Source: DREW DACEY, NEUSE NEWS, 6/1/21

Small businesses throughout North Carolina are experiencing staffing difficulties for a variety of reasons. Hiring crunches are causing many problems with the consumer experience. The lack of staff is affecting the hours of availability for local businesses.  Joe Hargitt, owner of King’s Restaurant says that they are in desperate need of reliable employees. “I ran a Facebook ad about 5 weeks ago about hiring,” said Hargitt. “I said I’d pay people $9/hr to come to work and if they stayed more than 30 days I’d raise their pay by one dollar.”

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