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Hotel / Restaurants Accommodation And Food Service Activities Food And Beverage Service Activities 56.10 - Restaurants And Mobile Food Service Activities
2,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 March 2024
Employment effect (start)
24 March 2024
Foreseen end date
Description
The fast food chain McDonald's will recruit 2,000 people in Portugal. McDonald's has over 350 vacancies in the Lisbon region, 270 in the Porto region, 200 in the Algarve, 150 in Leiria and 120 Setúbal. The positions include assistant managers, shift managers, and restaurant managers.
McDonald's has a set of benefits for the workers, including health insurance, scholarships, and merit and performance awards.
McDonald's also has a “training plan suited to their experience and role, as well as a progression plan that aims to support teams in achieving their goals”.
The food chain currently has more than 200 restaurants in Portugal.
Eurofound (2024), McDonald's, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 201151, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201151.
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