia but I don’t want to live in a country that starts wars ~ Diuzharden)
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Can’t speak for other countries, but anyone following McDonald’s in recent years knows that they are trying to stay ahead of the Left and simply replace EVERY PERSON that they can with machinery.

As far as I can tell, they’ve completed the easy part, replacing cashiers with kiosks, but now it’s time to go after the delivery end of the food, which is a bit more complicated, and then finally it will be food preparation, which will be the most complicated.


10 posted on 04/08/2023 9:17:17 AM PDT by BobL
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“In recent months, the fast food giant recruited pop culture icons Cardi B and Offset in an attempt to revive the company’s fortunes.”

“Offset”…when I got the large cup with the Cardi B and Offset graphics, it just reminded me of Rita and Upgrayedd from Idiocracy.


11 posted on 04/08/2023 9:18:37 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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I think, as they said, the organization was becoming too complex, probably too top-heavy in management. Every McDonald’s I’m in always seems busy as well.


12 posted on 04/08/2023 9:19:06 AM PDT by Reno89519 (I stand with Trump Against Political Persecution. As DeSantis Says, It Is Un-American.)
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To: null and void

Probably going to go cashless with a credit card machine to pay for your meal right at the menu board.


13 posted on 04/08/2023 9:20:00 AM PDT by Fish Speaker (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Oh, and, "Let's Go Brandon!")
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And its remarkable that Chick-Fil-A is doing the exact opposite, and absolutely thriving. No kiosks, and EXTRA people in the drive thru line to take your order.

They have figured out that outstanding service makes a difference. McDonald’s service, quite frankly, stinks the vast majority of the time.


14 posted on 04/08/2023 9:21:31 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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Along with Burger King!


15 posted on 04/08/2023 9:22:33 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as.)
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To: Libloather

I stopped patronizing McDonalds a few years ago when they would have you “pull forward” in the drive thru for a basic meal, just to wait 5-10 minutes or be forgotten.

I started telling them, “no thanks.” When they asked me to pull forward to wait. It angered one manager so bad he was going to yell at my spouse until I leaned forward and he saw me. Backed down right quick.


16 posted on 04/08/2023 9:24:15 AM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. )
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To: Fish Speaker

There is a McDonald’s near the Denver Airport that only has kiosks, a pick-up counter, tables and chairs and the bathrooms. You could barely see the food prepping area in the back from the pick-up counter. I didn’t see anywhere cash could be used. That’s their future.


17 posted on 04/08/2023 9:25:23 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: null and void

>Bullet proof, armored, airlock customer interface?

Like the ones at drugstores and drive-thru bank tellers


18 posted on 04/08/2023 9:25:42 AM PDT by nevadapatriot
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To: mikey_hates_everything

Two ‘D’s for a Double Dose !
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I need a Double Chesser!


19 posted on 04/08/2023 9:26:10 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (The Truman Show)
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To: rktman

https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcdonalds-cardi-b-offset-meal-promotion-pushback-8c3f5101


20 posted on 04/08/2023 9:26:43 AM PDT by Paladin2
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