Business owner picks up gas tab for employees amid soaring inflation, labor shortages

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Craig Hazelett, the CEO of Driftwood Garden Center in Florida, said he is helping his employees pay for gas so that he doesn't lose workers and can attract new ones.

Driftwood Garden Center CEO Craig Hazelett says the current labor shortage and the fear of losing existing workers prompted him to cover the cost of gas.

Driftwood Garden Center CEO Craig Hazelett explained on Wednesday what prompted him to pick up the cost of gas for his workers even though he said it "certainly affects the bottom line." Driftwood Garden Center, which has stores in Florida, employs 104 people, and the CEO noted that starting in February, he gave his full-time workers an extra $50 each paycheck for gas and his part-time workers $30. "We decided we had to do something just because of how hard the ability to get employees is right now," Hazelett said on "

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cringe

Did anyone think biden and the democrats could screw up the country so badly in just 2 years? Unbelievable.

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