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Yet, even for them, several said that business on the other weekdays has been picking up slightly compared to before the pandemic. At Lolla restaurant on Ann Siang Hill, head chef Johanne Siy has been keeping a lot more part-timers on call because of how unpredictable business has been lately. “It’s also partly in response to the fact that a lot of people don’t want to work in this industry full-time,” she said. “We’ve had part-timers on call before in the past but not as many. Now it’s also more spontaneous.”
“It’s not settled down, for sure. There’re also other issues like the lack of manpower that has been aggravated since the reopening.”