A restaurateur in Strobl (Salzburg) is urgently looking for staff and is annoyed by the AMS. Since there are no employees, his operations run only with restrictions.
Josef Schmeisser from Strobl is a restaurateur through and through. In addition to Gasthaus Kirchenwirt, he also runs a wine bar, an ice cream parlor and a bath buffet. Business was actually going well, were it not for a chronic staff shortage. “I have to make sure that my employees stay with me,” says Schmeisser, who now had to pull the emergency brake with a heavy heart. Of his companies, he can currently only open the Kirchenwirt and the “Kiwi” at the Waßbad. “Since April I have been working 100 hours a week. My day starts at 8 a.m. and doesn’t end until after midnight,” says Schmeisser.
Advertisements placed for approximately 15,000 euros
The problem: Despite free staff rooms on the lake, mopeds for the employees and wages far above the collective labor agreement, there are hardly any suitable candidates. About 15 employees are missing for the summer season. “I placed advertisements for about 15,000 euros. But there were only four interviews. In the end, I was able to take on a job applicant,” says the frustrated Strobler landlord.
And the job of this Moroccan-born employee was initially rejected by the AMS after weeks of waiting – according to information from the Chamber of Commerce by phone. He thought: “It’s not possible now. First nothing happens for weeks and then they just reject the application.”
Positive decision after angry Facebook post
An angry and much-noted Facebook post later on Wednesday evening, Schmeisser received a positive decision for his Moroccan applicant. “I expect that those responsible will take a serious look at us and our situation,” said Schmeisser.
Source: Krone
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