China Overseas Chinese Network, April 27th. According to the US "World Journal" report, vaccines are popularized and the epidemic is slowing. The business in Los Angeles restaurants in the United States is booming. There are long queues for take-out or dine-in. Some restaurants are even more prosperous than before the epidemic. .
Recently, however, many restaurants have expressed that they are not sufficiently staffed. They have posted job postings everywhere. Chefs, waiters, cashiers, and dishwashers are all in urgent need of hiring, but the result is that they cannot be recruited.
"The restaurant business is hot and it is difficult to recruit people. The boss has a headache when there is no business, and it is even more headache when the business is good." According to Mr. Guo, a well-known restaurant chef in Los Angeles, his restaurant is currently facing such an embarrassing situation.
"It's too difficult to recruit people now, even if you can't get a salary increase, we first hire a chef, but if you can't hire a chef, then you can come to a chef's helper." Mr. Guo said, "You can't hire a helper either. , Then someone has to do the work, just hire some apprentices, at least do some small chores."
Mr. Guo, who has been in the catering industry for more than ten years, said with emotion that he has never encountered such a situation. It is difficult for restaurants to recruit people. The boss does not ask if he will be interviewed, as long as people can come.
"Just like last night our restaurant couldn't hire the front desk, the boss could only let the rested employees come over and work on duty."
Why can't the restaurant recruit employees even with a salary increase?
The primary reason was that restaurant business was cold during the epidemic, which led to the loss of a large number of staff.
“My Chinese restaurant was closed during the epidemic, and I was unemployed because of this.” Ricky, who lives in Alhambra, has been engaged in catering services for many years. The epidemic has caused him to leave the industry he is familiar with. “I want to join the truck driver industry and I am now in the learning stage. Ready to take a truck driver's license." Ricky heard a friend introduce that truck drivers earn a good income, and he decided to try a new industry.
The epidemic has enabled express delivery, transportation and other industries to flourish, and there are many people like Ricky who have changed their careers due to the epidemic.
Mr. Guo said that several colleagues he knows are in similar situations. “Many chefs have changed their careers. Now the logistics industry is very hot, the income is high, and they are relatively free. It's not like being in a restaurant every day when you cook.
When asked if he would consider returning to the catering industry, Ricky replied that there is no such thing, "I now have unemployment benefits from the government and can temporarily support my family. I will definitely not consider going back now."
Because it is convenient to receive unemployment benefits, and for some low-income groups, the current unemployment benefits provided by the government are not lower than their working income. This is one of the main reasons why restaurants cannot recruit people.
In addition, although the epidemic in California is slowing down, it has not completely emerged from the shadows. The mutant virus is still rampant, and the restaurant has a large number of people, which is a relatively high risk of infection. Therefore, many people are temporarily unwilling to take risks to work. This is also a restaurant. One of the reasons for not recruiting people. (Shao Min)