'We're competing with unemployment'
Eventually the company landed on offering a $500 sign-on bonus for every new hire. “I think part of it is, it’s almost like we’re competing with unemployment,” administrative assistant Dory Nuñez said. “… Why would anybody want to, I guess, start at a minimum wage job when they can be earning more money … on unemployment?” Fresquez Companies isn’t alone in the struggle to find employees. Help wanted signs are cropping up in the windows of many restaurants and businesses around the city and state. “It’s a big struggle,” Twisters COO Bahjat Shariff said. “People are m...