McDonald’s fast food giant has temporarily closed its offices in United States as it prepares to communicate layoffs among its workforce, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
The information in the newspaper, which for now it has not been confirmed by the companycites an email in which McDonald’s informed employees at its corporate offices in the US and some abroad that they must work from home between Monday and Wednesday.
The company, according to that message, plans to use those days to virtually report personnel decisions.
Last January, McDonald’s already announced that it was preparing a restructuring and that the changes would begin to be announced in April, without giving any details about the number of positions that could be affected or the savings that were sought.
“Some jobs that exist today will be moved or disappear”said then the chief executive, Chris Kempczinski, quoted by the WSJ.
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McDonald’s employs around 150,000 people worldwide in its offices and in the restaurants it operates directly, not counting franchises. Approximately 70% of those jobs are outside the United States.
This Monday, the company’s shares opened with rises on Wall Street and half an hour after the start of operations they were advancing around 0.50%.