The owner of a flower store in San Francisco says he will hire anyone that shows up as businesses across the US struggle to find staff.
The owner of French Tulip flowers in Noe Valley told KGO-TV that he and his girlfriend are the only employees at the store.
One of the two employees who left the shop opened his own shop.
The store's window had a sign that said "We are hiring anyone that shows up."
"We'll take anyone who is willing to learn and stay with us right now," he said. He didn't reply to the question of how much French Tulip Flowers paid its staff.
There is a labor shortage in the US, with record quit rates and a drop in job applicants. Americans say the Pandemic has given them the chance to think about what they want from their workplace and they're now looking for roles with better wages, benefits, and working conditions.
Retail workers have cited rude customers as a reason for quitting their jobs.
Many companies are lowering their employment criteria in order to make more job seekers eligible.
French Tulip Flowers said they would take on anyone to plug their staffing shortages.
A pizzeria in Alabama said in August that they would hire anyone. If you can't find a job, call us and we'll hire you.
A restaurant manager in Virginia said she was so desperate for staff that she had to hire rude people who scared off customers.
The owner of a construction company in Arkansas said he would pay up to $20 an hour to workers who had no idea how to do the job. The Canadian Subway and Wing'n It franchisee said he would hire workers as young as 14 years old because they were the only ones applying for jobs.
According to the Bureau for Labor Statistics, 24,780 Americans were employed as floral designers in May 2020. The BLS data shows that the median hourly wage was $13.73 and the median annual wage was $28,560.
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