McDonald’s $8.25 Man and $8.75 Million CEO Shows Pay Gap
By Leslie Patton - Dec 12, 2012
Tyree Johnson scrubs himself with a bar of soap in a McDonalds (MCD) bathroom and puts on fresh deodorant. He stashes his toiletries in a Kenneth Cole bag, a gift from his mother who works the counter at Macys, and hops on an El train. His destination: another McDonalds.
Johnson isnt one of Chicagos many homeless people who seek shelter in fast-food joints. Hes a McDonalds employee, at both stores -- one in the Loop, the other about a mile away in the shadow of Holy Name Cathedral.
He needs the makeshift baths because hygiene and appearance are part of his annual compensation reviews. Even with frequent scrubbings, he said before a recent shift, its hard to remove the essence of the greasy food he works around.
I hate when my boss tells me she wont give me a raise because she can smell me, he said.
Johnson, 44, needs the two paychecks to pay rent for his apartment at a single-room occupancy hotel on the citys north side. While hes worked at McDonalds stores for two decades, he still doesnt get 40 hours a week and makes $8.25 an hour, minimum wage in Illinois.
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