# How Wendy's New Zealand uses Paradox

**~200 hours**: “returning ~200 hours per year to every restaurant”

As published on [paradox.ai](https://www.paradox.ai/case-studies/wendys-nz). Captured by usedby on 2026-10-09.

- Company: [Wendy's New Zealand](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/wendy-s-new-zealand.md)
- Tool: [Paradox](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/paradox.md)
- Teams: Hiring managers

## What the story says

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.

> 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.

- **85%**: “Candidates that apply through Lou are completing their job application 85% of the time.”

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-09.

- Checked: the figure ~200 hours is printed word for word on the page, near the name of Wendy's New Zealand.
- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of Wendy's New Zealand.
- Checked: Wendy's New Zealand uses Paradox. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-09.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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Source: https://www.usedby.ai/case-studies/wendy-s-new-zealand-paradox · How we check: https://www.usedby.ai/methodology