The coronavirus that plunged the whole world into chaos has calmed down.
I work at a restaurant in Sydney Suburb. I’m at a restaurant on the outskirts of Sydney that I’ve been indebted to since before COVID-19. So I’ve seen pre-COVID, COVID, and now from the same place with my own eyes.
From Monday, February 21, 2022, the general public will be conditionally allowed to enter Australia and enter New South Wales. Now, more than a year has passed since then, and there are no particular conditions for COVID-19 when entering Australia and NSW.
That’s why many people come to Sydney and Australia.
As a result, employment seemed to increase.
However, the number of jobs has shrunk compared to before the pandemic.
This is because each restaurant that has endured the COVID-19 disaster has made corporate efforts such as reviewing its efficiency compared to before the COVID-19.
The restaurants that have endured COVID-19 are operating with fewer staff than before COVID-19.
Home delivery food services like Uber Eats have become popular.
This food service has made it possible for stores to accept online orders, and it has also been possible to secure sales that match those that have been running for a long time.
As long as the settings are firm, this service allows you to receive orders online and secure sales without manpower.
In the COVID-19 disaster, which was a crisis labor shortage, it quickly took hold.
Therefore, there are restaurants that have multiple partnerships with these home delivery food service businesses.
Even if the number of staff employed is the same, it will be easier to manage the restaurant sales from home delivery food service.
It is a very convenient home delivery food service. If you are a user, it may seem like there are many happy things. But Sydney’s unique trap awaits.
Everyone orders this kind of home delivery food service at the same time. Naturally, the restaurants are also busy at that time.
Orders from the home delivery food service and in-store orders come in at the same time. We are operating with a small number of staff, so we can’t control operations. As a result, customers sometimes wait very long and get refused.
If this is a restaurant with multiple contracts, it is a very hard work during busy hours.
There are still lot of jobs on many job sites, but compared to before COVID-19, all restaurants are adjusting the number of staff they hire.
This was due to the efforts of each restaurant, and during the COVID-19 disaster, it was not possible to enter Australia and cross-state movement was also restricted. Restaurants that were open during this period cannot hire the labor force they rely on, such as international students and working holiday maker. We managed to find and hire people in Australia to overcome this critical labor shortage. And now, international students and working holiday maker from overseas are entering Australia every day. However, we know that the management side can operate with fewer staff, so even if the restaurant has the same or higher sales as before COVID-19, they are not hiring the same number of staff as before COVID-19.
Everyone already knows Sydney’s high hourly wages. There are so many people who are looking for jobs and coming to Sydney.
I have also seen examples and success stories of people who have successfully achieved high hourly wages, and they are also posted on famous websites.
I thought the hourly wage is certainly high in Sydney. It is also true that rumours are circulating that the minimum hourly wage will increase from July 2023.
For workers, a high hourly wage is a good thing, but from the management side, the punchline is that the company will collapse if something is not done.
In that case, we will respond by partnering with the Food delivery service described above, reducing the number of jobs, and changing the menu price.
*In Australia, the financial year is from July 1 to June 30 of the following year, so hourly wage changes and changes in terms are often changed to coincide with this period.
I often hear stories of people who have a high-hourly job and think that this will finally warm their pockets, but that they can work less hours than they think, that they have fewer shifts so that they can receive a salary but the amount is small, or that their salary has not been paid.
日本人が1番雇われにくい Difficult to hire Japanese
飲食店マネージャーをしているので面接を行いますが、日本人以外の人達の英語力に目を見張ります。
正直日本人がダントツで英語ができていません。
仕事の面接で自己紹介を英語で行ってもらっても、日本人以外の人達は行えます。
日本人はできないんです。
日本語で、
「こんなことは仕事と関係ない!」
と言ってきます。
では自分の事も英語で話せない人がお店のメニューを説明できますか?
こうなると採用されなくなってしまいます。
I am still working a restaurant manager, During job interview, I am amazed at the English skills of people other than the Japanese.
To be honest Japanese cannot speak good English.
Even if I request to introduce yourself in English during a job interview, They said,
“It has nothing to do with work!”
Can someone who can’t speak English explain the menu of the restaurant?
People from all over the world are coming to Sydney in search of high-paying hourly jobs. People come from all over the world, so there are not enough places to live.
When I went to a Japan restaurant, there was “okonomiyaki” on the menu, so I was happy and ordered. The taste was delicious, but I couldn’t think of the price of $ 30.00 (2700 yen for $1.00 = 90 yen).
Regular pork ball okonomiyaki is $30.00 (2700 yen)
