Fast Food Salary Never in a million years did we think we would be including McDonald’s in the Buzz section of this magazine. But when a “We’re Hiring” banner in front of a local McDonald’s was sent to us with a line that read, “$18 dollars per hour,” It became clear that maybe The Golden Arches has started to catch on to the importance of offering a living wage to employees. The fast-food giant said it would increase wages for more than 36,500 hourly workers by an average of 10% over the next several months. Non-managerial workers at 10
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the chain’s roughly 660 company-owned restaurants in the U.S. will earn at least $11 to $17 an hour at entry levels after the increases, McDonald’s said. Considering cooks in most states at the fast-food chain are still paid less than $10 an hour, maybe the increase will reflect the hardship of living in the United States in 2021. Every person deserves a living wage. If they show up to work, they should be compensated fairly. Now let’s hope the franchise owners follow suit. Job postings on Indeed.com
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Realizing wage matters, one massive chain is stepping up its game.
