‘People just aren’t applying’: Why the restaurant industry created no new jobs last month

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'We've always had a problem getting good people, but we've never had a problem hiring people,' said Kayleigh Caamaño, who co-owns a casual pizza restaurant...

Since Kayleigh Caamaño and her husband, Jann, opened a pizza restaurant three years ago in Stephenville, Texas, filling open positions has never been an issue.

Last month there were no new jobs created across the entire leisure and hospitality industry, according to the jobs report published on Friday. In total, some 235,000 jobs were added in the U.S. last month — far below the 720,000 jobs economists had forecast.

Economists are blaming the lackluster August jobs report — and the fact that no new jobs were added in the leisure and hospitality industry, which includes restaurants — primarily on the highly transmissible delta strain of COVID-19. “ ‘It’s plausible that many employees decided to ‘sit out’ the delta spike and use the time to search for jobs that offer better pay and safer work conditions’ ”

Currently, she and her husband are looking to hire a food runner, bartender, pizza cook, kitchen prep cook and a dishwasher. Her team of 11 employees has managed to get by without the additional employees over the course of this year, she said. Caamaño hasn’t considered raising the pay for the open positions; the restaurant already pays more than neighboring establishments because it allows employees to keep their tips on top of their hourly wages, she said.

 

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I’m sure the amount of applicants will rise after Sept 6th, when the unemployment bonus expires

Low pay, higher exposure to Covid, dealing with anti-maskers, and prob lower tips due to low staffing resulting in slower service.

No one gets paid enough to deal with maskholes.

Let’s see: low pay high risk of contracting Covid, no benefits. It is really a mystery….

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