McDonald’s is closing its US locations to notify workers who work from home of its layoff plan

Cancellations which started last year in the technology sector expand more and more to retailers and manufacturers. Chicago-based fast food chain McDonald’s is temporarily closing its US offices this week to notify corporate employees of layoffs the burger giant will take as part of a broader restructuring of the company, according to a report. World street magazine.

The company sent an internal email to US and other international employees informing them of this they should work from homefrom this Monday to Wednesday, so they could personnel decisions to be made virtually. In other words, McDonald’s will take telematic way of formalizing the resignation, a modality that other companies have already used, such as Twitter, to notify those who will no longer be returning to corporate headquarters. In the same message, the company asked workers to cancel all face-to-face meetings with suppliers and other visits to the company’s headquarters. Additionally, those who do not have a computer connection this week are required to provide their manager with personal contact information. “We want to ensure comfort and confidentiality of our people during the reporting period,” the company said.

“During the week of April 3, we will be announcing key decisions related to roles and staffing levels across the organization,” the company said in a message accessed by you. The Wall Street Journal.

The measure did not surprise the employees, since last January the management emphasized that it planned to make “difficult” decisions. CEO Chris Kempczinski noted in an interview that “some jobs that exist today will move or may disappear», avoiding putting concrete numbers of layoffs on the table.

McDonald’s employs more than 150,000 people worldwide both at corporate events and in their own restaurants, of which 70% are located outside the UShe predicted the network in February.

The fast-food company has conducted several rounds of layoffs in recent years. In 2018, the burger giant has already predicted that it will reduce its management to be “more dynamic, agile and competitive”. At the time, the layoffs were part of a $500 million plan to cut administrative costs by the end of 2019.

Actually Since 2017, the workforce worldwide has been reduced by around 30,000 workers by the end of 2019.. Of the 235,000 he had, he ended last year with 205,000, writes the American economic newspaper.