Wednesday, April 14, 2021
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) — Restaurants and bars were among the hardest hit industries, losing nearly 6 million jobs during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, as more people get vaccinated and states reopen their economies, the industry is poised for a comeback.
Yet restaurant owners around the country are facing a major bottleneck: finding workers.
Carlos Gazitua, the CEO of Sergio’s Restaurants and a member of the Job Creators Network, regularly sees hourlong waits to be seated in one of his Cuban restaurants in Miami. “It’s not because we can’t fit everyone in,” he told Sinclair Broadcast Group. “We just don’t have the people to sit you down.”
It’s a paradox in an economy that is 8.4 million jobs short of where it was before the COVID-19 pandemic and where restaurants and bars are still 1.8 million jobs in the hole. Yet it’s a trend that is being seen across the country. …
https://cbs12.com/news/nation-world/now-hiring-restaurants-nationwide-struggle-to-find-workers
