McDonald's plan to hire 50,000 people in one day and what it says about America's economic prospects.
By Annie Lowrey
McDonald's has named today, April 19, "national hiring day." As with everything McDonald's, it's all about scale. In one day, the chain hopes to add as many as 50,000 people to its payrolls; worldwide, it employs 1.7 million workers, runs 32,000 restaurants, and serves tens of millions of burgers every day. On the one hand, this is great news: 50,000 jobs! On the other hand, 50,000 McJobs?...[continued]
