Where have all the workers gone?
On weekdays, The Peabody has only enough workers to rent 200 of its rooms. On weekends, double the number of rooms are available, but that’s still well short of the hotel’s 464-room capacity. (Daily Memphian file)
As the economy has started to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses have been having a hard time finding enough workers to meet the demand. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, the labor shortage might not be ending any time soon.
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Greater Memphis Chamber John Gnuschke Amity Schuyler The Peabody jobs expanded unemployment benefit Memphis area unemployment
Blake Fontenay
Blake Fontenay’s 27-year journalism career has taken him to many newspapers in four states. However, he had never returned to work in any of the other cities where he had been before until the opportunity to report for the Daily Memphian presented itself. He covers business for the Daily Memphian.
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