McDonald’s CEO says Chicago crime hurting recruitment, scaring employees as companies flee: ‘City in crisis'

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'Everywhere I go, I’m confronted by the same question,' McDonald’s President and CEO Chris Kempczinski said in a speech. '‘What’s going on in Chicago?’ There is a general sense out there that our city is in crisis.'

area recently and said he thinks "we can all agree their departure is not good news for our city."

district which brings the company’s contribution to the city to a total of $2 billion annually and employees tens of thousands of people, Kempczinski said. In a question and answer session following his speech, Kempczinski talked about ways crime and homelessness has negatively affected employees and customers at McDonald's restaurants as well as employee at the corporate office.

"It has become increasingly difficult to operate a global business out of the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois," Kempczinski said.Chicago is spending $52-million this year on violence prevention, with a focus on 15 communities hardest hit by crime. Kempczinski also said that he has received calls from mayors and governors attempting to convince him to relocate McDonald’s to other areas.

 

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Chicago’s mayor is enough to scare people away!!!

It’s about time he stood up. Any other CEOs got anything to say? crisis purge ecosystems

Must be all those strict gun laws hard at work

McDonalds I would love to work for the company but I can not move my family up there. How about remote work?

Chicago is a war zone.

Defund the police 😂😂😂

I do not blame businesses for leaving the major cities, especially since practically all of them are being run into the freaking ground by the Democrats. VoteTheDemsOUT

Move your headquarters to a Red state!

Move to northwest Indiana like everybody else in Illinois.

Poverty drives crime maybe he should start paying better wages to bring crime down

Duh, but nice to hear him say it.

The biggest crime in Chicago is the $13 for a pint of beer ohare. At least on the street they have a common decency of using a gun when robbing you. 😝.

Chicago is a war zone.

Then stay in Chicago. You are not protecting your employees. That should always be first priority.

But monkey face says everything is fine

NYC:

Do you get the same questions about Little Rock, Memphis, Chattanooga, Houston & Dayton? Are you fleeing those cities?

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