Behind the catering labor shortage: It's not that young people can't endure hardship, but they understand the boss's routine. The epidemic has brought the catering industry into a trough in three years. In 2023, the catering industry finally ushered in a full recovery, and the street fireworks are back.

On Valentine's Day night, every major restaurant has a rare event.

The comprehensive recovery of the catering industry cannot be separated from the support of employees. After the Spring Festival, it was originally the peak season for job hunting, but this year it seems to be even more deserted, not because there are fewer employers, but because there are fewer job seekers coming to apply.

Catering friends in Guangzhou have just participated in a Spring Festival recruitment conference organized by the community. 300 companies came and the total employment demand reached more than 8,000 people. However, after three days, less than 3,500 job seekers came to apply.

My friend originally planned to recruit 50 people, including 20 female waiters and 30 kitchen workers. In the end, only 20 people were recruited. Three days later, 6 people left, leaving only 14 people.

Faced with such a result, Guangzhou catering friends looked distressed and complained that young people nowadays are not willing to work in catering because they cannot endure hardship.

After listening to what my friend said, I asked him back: "Does your store have five insurances and one fund? Does it include food and accommodation?" My friend said: "There is no five insurances and one fund. Only the store manager has three insurances, including two meals.

No accommodation, 4 days off per month. "Fifteen years ago, when I first entered the catering industry, all the restaurant owners had to do was post a recruitment notice at the door of the restaurant, and then the door would be filled by job seekers. Only women were available as waiters and men in the kitchen.

, don’t accept anyone over 28 years old.

But now, even the 60-year-old dishwashing aunt can't be found. It has to be said that the times are developing too fast.

In fact, the reason why young people are not willing to work in catering and the reason behind the catering job shortage is not that young people cannot endure hardship, but that many young people have understood that it is useless no matter how hard they endure, and they have understood the tricks of catering owners.

I understood the boss’s routine, just like what my restaurant friend in Guangzhou said at the beginning. Store employees do not have five insurances and one housing fund. They only receive two meals, no accommodation, and a monthly salary of 4,000 yuan.

In Guangzhou, renting a single-room dormitory costs at least 600 yuan, and a breakfast costs at least 10 yuan. Plus water, electricity and other living expenses, the minimum living cost in a month is 2,000 yuan.

In an ordinary hot pot restaurant in Guangzhou, a waiter's working hours are from 9 am to 10 pm. If it is a holiday or weekend, he may even be busy until 12 pm before leaving get off work.

The working time of a day exceeds 15 hours. Excluding the break between 2 pm and 5 pm, the busy working time of a day also reaches 12 hours.

The average hourly wage is less than 10 yuan!

On the surface, people in restaurants work eight hours, and the contracts they sign say so, but in fact, as long as they enter the catering industry, no one can work eight hours and then get off work, except for foreign-owned restaurants.

The working hours are long, the hourly wage is low, there are no five insurances, no one fund, there is no triple salary during holidays, and you have to work on weekends. If you are a store manager, congratulations on getting the "year-round" gift package. Faced with this

With the poor working environment and remuneration, young people gradually understand the tricks of restaurant owners, and more and more people choose to leave this industry.

When there is no use in studying, we will understand one truth. If we study hard, our academic performance will improve. But after entering the society, we will understand another truth: "No matter how hard you endure, it is useless!" Make money with

There is no inevitable connection between enduring hardship.

You are a waiter. You work hard until one o'clock in the morning. You work 15 hours a day. The boss's brother-in-law gets off work at 1 o'clock. At the end of the month, you are paid. You find that you, who have worked 15 hours, are not late for work every day.

If the salary is high, then you will find that no matter how hard you endure, it is meaningless and cannot be exchanged for economic value.

Today's young people would rather take weekends off, work 9 to 5, and earn a monthly salary of 3,000, than work 15 hours a day, with a monthly salary of 4,000. For young people, it is not that they are unwilling to endure hardship, but that they have figured out the routines of society.

If a job can pay more than 10,000 yuan a month, let alone 15 hours of work, even if it takes 20 hours, there are still a lot of young people willing to endure hardships to do it.

Today's young people are smarter, love freedom more, and prefer a relaxed and comfortable working environment instead of facing boring assembly lines and endless overtime every day.

The times are developing rapidly. New and freer jobs such as Internet takeout, express delivery, live broadcasting, and short videos are becoming popular among young people. Many young people would rather ride electric bicycles to deliver food than work as waiters.