KSL TV
SALT LAKE CITY – Last week downtown bar and bistro owner Kirk Bengtzen waited for about two dozen job interviewees but only four showed up. Wednesday, he scheduled seven interviews and didn t hear from any of them. Holy cow, trying to get people to even show up to an interview is beyond ridiculous, the Twist Bar Bistro owner said.
Bengtzen is trying to expand and needs to hire about 30 people and suspects that enhanced unemployment benefits are the reason people are turning down his job offers. A lot of times they re saying, Well, I can t guarantee that I m going to make as much with you as with unemployment so I m just going to pass, he said.