April 2 (Reuters) – Burger chain McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) is briefly closing its U.S. places of work this week because it prepares to tell company staff about its layoffs as a part of a broader firm restructuring, the Wall Road Journal reported on Sunday.
In an inner electronic mail final week to U.S. staff and a few worldwide workers, McDonald's requested them to do business from home from Monday by way of Wednesday so it will probably ship staffing choices nearly, the report mentioned. It's unclear what number of staff can be laid off.
“In the course of the week of April 3, we'll talk key choices associated to roles and staffing ranges throughout the group,” the Chicago-based firm mentioned within the message seen by the Journal.
McDonald's additionally requested staff to cancel all in-person conferences with distributors and different outdoors events at its headquarters, the report added.
McDonald's didn't instantly reply to Reuters' request for a remark.
The fast-food chain mentioned in January that it could evaluation company staffing ranges as a part of an up to date enterprise technique, which may result in layoffs in some areas and growth in others.
McDonald's is predicted to start saying key choices by Monday.
Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru; Enhancing by Josie Kao
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