McDonald’s wants to hire 50,000 in one day in US

NEW YORK—McDonald’s unwrapped Monday a Big Mac-sized hiring event, saying it hopes to add up to 50,000 employees in the United States in a single day this month. The McJobs blitz will be April 19, when nearly 14,000 restaurants will seek new crew and managers for both full- and part-time positions, the fast-food giant said. “Our national hiring event is an opportunity to invite more people across the country to join our team, and learn that a McJob is one with career growth and endless possibilities,” said Jan Fields, president of McDonald’s USA, in a statement. The company noted that Fields began her career in an entry-level restaurant position. Stressing the chance for employees to move up the corporate ladder, McDonald’s said that more than 50 percent of its franchise owners and 75 percent of restaurant managers started as crew. McDonald’s USA serves more than 26 million customers a day. Nearly 90 percent of McDonald’s 14,000 US restaurants are independently owned and operated by local business men and women. The Illinois-based company has more than 32,000 restaurants in 117 countries, and a global workforce of 1.7 million.