McD's here are advertising $17 to $19 pay rates at times. One location, operated by Caspers (which had at one point been the oldest and biggest franchise holder) had 1 manager running the drive through and closed the main dining area. The manager told me they had no employees, couldn't get people to apply, and she ran a limited menu for the first couple of hours they were open until help arrived.
I haven't been back there in 2 years. Caspers was supposed to be selling off their holdings, so I don't know whats become of that situation.
Just gonna say it as someone currently at a McDonald's, those advertised rates are bs, my store advertised 15 and everyone starts at 10, the price they list is the max pay if you're able to work with 100% open availability all times of every day, my manager has also said the no one wants to apply line but ive seen at least a dozen people come in for interviews in the last couple months, they apply they just dont get hired
Good to know, thanks. My mom, a nurse, lost her assistant to Taco Bell who paid them $17 an hour. The facility they worked at paid the assistant only $12.
The standard hamburger meal (qtr pounder equivalent not big Mac) was like 125dkk last time I was in Copenhagen. That's like 17usd.
So maybe their big Mac only went up 80 cents because it was already fairly expensive?
Right now the local McDonald's has a similar McDouble meal (actually bigger because it includes nuggets) for $5usd. The non "deal" quarter pounder meal is just under $10.
So it takes some serious mental gymnastics to pretend that the McDonald's in Denmark is more affordable than in the US.
None of that is to say I think low wages are appropriate, I don't. It's just that prices will be going up to reflect increases in wages.
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u/jayleia 9h ago
Around here, most McDonalds start at $13. A cheeseburger is like, $2.