McDonald's announces 10% salary increase for its employees

The trend of raising workers’ wages in various companies is becoming more and more widespread , This month several firms in the retail sector announced the increases, as well as some in the restaurant sector .

The famous fast food chain McDonald’s did not want to be left behind in this trend, as it announced that it will increase the hourly wages of its employees who work in the restaurants it owns throughout the country.

The The company’s immediate objective is not only to improve the conditions of its employees, but also the restaurant chain plans to hire 10 , 000 workers for various parts of the country where they operate .

The workers of the restaurants owned McDonald’s will have salary increases of 10% for the next few months. Employees will earn $ 11 to $ 19 per hour, shift managers will earn $ 15 to $ 20 per hour.

Based on the current job market, McDonald’s projects that the average salary for employees of all the company’s restaurants is $ 15 dollars per hour for 2024, so the increases will be staggered.

However, salary increases do not apply to restaurants that are managed by franchisees , since in that case the company does not operate directly the restaurants, due to having a different administration.

The sudden announcements of salary increases s in various industries in the country, have to do with the staff shortage that companies are facing now that the cases of Covid – 19 start to go down.

According to Official figures, fewer Americans are re-entering the workforce and restaurants, especially are being impacted by this trend , so they seek to meet the rising demand.

A few days ago the Chipotle restaurant firm, specialized in Mexican food, not only gave the news that it would increase salaries, it also reported that there is a plan for workers to have growth within the company.

Probably, as summer approaches and the number of vaccinated advances, as well as the economic recovery of the country, various restaurant chains will follow in Chip’s footsteps otle and McDonald’s to apply salary increases .

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