- June 12, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
BATON ROUGE – Compared to a few months ago, Brad Zito of Drusilla Seafood Restaurant is feeling much more optimistic about hiring, even though the restaurant is not yet fully staffed.
“Every single day, we have to discuss, ‘do we have enough staff for the amount of business we have on our books,'” Zito said.
Recently, Zito has been able to plug some of the gaps in his staff that surfaced as COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.
“I think we’ve probably hired about five or six new servers, and we’ve hired four or five bussers,” Zito said.
He attributes the new additions to his staff to hiring incentives. Earlier this year, the restaurant started offering $100 bonuses to servers who sign-on and $50 for bussers.
Zito said colleges and universities letting out for the summer provided a boost in younger workers applying.
But he needs more workers, both inside the restaurant and next door at the catering business.
The hiring problem came into focus in…