Tampa, Florida (Tampa), a McDonald’s franchise owner (franchise owner) said that he is still trying to find applicants in order to encourage people to come to the interview, as long as they can apply for the “interview fee” of $ 50.
The McDonald’s franchise owner Casper (Blake Casper) told Business Insider that the company’s general manager and supervisor told them that they could “do whatever you need to do” to hire more employees. So he developed a plan to pay candidates to interview.
“At this point in time, if we can’t keep our drive-thrus running, then I’ll pay $50 for the interview.” said Casper, who owns 60 McDonald’s restaurants around Tampa.
Twitter users have posted photos of signs outside McDonald’s stores in the area. The sign reads “$50 for interview.
Casper said the strengthening of federal unemployment benefits after Congress passed a comprehensive pandemic relief bill may have contributed to the decline in job seekers. He further speculated that more companies are now struggling to recruit people.
“The house is now falling apart and the situation is snowballing.” Kasper said in an interview published about a week ago.
“A lot of people have their hands full, they’re out shopping,” he added, “and then, on the flip side, we’re doing everything we can to get help.”
Casper said he and other franchise owners have been forced to raise wages for their employees because of labor shortages. He added that he is considering raising starting wages from $12 to $13, which would be well above Florida’s minimum wage.
“Right now, the biggest challenge is that the federal and state governments continue to maintain this state of unemployment, which really creates an incentive for people to not want to work.” Kasper added that this is the same concern that members of Congress expressed last year about the COVID-19 pandemic bailout bill.
“And, how can you blame people? When people are out of work, but can make more money,” he said, “so we (starting salaries) have to be at least above that level.”
The National Federation of Independent Business said a survey found that 42 percent of small businesses said they were unable to find employees for some job openings, and said this one phenomenon could be blamed on the expansion of unemployment benefits.
“When the pandemic took some workers out of the workforce, owners struggled to find qualified workers to fill jobs because they had to compete with increased unemployment benefits.” The survey said, “Twenty-eight percent of owners reported raising payrolls (up 3 percentage points), the highest level in the past 12 months.”
The report added that 17 percent of owners plan to raise salaries in the next three months, while 7 percent cited labor costs as their top business issue and 24 percent said the quality of their workforce was their top business issue.
“It will become increasingly difficult for small business owners to find qualified workers to fill open positions.” The report said.
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