Central Texas restaurants struggle to find workers
and last updated 2021-07-06 23:33:52-04
Last year places like restaurants had to close their doors but now that they are open again, they are having trouble finding workers.
Restaurants just like Jimmyâs Egg in Killeen, are struggling to get people to come work for them making the employees here work twice as hard just to keep the customers happy and sometimes, itâs not enough.
This time last year restaurants were mostly take out only and the number of employees dropped leaving a lot of people out of work.
Now restaurants like Jimmyâs egg in Killeen canât seem to find enough people to fill their staff and provide the kind of service they want to.
One restaurant that has noticed the short staffing is MasFajitas, a Mexican restaurant in Killeen.
Chris Chavez, a manager at MasFajitas, has been in restaurant management for 15 years and he explained the hiring problem they are facing along with so many other restaurants.
âThis past eight to 10 months has been the most challenging,â Chavez said. âI think the stimulus checks and the extended unemployment has definitely impacted people not necessarily needing or wanting to work as before COVID.â
Chavez added that MasFajitas felt more of the impact earlier in the year and toward the end of 2020, and the situation has gotten better recently.
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Texas ranked third among the hardest hit states financially
Jarell Baker
and last updated 2021-04-15 00:06:20-04
This past year was undoubtably one of the toughest bottom-line years for Shekeya McCallister.
âI worked for a non-profit organization but I lost my job. I was able to obtain another job. However, the start date never came because of COVID,â said the Killeen woman.
McCallister went months filling out job applications, looking for a way to support her family, but her troubles didnât stop there.
âI wasnât able to file for unemployment because I didnât qualify. I was basically without a job for a whole year,â she said.