McDonald's has closed its employee resource website, at least for the time being the Huffington Post reported Thursday.
"We'll Be Back Soon!" the company said in a statement on the website."We are temporarily performing some maintenance in order to provide you with the best experience possible. Please excuse us while these upgrades are being made," the statement said.
Employees who still need assistance can do so by phone the Huffington Post reported.
"We have offered the McResource program to help our valued McDonald's employees with work and life guidance created by independent third party experts," Lisa McComb, a spokeswoman for McDonald's USA said in a statement the Post reported. "A combination of factors has led us to re-evaluate, and we've directed the vendor to take down the website. Between links to irrelevant or outdated information, along with outside groups taking elements out of context, this created unwarranted scrutiny and inappropriate commentary," McComb said in the statement. "None of this helps our McDonald's team members. We'll continue to provide service to them through an internal telephone help line, which is how the majority of employees access the McResource services."
The site previously had a posting discouraging people from consuming fast food according to NBC News.
"Fast foods are quick, reasonably priced, and readily available alternatives to home cooking. While convenient and economical for a busy lifestyle, fast foods are typically high in calories, fat, saturated fat, sugar, and salt and may put people at risk for becoming overweight," the information on the site said before NBC News reported. "It is hard to eat a healthy diet when you eat at fast-food restaurants often. In general, people with high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease must be very careful about choosing fast food because of its high fat, salt, and sugar levels," the post said NBC News reported.
