McDonald's layoffs

McDonald's will notify employees of staffing decisions this week, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

"We will evaluate roles and staffing levels in parts of the organization and there will be difficult discussions and decisions ahead," Kempczinski said. offices for a few days this week as the company prepares to inform employees about [layoffs ](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/03/01/layoffs-recession-businesses-hiring-freelancers-gig-workers/11369050002/)as part of a broader restructuring, [ according to a report](https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcdonalds-temporarily-shuts-u-s-offices-as-chain-prepares-for-layoff-notices-36fef317). The report said McDonald's will notify employees of staffing decisions this week. sales increased by almost 6%. The Chicago-based burger chain said in an internal email that U.S. Now, layoffs have swept other industries including retail and media.

McDonald's is closing its U.S. offices and telling U.S. and some international staff to work remotely between Monday and Wednesday as the fast-food giant ...

[Amazon](https://fortune.com/company/amazon-com/) said it would cut a total of 27,000 employees, mostly corporate workers, in [two layoff announcements](https://fortune.com/2023/03/20/amazon-layoffs-9000-people/) this year. “Some jobs that are existing today are either going to get moved, or those jobs may go away,” McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski said in [an interview](https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcdonalds-to-make-staff-changes-by-april-as-part-of-broader-revamp-11673033622?mod=article_inline) at the time. At the time it reported earnings in January, the company said that costs were increasing owing to inflationary pressures. The company McDonald’s is stopping people from going into the office so that it can deliver staffing notices remotely, citing the increased likelihood that people will be traveling during the week of April 3. McDonald’s is closing its U.S.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- McDonald's is cutting hundreds of jobs. The company has announced layoffs, and has closed its U.S. corporate offices – including the ...

"It obviously has a bigger impact on Chicago where the world headquarters is located." The labor market right now remains strong," Challenger said. Among other major companies that have announced layoffs this year are State Farm, which laid off 451 staffers at the end of last month; Evolent Health, which laid off 484 employees in January; Aerotek Inc. "I've never seen a company close their entire office with the announcement that they're going to be letting people go virtually," said jobs expert Andy Challenger. "There's been a real shift over the last three years, as workforces completely when remotely. Virtual layoffs are something Challenger says he is seeing more of now.

McDonald's has closed its U.S. offices through Wednesday and told its corporate staff to work remotely as it prepares to announce a round of layoffs.

This story corrects a previous version that said McDonald's has 150,000 corporate employees. McDonald's warned employees in January that layoffs would be coming as it tried to get more nimble and break down walls between its global markets. "We have historically been very decentralized in some areas where we reinvent the wheel way too often," Kempczinski said during a January conference call with investors. About 70% of those employees are based outside the United States. It told international corporate staff to follow guidance in their particular regions. The memo was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

McDonald's is telling corporate employees to work from home from Monday through Wednesday so it can communicate layoff decisions remotely, The Wall Street ...

[The Wall Street Journal reported](https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcdonalds-temporarily-shuts-u-s-offices-as-chain-prepares-for-layoff-notices-36fef317). ](https://www.barrons.com/market-data/stocks/mcd) is expected to [lay off](https://www.barrons.com/visual-stories/jobs-twitter-paypal-dow-layoffs-01675281305?mod=article_inline) corporate employees this week spurred fears the labor market could be softening in the restaurant industry, but analysts say they don’t see reason for alarm.