It will take more than just better pay to fill all those positions, she said. So, I really do feel it’s a combination of many different things.” I think that we have folks who are still nervous about being in a guest-facing, highly public, lots of volume (position). COVID certainly put a spin on the whole work-life balance, and I think that people have responded to that in some cases. “Is that impacting? Yes, absolutely it is impacting, but we are seeing a lot of people who have simply chosen to switch careers.
“The easy answer, maybe the most obvious is the unemployment supplement,” she said. The labor shortage is a problem industry-wide, and there are multiple reasons for it, she said. “We’re slowly seeing the positive results of those initiatives, and I think it’s going to take us a little bit longer to get to where we need to be than in years past,” said Bridges. In addition, Harrah’s began offering hiring bonuses ranging from $500 to $3,000. It raised wages for all positions and boosted the starting pay rate for non-tipped positions to $15 per hour. In May, Harrah’s announced a pair of new hiring policies designed to help with the recruitment problem. Waynesville’s USA Farm Labor is suing the federal government in hopes of changing a new…
