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Job Description

Overview

As a Crew Member at Wendy’s, you’re part of the family from Day 1. This role offers opportunities for career growth, flexible scheduling, and paid training, along with various perks.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain a positive attitude and assist fellow crew and customers.
  • Be eager to learn and contribute positively to the team.
  • Address any issues that arise to ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Stand and move for most of the shift.
  • Use restaurant equipment such as headsets, registers, or grills.
  • Follow brand standards to prepare food, serve customers, and maintain cleanliness.

Requirements

  • A positive attitude and willingness to help others.
  • Desire to learn and be part of a team.
  • Ability to address issues proactively.

Benefits

  • Free Meals
  • 401k
  • PTO
  • Health Insurance

Additional Information

  • Flexible schedule options available.
  • Paid training provided.

Benefits

Free Meals
401k
PTO
Health Insurance
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How this job compares in Chicago, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $17/hr, this posting comes in about 52% below the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Chicago, IL, where the middle half runs $27–$45/hr across 89 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Chicago, IL

We're tracking 108 other active welding openings in Chicago, IL right now, from 59 different employers. 52 of them were added in the last week. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 373 other active welding openings from 232 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Chicago, or widen the search to Illinois.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are S&C Electric Company (18), Gerber Collision & Glass (14), and Staff on Site (13). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Downers Grove at $46/hr, Chicago at $36/hr, and Addison at $32/hr. Chicago is among them.

Similar openings near Chicago, IL

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Crew Member figures were last recalculated when this page was built.