McDonald's CEO says crime is thwarting return to Chicago offices
CBSN
Workers at McDonald's corporate offices are hesitant to return to the company's Chicago headquarters over concerns that crime in the area is soaring, the fast food giant's CEO said this week.
In particular, employees are reluctant to ride mass transit in order to commute to work, citing a surge in violent crime and quality of life issues, McDonald's chief executive officer Chris Kempczinski told other business leaders at the Economic Club of Chicago Wednesday.
"The truth is, it's more difficult today for me to convince a promising McDonald's executive to relocate to Chicago from one of our other offices than it was just a few years ago," Kempczinski said. "I Ït's more difficult for me to recruit a new employee to McDonald's, to join us in Chicago, than it was in the past."
