Augusta restaurants combat staffing issues ahead of golf week

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – As Masters week will get nearer, native eating places are getting ready for the inflow of individuals coming into city.

We spoke with restaurant managers about what they’re doing to organize and the way they’re coping with lingering staffing points.

Managers and homeowners of some eating places on the Surrey Heart and on Washington Highway say they’re providing hiring incentives and providing plenty of coaching to get new workers up to the mark with what Masters week appears like to ensure they’re effectively ready.

For native eating places, it’s the busiest week of the yr. The week they prepare and put together for all yr lengthy.

“We’ve been getting ready since January 1st, so all the pieces. However, you already know, there are at all times curveballs. So we’ve discovered to hit a whole lot of curveballs previously,” stated Henry Scheer, TBonz Steakhouse proprietor.

Shire says these curveballs don’t often contain staffing as a result of their veterans are keen to return to assist out that week.

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“We’ve been very fortunate that we’ve had a whole lot of loyal workers which have left us however come again through the week of the Masters,” he stated.

However for French Market Grille, staffing’s an ongoing problem recently.

“This present day, I assume as you possibly can, you possibly can inform that’s been troublesome,” stated Basic Supervisor Benton Turner.

And thru that issue, Turner says with months of strategic planning they’ve nonetheless managed to get their roster well-staffed for subsequent week.

“Typically we’ll put an advert out, you already know, like a promoted advert on Fb or social media, no matter that could be,” he stated. “What we’re doing is offering incentives, sure incentives which are particular to that place.”

As soon as they’re totally staffed, each eating places say it’s all concerning the coaching for each new and vetted staff members.

“We begin having Masters coaching classes weekly on Wednesdays. So we go about it that approach,” he stated.

Scheer stated: “All we do is observe, observe, observe. After which when the time comes, it appears pure.”

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