The employment crisis in the hospitality sector.

In Limerick it was very few and most that didn't reopen were the type that had little or no crew. Maybe it's different other places but Cork and Dublin look in full flow from what I've seen.

And there is a lack of staff in hospitality so anyone from a pub that didn't reopen should get a job easy. So I don't believe there is this massive workforce sitting at home who could be taking the hospitality jobs but just don't want to.

Lots of I'll informed people sticking the boot in here knocking employers.

If an employer takes on an 18 y.o. with no experience and pays them €11 an hour it is some of the best job and life experience they will ever get and they will possibly learn a lot more than a lot of college courses that they waste 4 years attending for 15 hours a week.

I see it all the time, they go into a job as mammys cotton wool wrapped precious and the employer is left to knock mammys molly cuddling out of them, and usually succeeds.

I know plenty of people who are treated well, get their holidays and tips etc.

If an employer acts the maggot then leave.

I know one employer who advertises every single week and he just doesn't realise the problem is him as he is a bad employer. People work there to put a couple of months on the CV then get something better.

It's gonna upset some of the racists but the fact is we desperately need to get foreigners in for a lot of jobs right now. Problem is they have nowhere to live if they tried come over.

...we actually dont live in this perfect world, where people truly get to chose their place of employment, its not exactly that easy to walk from one job to another, as life normally has all sorts of obstacles in place, from dependents, to debt obligations etc etc. some employers are simply arseholes, have little or no respect for the people that help run their businesses, yes theres enormous pressures in running a business, but respect goes a long way! oh and treating young workers with a bit of respect is probably also a good idea

....and treat them with a bit of respect also, making sure their pay and conditions are improved.....

Service industries in general are poor. Dealing with the public is exhausting and difficult. Add to that shite money and worse hours, no real perks its easy to see why people are slow to return.

I have family who have worked in hotels for years, promised the sun moon and stars at interview stage and it never ever turns out that way.

Ive 15 years in hospitality and always done what I could for staff even when we worked for sht bosses. Could have made a lot more money if I towed the company line so shove your fake concern.

I said needed for many jobs. For instance nursing, construction, dentistry as well as hospitality.

So all the old people currently being cared for by the HSE are just left to rot because the job isn't viable ?

The houses than need to get built the same ?

Those 300m are you'll never guess foreigners.

Damn right. Respect, proper pay and good conditions should be so obvious it's sad people still need to fight for them.

Well this lad did:

He's been awarded compensation. A fairly modest amount of it IMHO. But I wonder if he'll actually see any of the cash. And if he'll find it hard to get jobs in future.

I think that poster and others missing the entire point and they seems to be under some bizzare and ill informed notion the hospitality sector is entirely staffed by teenagers.

Teens, college students are a small proportion of Employment in this sector and primarily work part time hours. Whilst it's entirely unacceptable they are treated badly, I can assure those in any doubt, the abuses, ill treatment, Shenanigans, Excessive hours, Non payment of wages & Bank Holidays, entitlements to name but a few issues are not limited to teenagers or college students but affect full time professional staff.

Students are often thrown in the deep end, no training, no support and indeed I recall numerous reports dealing with appalling experiences people had when going to places that had just reopened after the pandemic, essentially owners thought they'd get away with operating with inexperienced staff, cheap labour so to speak and there was some astonishing stories of bad customer experience, most of whom did not blame the staff as they could see what was going on. Notwithstanding the shocking gouging that went on for those who staycationed.

I am fully informed, having spent almost 30 years in the sector both home and abroad.

It's an extremely difficult industry to work in and not helped by a large cohort of absolutely clueless business owners who wouldn't understand hospitality if it came up and slapped them in the face. Cowboys is what they are described as in the industry and sadly there are far too many.

It's also important to add, there are excellent employers also and infact it's those very employers and business owners who've absolutely no problem problem retaining staff because they treat them well.

It's very easy to differentiate from a Quality and consistant establishment. If it has long term, quality and happy staff it's not only a sign of a happy and productive work environment, those staff offer professional, Quality consistency and excellent service. Establishments with high staff turnover leads to dreadful standards and services, it creates a thouraghly unpleasant working environment which effects customers experiences, it's really not rocket science. I know for a fact some owners bizzarely seem to think it makes good business sense to turnover staff and its utterly perplexing.

This Industry and indeed its representation bodies seriously need to look in the Mirror, the Pandemic was a kick in the Arse but as I've said before it's not the first nor will it be the last staffing crisis in this sector unless things change Drastically.