~200 hours
“returning ~200 hours per year to every restaurant”
As published on paradox.ai. Checked by usedby on Oct 9, 2026.
What happened
Wendy's New Zealand locations use Paradox's Conversational ATS with an AI hiring assistant named Lou to screen applicants and schedule qualified candidates for interviews, replacing paper applications.
Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Paradox and Wendy's New Zealand, not ours.
- 85%“Candidates that apply through Lou are completing their job application 85% of the time.”
By partnering with Paradox, the Wendy’s NZ team has been able to speed up the hiring process, returning ~200 hours per year to every restaurant.
What the story claims, and what we checked
What we compared with the page.
- The figure: ~200 hoursCheckedPrinted word for word on the page, near the name of Wendy's New Zealand.
- The passage quoted aboveCheckedCopied word for word from the page, near the name of Wendy's New Zealand.
- Wendy's New Zealand uses ParadoxCheckedConfirmed line.
- The result itselfNot checkedWe quote it; we did not measure it.


