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McScrooges: McDonalds Wants Employees to Work On Christmas With No Overtime Pay
According to a leaked internal memo, McDonalds is urging its franchisees to stay open on Christmas Day without paying employees overtime.
Ad Age has obtained an internal memo from McDonalds USA Chief Operating Officer Jim Johannesen pushing franchise owners to stay open on Christmas, Starting with Thanksgiving, ensure your restaurants are open throughout the holidays. Our largest holiday opportunity as a system is Christmas Day. Last year, [company-operated] restaurants that opened on Christmas averaged $5,500 in sales. In a December 12 Memo, the COO upped the ante, and projected that stores that opened on Christmas would do $6,000 in sales.
By opening on Christmas the franchise owner makes money, the corporation makes money that will help them reverse their first sales decline in nine years, but what do the workers get in exchange for giving up Christmas with their families?
Certainly, not overtime pay.
When Ad Age asked McDonalds spokeswoman Heather Oldani if employees get overtime pay, she answered, When our company-owned restaurants are open on the holidays, the staff voluntarily sign up to work. There is no regular overtime pay.
The holiday is voluntary, but anyone who has worked in any non-union environment understands what voluntary really means in this context. The franchise owners who want to open on Christmas Day will make it very clear to everyone what will happen both for those who sign up for work, and those who dont.
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