SOME CONFUSION? BOB: WE WILL GIVE YOU A LOOK FOR YOURSELF AT THE SIGNS OUTSIDE THIS MCDONALD’S. WE WILLLSO A TELL YOU WHAT MCDONALD’S HAS TO SAY ABOUT WHAT THESE SIGNS AREOU TTING ABOUT THEIR PAY TERAS. WE ALSO TALKED WITH A LEADER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RESTAURANT AND LODGING ASSOCIATION ABOUT THIS SITUATION WHERE TREHE IS AN APPARENT WORKER SHORTAGE. >> THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT SUPPLY AND DEMAND IS AT WORK. WHEN TRE ISHE A SHORTAGE IN SUPPLY, PRICES GO UP AND IN THIS CASE, WAGES GO UP. BOB: THERE ARE TWO MCDONALD’S HERE OUTSIDE BH OFOT THEM, Y OUHAVE THESE SIGNS. THEY STATE MCDONALD’S IS HIRG.IN UP TO $22 AN HOUR PLUS FREE BUS PASS. PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ARE POINTING OUT AND QUESTIONINGHY W THE SIGNS INSIDE BOTH MCDONALD’S SAY MANAGEMENT UP TO $16 AN HOUR. GREW UP TO2 1 PER HOUR. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE HAVE ENHANC OEDUR BENEFITS TO ATTRACT TALENT IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE MARKET. THIS INCLUDES RAISING STARTING WAGES. THE SIGNAGE ON THE OUTSIDEF O THE RESTAURANT IS MORE RECENT THAN THE SIGNAGE ON THE INSE.ID MANY OOURF RECENT MANAGEMENT LEVEL HIRES HAVE STARTED AT $22 AN HOUR. THOUGH, AS IS THE CASE IN ANY HIRING SCENARIO, TNGSHI LIKE EXPERIENCE, AVAILABILITY AND SKILL SET AFFECT SPECIFIC PAY RATES. THE LEADER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA FOOD AND MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION TELLS US THAT. >> THEY ARE DOING ALL THOSE THINGS. THEY ARE REALLY COMPENGTI VERY SERIOUSLY FOR AVAILABLE WORKERS. BOB: NOBODY WAS AVAILABLE FROM MCDONALD’S TO TALK TO US
Sign of the times: Ross Twp. McDonald’s offers up to $22/hour, plus free bus pass
“Overall, we’ve seen statistics that there’s more available positions than folks who are looking at this point.”
Updated: 6:32 PM EDT Oct 25, 2021
Outside the two McDonald’s restaurants on McKnight Road in Ross Township, small signs say, “McDonald’s hiring. Up to $22 an hour, plus free bus pass. Stop in to apply.” “There is no question that supply and demand is at work here. And when there’s a shortage in supply, prices go up. In this case, wages go up,” John Longstreet, president and CEO of the PA Restaurant and Lodging Association told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4, when asked about an apparent worker shortage.But people on social media are pointing out — and questioning why — the signs inside both McKnight Road McDonalds say, “Management up to $16 an hour” and “Crew up to $12.50 an hour.”A McDonald’s corporate media told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4,”…we have enhanced our benefits in order to attract talent in a highly competitive market. This includes raising starting wages. The signage on the outside of the restaurant is more recent than the signage on the inside. Many of our recent management-level hires have started at $22 per hour, though, as is the case in any hiring scenario, things like experience, availability and skillset affect specific pay rates.”PA Food Merchants Association president and CEO Alex Baloga told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4, “Advertising and raising wages. Our folks are doing all of those things. They’re really competing again, very seriously for available workers.” Longstreet told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4, “They say the problem is 10 times worse than it was going into the pandemic, when we already had a worker shortage in our industry. So the problem is severe. It’s severe in all industries. We see it on the news every night.” “Overall, we’ve seen statistics that there’s more available positions than folks who are looking at this point,” Baloga said.
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Outside the two McDonald’s restaurants on McKnight Road in Ross Township, small signs say, “McDonald’s hiring. Up to $22 an hour, plus free bus pass. Stop in to apply.”
“There is no question that supply and demand is at work here. And when there’s a shortage in supply, prices go up. In this case, wages go up,” John Longstreet, president and CEO of the PA Restaurant and Lodging Association told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4, when asked about an apparent worker shortage.
But people on social media are pointing out — and questioning why — the signs inside both McKnight Road McDonalds say, “Management up to $16 an hour” and “Crew up to $12.50 an hour.”
A McDonald’s corporate media told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4,”…we have enhanced our benefits in order to attract talent in a highly competitive market. This includes raising starting wages. The signage on the outside of the restaurant is more recent than the signage on the inside. Many of our recent management-level hires have started at $22 per hour, though, as is the case in any hiring scenario, things like experience, availability and skillset affect specific pay rates.”
PA Food Merchants Association president and CEO Alex Baloga told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4, “Advertising and raising wages. Our folks are doing all of those things. They’re really competing again, very seriously for available workers.”
Longstreet told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4, “They say the problem is 10 times worse than it was going into the pandemic, when we already had a worker shortage in our industry. So the problem is severe. It’s severe in all industries. We see it on the news every night.”
“Overall, we’ve seen statistics that there’s more available positions than folks who are looking at this point,” Baloga said.
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