The Not So Great Resignation: Unseen Risks and Mitigation of Costs

A recent jobs report revealed 6.6 million jobs were created in the last year.  It’s a jaw-dropping number and the opportunities for employment are endless.  So where are the servers, the hotel housekeepers, and prep cooks? The situation is so dire we see signs in restaurant windows begging for patience and daily postings online from disgruntled workers, fairly complaining about being treated poorly by patrons after they could not do their job well, given the under-staffing at their place of employment.  

The hospitality industry took a massive hit in the height of the pandemic; while certainly not the only segment of our economy that got a smackdown, it seems the punches are never-ending.  While we see national economic recovery in numbers such as the aforementioned jobs report; yet, I’m still sitting here, waiting for my pizza.  The truth is, the wallop of forced closures was a mountain to climb; those that survived that challenge know the impact is far from over.  I…