McDonald’s plans to hire approximately 4,500 restaurant employees in Colorado, with some being eligible for tuition assistance after just 90 days.
The fast food giant recently announced it is allocating $150 million over five years to its global Archways to Opportunity education program.
It's also lowering eligibility requirements from nine months to 90 days of employment and dropping weekly shift minimums from 20 hours to 15 hours, making new summer restaurant employees eligible by the end of the season.
This investment will provide almost 400,000 U.S. restaurant employees with an opportunity to earn a high school diploma, receive upfront tuition assistance for college courses, access academic advising courses and learn English as a second language.
Additionally eligible crew will have access to $2,500 per year in tuition assistance, which is up from $700 per year.
Eligible managers will have access to $3,000 per year, up from $1,050.
Archways to Opportunity has awarded more than $21 million in high school and college tuition assistance as part of the company’s journey to build a better McDonald’s and set people up for success at McDonald’s and beyond.
More than half of the hires at company-owned restaurants are projected to be between the ages of 16 to 24 years old.
