McDonald layoffs

Remote layoffs have become more common since the pandemic as employees worked from home. But some workplace experts have called the practice insensitive.

It isn’t because of the scale of the [job cuts](https://www.barrons.com/visual-stories/jobs-tech-unemployment-hiring-b1575c6?mod=article_inline), but that they will be delivered to employees virtually, following many tech giants that have trimmed their head counts amid worries about a recession. [lay off people](https://www.barrons.com/visual-stories/jobs-twitter-paypal-dow-layoffs-01675281305?mod=article_inline) over the internet? ](https://www.barrons.com/market-data/stocks/mcd)

The corporate job cuts come as part of McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski's ambitious restructuring plan, but will not impact the roughly 2 million restaurant ...

The couple also share an order of large fries and a hot apple pie to finish out the meal. But the decision to collaborate with the couple, known for their profanity and sex-laden lyrics, was criticized by some franchise owners who questioned whether it could damage its family friendly image. 'Maybe they feel like they don't have the right people in place.' The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. The corporate job cuts come as part of McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski's ambitious restructuring plan, the layoffs will not include the more than 2 million workers in franchised McDonald's restaurants around the world McDonald's directly employs more than 150,000 people around the world in corporate roles and company-owned restaurants, with around 70 percent of those located outside of the US. The source said the company is closing its offices this week to conduct the layoffs 'out of respect,' and to 'provide dignity, confidentiality, and comfort to our colleagues.' The layoffs will not include the more than 2 million workers in franchised McDonald's restaurants around the world. Version 2.0 of the 'Accelerating the Arches' program announced in January added a fourth D, restaurant development, as well as the corporate restructuring plans intended to fuel growth. The corporate job cuts come as part of McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski's ambitious restructuring plan, but will not impact the roughly 2 million restaurant workers at franchised locations around the world. The cutbacks come as McDonald's pushes to significantly expand its restaurant footprint in the US and Europe for the first time in years, after saying many locations are operating at full capacity. [is closing its US offices this week to terminate staff remotely](/news/article-11931299/McDonalds-closes-offices-cancels-meetings-prepares-layoff-corporate-staff.html) as part of a previously announced restructuring, with the number of corporate job cuts reportedly in the hundreds.

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. [warned employees in January](https://apnews.com/article/mcdonalds-corp-chicago-business-76db0744b64240b5c06149baabaa279a) 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. The memo was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. It told international corporate staff to follow guidance in their particular regions.

McDonald's announced Monday plans to lay off a number of corporate employees and closed U.S. offices through Wednesday as the company prepares to deliver ...

According to the source, McDonald’s will have more employees beginning new roles or receiving promotions this week than being laid off. The international fast-food company closed its U.S. McDonald’s announced Monday plans to lay off a number of corporate employees and closed U.S.