I-McDonald's ikhiphe isitatimende esisemthethweni namuhla imemezela ukuthi ngemuva kweminyaka engama-32, isikhondlakhondla esizinze e-US sizophuma ngokuphelele eRussia futhi sithengise lonke ibhizinisi laso laseRussia.
“Ngemuva kweminyaka engaphezu kuka-30 isebenza kuleli, iMcDonald’s Corporation yamemezela ukuhoxa emakethe yaseRussia yaqala nohlelo lokudayisa ibhizinisi layo laseRussia,” kusho isitatimende sikaMcDonald.
I-McDonald's kubikwa ukuthi izoqopha ukukhishwa kwe-$ 1.2 billion kuya ku-$ 1.4 billion futhi ibone "ukulahlekelwa kokuhunyushwa kwemali yangaphandle," ngenxa yokuhoxiswa kweRussia, kusho i-food chain esitatimendeni sayo.
McDonald ihlela ukuthengisa izimpahla zayo zaseRussia, ezihlanganisa izindawo zokudlela ezingu-850 emadolobheni namadolobha ahlukahlukene, ezinye eziphethwe abahwebi, kumthengi wendawo.
Iqashe abantu ababalelwa ku-62,000 eRussia futhi isebenza namakhulu abahlinzeki bendawo.
Ngokwesitatimende esikhishwe yinhlangano yokudla okusheshayo, “izinto eziza kuqala kulo zihlanganisa ukufuna ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abasebenzi bakwaMcDonald’s eRussia bayaqhubeka nokukhokhelwa kuze kube kuvalwa noma yikuphi ukuthengiselana nokuthi izisebenzi zizoqashwa esikhathini esizayo nanoma yimuphi umthengi ongase athenge.”
Imithombo yezindaba yasendaweni ibika ukuthi ngemuva kokuthengisa uchungechunge lokudlela luzosebenza ngaphansi kohlobo olusha.
“Zonke izimpahla zakwaMcDonald ziyadayiswa, yonke imisebenzi iyagcinwa, kuzoba nomkhiqizo omusha, uxhaxha lwezitolo ezidayisa ukudla okusheshayo ezizovuleka ezindaweni lapho kwaMcDonald’s kwakusebenzela khona,” kubika abezindaba zendawo, becaphuna imithombo esemthethweni.
NgoMashi, iMcDonald's yamemezela ukuthi izovala izindawo zokudlela eRussia futhi imise ukusebenza ngenxa yodlame lwaseRussia olungaphenduki. Ukraine, kuyilapho ethembisa ukuthi abasebenzi bazoqhubeka nokukhokhelwa.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- According to the statement issued by the fast-food chain, its “priorities include seeking to ensure the employees of McDonald's in Russia continue to be paid until the close of any transaction and that employees have future employment with any potential buyer.
- In March, McDonald’s announced it was shutting down its restaurants in Russia and suspending operations in response to unprovoked Russian aggression against Ukraine, while promising that employees would continue to be paid.
- “All McDonald's assets are being sold, all jobs are being kept, there will be a new brand, a new chain of fast-food outlets that will open in the places where McDonald's used to work,” local media reports, citing official sources.
