Operations
McDonald's hits equal pay by gender goal
October 20, 2021
McDonald's employees are paid based on work rather than race or gender, according to a message viewed by QSRweb. The company says it has achieved equal pay by gender across company-owned U.S. restaurants, and substantially achieved equal pay by gender for corporate U.S. employees (currently women are paid 99.16% as men for comparable work).
McDonald's has substantially achieved equal pay for historically underrepresented groups across U.S.-based staff and U.S .company-owned restaurant employees and is on track to close any remaining gender pay gaps here and across international operated markets in 2022, according to a press release. The Chicago-based burger company worked with Mercer, a leading pay analysis expert, to identify wage gaps by gender and historically underrepresented groups.
"Every day, we will work to diversify our leadership; continue to hire diverse world-class talent; offer the most competitive learning and development programming among our peers and create formal mentoring and sponsorship programs to accelerate success in our workforce," Debbie Ballard, McDonald's vice president of global business service, said in a company statement. "All of this work elevates who we are and brings our values to life in a very tangible way. I'm proud that McDonald's is leading the charge, and I'm excited to see the positive change we will create in the future."
McDonald's has joined the Catalyst Gender and Diversity KPI Alliance, a group of diversity, equity and inclusion advocates, corporations, academics, and trade organizations that support the adoption and use of a set of key performance indicators to measure gender and diversity in their organizations.
"Making McDonald's an inclusive brand is a core value because it isn't just the responsibility of one person or one team. It depends on all of us," Heidi Capozzi, executive vice president, global chief people officer, said in a letter to the McDonald's global system. "Over the past 18 months, we've worked together to create a future where equality, fairness and opportunity aren't just goals, but the lived experience of every single person in our communities."
