The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the leisure and hospitality industry faced a quit rate of 5.7% in March this year. Polar Cave's website says the shop is accepting applications for summer jobs because of the shortage of available workers on Cape Cod.Д«usinesses large and smallВ across the US have been experiencing severe staffing shortfalls since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and during the so-called Great Resignation that has swept through the American workforce. 'When you think it can't get worse, it just gets worse.' 'If it was like this now, what's it going to be like when school is out and people are coming for their summer vacations?' Lawrence told The Journal. He said that having so few workers was a 'scary' situation to be in before the peak summer season begins in June. Lawrence hadn't expected there would be no applicants for job vacancies in store, he told The Journal. Mark Lawrence, the owner of Polar Cave Ice Cream Parlour in Mashpee, told The Journal that he's struggling to hire employees for his shop, especially ahead of the busy summer season. The owner of an ice-cream shop in Massachusetts said that customers waited in a 45-minute line one weekend earlier this month because there wasn't enough staff to help out, The Wall Street Journal reported. He added that it was a 'scary' position to be in ahead of peak summer season starting in June. Mark Lawrence expected the shop to be busy but didn't think there'd be no job applicants.

Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty ImagesД¬ustomers waited in a 45-minute line for a Massachusetts ice-cream parlor, the owner told the WSJ. The owner of an ice-cream shop in Mashpee told The Wall Street Journal that he's struggling to hire employees.

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