MCDONALD to suspend all operations in Singapore including drive thru and takeaways

[Spring]

1 hour ago, Jusnel said:

I hope they will do another right thing by continue to pay salaries to the staff.

Many MacD staff on hourly rate.  The company can be heartless by not paying anything 

McDonalds has always appear to me to be a very good corporate citizen by being very community minded in employing senior citizens etc. As such, I expect them to continue paying their staff salaries I'm quite sure.

Of course if this prolongs then different story but they shld be able to ride out a few mths without opening.

[Voodooman]

 

6 minutes ago, Yewheng said:

KFC and BK the crowd actually not do bad.. Plus they do not have any cluster yet.. 

It is maths.  I doubt both have zero cases.  It is a matter of how many employees you have. The virus is blind to race, language, religion and whether you serve chicken or burgers. 😁

[Carbon82]

@noobcarbuyer price increased by 1000x liao  And  @Discoburg favorite curry sauce on sales at ridiculous pricing as well... 

@Tohto I am expecting your 1st post here to be "I have not eaten Mac for the past 5 / 10 years liao, nothing to loose"...  

 

[1fast1]

Ok, whether this was a voluntary move by Mac or not, I'm happy as long as they're paying their employees during their furlough. 

Now, if this was prompted by a blooming cluster that's not yet been reported, there's more to be done by the government. 

The same risk factors operating with Macs apply to other fast food operators and potentially, all food prep and delivery organisations still considered essential. 

So an honest reckoning of how the spread happened and guidelines to prevent new clusters at other places should be publicised. 

Simply: what went wrong and how to we prevent it recurring? 

And it should be publicised rather than just being handled quietly with the food operators behind closed doors. 

This is because the public has a right to know what's going on with every aspect of this crisis, both because we're all deeply vested in this and also because members of the public who patronised the affected services may want to assess their own risk of exposure (which will save the contact tracers some time and trouble if they come forward). As an example of the latter, if the cluster wasn't just localised to the location but also involved one or more generic delivery riders, then even someone who ordered from another food outlet may potentially be at risk from contact with that set of delivery riders. 

Even if they're just precautions to be taken by in-house employees, the public are a useful extra set of eyes to monitor compliance and remind the staff to follow guidelines if they're in breach. Ego shouldn't enter into the equation: at hospitals, we encourage patients to ask doctors and nurses if they've washed their hands before touching them as infection control is everyone's responsibility. Same deal here. 

And, finally, some slightly out of the box thinking may be called for if delivery services were impacted / implicated - what about delivery drones? Given the much emptier state of the roads etc., is it possible to use drones to effect food (and other - e.g. mail and small parcel) deliveries safely?

 

[Lotr]

2 hours ago, Jusnel said:

I hope they will do another right thing by continue to pay salaries to the staff.

Many MacD staff on hourly rate.  The company can be heartless by not paying anything 

Errr ... part-timers ... hmmm ... i don't think so but maybe that's just me

[Lotr]

2 hours ago, noobcarbuyer said:

Anyone looking for a souvenir?

yeah, understand this freak product will look the same after years

[Lotr]

2 hours ago, Turboflat4 said:

CarouHELL keeps justifying its reputation day after day. 😂

siaolang many many

[Blueray]

I got macdonner garlic chilli, BNIB, can sell how much ? 

[Icedbs]

1 hour ago, Spring said:

McDonalds has always appear to me to be a very good corporate citizen by being very community minded in employing senior citizens etc. As such, I expect them to continue paying their staff salaries I'm quite sure.

 

I don't doubt their CSR , but as a business entity they are also not doing charity. 

Employing senior citizens have the benefit of wage offsets given back to them by gov.  and that helps in the company  bottomline. The older the staff, the more the wage offsets. There are also other perks which I cannot remember now but there are monetary benefits that helps towards the bottom line when they employ senior citizens.

Edited April 19, 2020 by Icedbs

[Staff69]

1 hour ago, Turboflat4 said:

Ok, whether this was a voluntary move by Mac or not, I'm happy as long as they're paying their employees during their furlough. 

 

 

Boss, should be paid leave as the government is paying part of the salaries, plus depending on the type of insurance , they are getting, the insurance companies will be paying for the loss of sales during this period.

I be paying in full to all our employees during this period till end of the year so their families wont be affected in anyway.

It's easy to beat this virus but very hard to get back good employees

 

 

ps, it pays to have a huge percentage of singaporeans core in your company 🤣🤣🤣

Edited April 19, 2020 by Staff69

[1fast1]

7 minutes ago, Staff69 said:

Boss, should be paid leave as the government is paying part of the salaries, plus depending on the type of insurance , they are getting, the insurance companies will be paying for the loss of sales during this period.

I be paying in full to all our employees during this period till end of the year so their families wont be affected in anyway.

It's easy to beat this virus but very hard to get back good employees

Good on you bro! 

[Enye]

wah... i should have gone hungry this morning and flipped my mac bf for 100k on carousell 

😭

[Yewheng]

 

KFC now also follow macdonald lao.. To only accept delivery, no more walk in take away from 20 April.. Don't know whether the drive through at kallang still can take order or not?

Edited April 19, 2020 by Yewheng

[Silver_blade]

2 hours ago, Yewheng said:

KFC and BK the crowd actually not do bad.. Plus they do not have any cluster yet.. 

KFC and BK are generally not popular. 
 

Spoke too soon. Well done KFC. 

Edited April 19, 2020 by Silver_blade

[Lala81]

3 hours ago, Spring said:

McDonalds has always appear to me to be a very good corporate citizen by being very community minded in employing senior citizens etc. As such, I expect them to continue paying their staff salaries I'm quite sure.

Of course if this prolongs then different story but they shld be able to ride out a few mths without opening.

wah piang, i think Macs been earning money non stop since February leh. Of all the F&B joints other than online delivery pizza, i think they are probably record profits lol 

[Lala81]

1 hour ago, Staff69 said:

Boss, should be paid leave as the government is paying part of the salaries, plus depending on the type of insurance , they are getting, the insurance companies will be paying for the loss of sales during this period.

In america, the insurance companies are refusing to pay pandemic related shutdowns. At least i read some reports.

[Lala81]

33 minutes ago, Yewheng said:

KFC now also follow macdonald lao.. To only accept delivery, no more walk in take away from 20 April.. Don't know whether the drive through at kallang still can take order or not?

Only if u have a sunroof. They Drop the food from above into your car 

[Jman888]

2 minutes ago, Lala81 said:

wah piang, i think Macs been earning money non stop since day 1 February leh. Of all the F&B joints other than online delivery pizza, i think they are probably record profits lol 

Amend for you