“It’s truly a candidate’s market right now, and they’re expecting high salaries, excellent benefits, as well as never having to come into the office.”
Bay Area businesses can now welcome customers without masks or social distancing as COVID rules have loosened. But there’s one thing some still can’t do: hire enough workers.
“It’s truly a candidate’s market right now, and they’re expecting high salaries, excellent benefits, as well as never having to come into the office,” said Andrea Urton, CEO of HomeFirst. PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 25: Caregivers Maryjane Navarro, left, Mitzi Thompson and fellow coworkers get waffle served by Associate Executive Director Prett Kaur, right, during a waffle day as part of the employee appreciation at Moldaw Residences’ assisted living home for seniors in Palo Alto, Calif., on Friday, March 25, 2022.
These days, about three-quarters of their job candidates just skip their scheduled interviews, Gerson said. And many of the people Moldaw hires don’t ever show up to work, which Gerson said was unprecedented prior to COVID. At Crimson Horticultural Rarities, a boutique plant nursery with two locations in Oakland, owner Allison Futeral spent six weeks trying to fill a crucial position last year. Futeral’s “receiver” — who handles incoming shipments of merchandise — stopped working over concerns about catching the virus. Until they found someone to permanently fill her place, Futeral and her two managers had to take on her job along with their own.
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