Pizza Hut Plans to Open Stores and Create 11,000 Jobs

[bjl584]

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/19/pizza-hut-plans-to-open-more-stores-create-11000-jobs.html

Pizza Hut plans to open more stores, create 11,000 jobs

Sarah Whitten | @sarahwhit10
23 Mins Ago
CNBC.com

Pizza Hut is about to go on a hiring spree.

The pizza chain said Thursday it will hire 11,000 new pizza makers, delivery drivers and store managers.

"While we don't have a set deadline, we know we are headed into one of our more busy times of the year and our restaurants across the country are working hard to hire team members that will deliver a quick and reliable pizza experience for pizza lovers nationwide," Kelly McCulloch, Pizza Hut's senior director of human resources, told CNBC.

The company said the hiring is part a plan to expand the number of U.S. stores to 8,500 over the next few years.

The new hires and their families will be eligible to receive 50 percent off tuition at Excelsior College to take "career-boosting educational courses" at the nonprofit online school. The program, known as the Life Unboxed EDU initiative, was launched in 2015.

"We're committed to improving the overall customer experience," McCulloch said in a statement. "This starts with our restaurants recruiting top talent, and training team members to perform at their absolute best."

[GoodSteward]

I assume hire 11,000 - intend to keep about half. Restaurants try to over hire because they know people quit or don't make the cut, and they don't want to be understaffed.

[StormRichards]

I haven't had Pizza Hut since they closed a local dine in location and replaced it with a take out/delivery location a couple blocks away.

It will be interesting to see if their expansion will include dine in or just take out/delivery.

[bjl584]

I haven't had Pizza Hut since they closed a local dine in location and replaced it with a take out/delivery location a couple blocks away.

It will be interesting to see if their expansion will include dine in or just take out/delivery.

I've noticed a lot of their newer locations are branded as the "wing street" name and are smaller take out/eat in establishments

[james.hendrickson]

From Payscale.com, The average hourly wages for Pizza Hut employees by category are:

Pizza Cook / Chef / Maker
Hourly Tips $0.00 - $0.52
Hourly Rate $7.14 - $9.00

Server
Hourly Rate $2.24 - $7.45

Delivery Driver
Hourly Rate $7.10 - $9.09

Restaurant Manager
Hourly Rate $8.11 - $11.83

[Hookem System]

Don't forget to add the tips

I am pretty sure the tips were pretty good during the holidays, because we lost a good working kid at my job. He claimed that he was making better money with the tips at PH and decided to quit.

[SavingMum]

It's nice that they're creating jobs, it's a shame that better paying businesses aren't all following their lead...

[Smallsteps]

I think many companies that have chimed up for good PR. claiming plans to hire thousands often they are in industries that have high turnover and no real way to gauge new jobs vs replacement jobs.

[SavingMum]

I think many companies that have chimed up for good PR. claiming plans to hire thousands often they are in industries that have high turnover and no real way to gauge new jobs vs replacement jobs.

Good point, I didn't think of that. 'We've hired 300 new people' could be because 295 quit recently... and they need 5 more trainers

I think this particular story isn't one of those cases though. as it says they're opening new stores - so the jobs weren't there before.