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‘Staff wanted’ as pandemic forces hospitality workers to rethink



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Diners who recently returned to Berlin’s restaurants are likely to have noticed a plethora of “staff wanted” signs in the windows of the reopened eateries. As the long emergence from lockdown continues, Germany’s gastronomy and hospitality sector is experiencing a serious shortfall in workers, particularly waiting and kitchen staff. Restaurants have spent large portions of the past 18 months either fully or partially closed, but owners’ relief at being able to reopen has been tempered by the lack of workers. “It has been difficult because during the lockdown we only needed a small staff: one in the kitchen and one out …

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