Almost every fast food and non-chain restaurant I see has a “help Wanted” or “Now Hiring” sign. One waitress that I see about every 2 weeks says she has to limit her hours or she’ll loose her welfare.
Same here in Indiana.
Everybody is an Obamacare 29er (or less) these days.
The other thing against fast food is these warehouses that distribute stuff (Amazon, Guitar Center, Sur La Table, O’Reilly Auto Parts are ones near me) are all paying $12/hour.
That seems like a better alternative to me, unless you’re really into the fast food scene.
No waitress where I work is on welfare. We all work every minute the restaurant is open because no one will apply. We have a help wanted sign and have had precious few applicants. Of those who applied none showed up for the interview. Strange to me because it’s a fine dining establishment in a small town with well to do “lake people “.
When I was in college twenty years ago the steak house nearby had an endless amount of applicants. We have just one college student waiting tables. The rest of us include a guy in his late twenties and two middle age homeschooling moms. Are young people really just that lazy??