Los Angeles restaurants and their battle for employees

By: MRT Desk

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En Los Angeles los restaurantes compiten por conseguir trabajadores

Stores are reopening in Los Angeles and other parts of the United States, and signs with the message “We are hiring” appear everywhere. But although life has a post-pandemic edge, a new challenge arises for restaurants: Workers are not willing to come back for just any salary.

“We have to deal with a labor shortage that I haven’t experienced in my entire career,” says Skyler Gamble, manager of Acme Hospitality, which runs several restaurants in Santa Barbara, two hours north of Los Angeles by car.

“Our experience in the past six to nine months, when businesses have improved, is that fewer and fewer people are responding to job offers,” he explains.

The gastronomic industry was hit hard by the coronavirus and the restrictions associated with fighting the epidemic, with millions of jobs lost.

But the return to normality is uphill. Classified ads abound on the internet soliciting waiters, cooks and bartenders. However, the correlation has been reversed and employers are now looking for skilled workers.

Craig Martin, owner of Cafe 50’s on the famous Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, has to replace a cook. Given the shortage of candidates, he offers a bonus of $ 2,000 in four payments to tempt them.

Like many others hiring, Martin blames the labor shortage on expanded unemployment benefits from the pandemic.

Many former employees in the restaurant industry “are not even thinking about looking for work,” he adds.

– No rush to return –

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