[geraldwhen]

McDonald’s is a franchise. Franchise owners bear the burden of employee and goods costs.

[anticorporate]

Franchise owner also bear the burden of franchise fees, which pay for these exorbitant executive compensation packages.

[ToucanLoucan]

And they've been complaining for decades at this point that corporate is failing them. Not enough new products, bad business and advertising strategies, store renos, the list goes on.

The burger flipper making a lot more money is doing a lot more for their franchisee's than the executives are as of late.

[boringg]

The exec comp is a rounding error compared to the other costs of the business.