McDonald's lays off hundreds, cuts pay for workers, closes field offices – New York Post

McDonald’s is laying off hundreds of employees in its corporate offices, cutting pay and benefits for others, and closing field offices as part of a companywide restructuring, according to a report. According to internal emails obtained by the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago-based fast food giant informed restaurant owners that it would shutter field offices in the coming months. McDonald’s will consolidate its operations into one national structure that would oversee all of its 10 field offices, according to the Journal. “While the McDonald’s Brand is in the strongest position it has been in years, we also recognize that our business has grown increasingly complex in recent years,” Joe Erlinger, president of McDonald’s USA, said in the email obtained by the Journal. Several of those who were laid off were executives who spent decades with the company. Tim Andersen, who served as vice president of operations and development, posted a note on his LinkedIn account on Thursday that read: “I was informed last week I was starting my planned retirement 3 years early during a large reorganization at McDonald’s.” “Although I always wanted the decision to leave to be mine, I am so proud of the 42 years I spent with
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