Happy Employee Appreciation Day! 

Today is a great opportunity to recognize our collective achievements over the past year. Despite challenging circumstances, you have persevered and continued to show up for your colleagues and our business.  The entire leadership team is inspired by your commitment to the McDonald’s brand and to making delicious feel-good moments easy for everyone.

Please join me in extending a special congratulations to the winners of our 2024 global staff award programs. These individuals and teams have earned the highest accolades at McDonald’s through their hard work and dedication towards the remarkable work they do for the brand.

Our Presidents’ Award celebrates the top 1% of our staff employees globally. Our 2024 award celebrates 131 high-achieving individuals from across 43 markets around the world who embody our values.

Our Circle of Excellence Award recognizes 12 cross-functional teams that represent how we truly are better, together. These teams embodied an enterprise mindset to deliver significant results and continuously raise the bar through their innovative and scalable work, helping us move faster and smarter as an organization.

Our Shining Light Award offers everyone the opportunity to appreciate those individuals who are living our values each day, and our 2024 award recognizes 224 individuals from 60 markets. We received over 2,700 nominations for this award, and I want to take this opportunity to extend a huge thank you to everyone who took the time to recognize their colleagues.  

On behalf of the Senior Leadership Team, congratulations to all our award winners. Thank you for everything you do to push the business forward and for living our values every single day.

Tiffanie Boyd

EVP, Global Chief People Officer