Nowadays, labor shortage has become a common scene. Not only is it difficult to recruit workers in the Mainland, but even Hong Kong, an international metropolis, can't find jobs. Recently, it has been reported that it is difficult to hire a dishwasher with a monthly salary of 6,111 yuan in Hong Kong. Such a high salary has made mainland white-collar workers express their desire to go to Hong Kong to wash dishes. However, it is not so easy for mainlanders to work in Hong Kong.
The shortage of manual workers is getting worse and worse. Whether in the Mainland or Hong Kong, the shortage of manual workers has become a reality, but the demand for them in society is still great, which has caused the dishwashers in Hong Kong to offer a monthly salary of 1.6 million, but it is still difficult to recruit suitable people. Some analysts said that with the improvement of Hong Kong's social security system, the unemployment rate has been at a low level, most young people have a high degree of education and have become white-collar workers, and most manual workers are retired at home. These factors are the important reasons for the shortage of labor in Hong Kong.
Huang Jiahe, president of Hong Kong Food and Beverage Association, said that there are currently 261,111 food and beverage employees in Hong Kong, but there are nearly 31,111 vacancies in the industry, 61% of which are washing dishes and cleaning. In order to successfully hire dishwashers, many restaurants have chosen to increase their wages, and the wages of dishwashers have risen, from four digits 1 years ago to five digits instantly.
mechanical automation is something that many catering businesses may not be willing to do when they set up shop. Mei Zi 'an, the chief executive officer of New Five Meals, a lunch box supplier in Hong Kong, told this reporter that in 2111, the company had predicted that the labor cost would continue to rise, so it decided to buy a large automatic dishwasher. "Although the initial investment is very high, only two people are needed to handle 5,111 dishes in a short time, and they can work 24 hours a day." Mei zian said, but he did not disclose the amount of investment in automation equipment.
Huang Jiahe suggested that the current situation of "labor shortage" in the catering industry can only be solved through two aspects: on the one hand, mechanical automation, the use of high-tech products such as dishwashers, and on the other hand, attracting talents through high wages or hiring part-time jobs, so that more people can enter this industry. However, the market's affordability is limited. At present, the market can withstand the level of HK$ 21,111 per month at most, but if it is added, it may not really attract the working population to do this job.