Staffing
Pizzeria co-founder couldn't hire assistant manager at $70K
December 6, 2021
A San Francisco Bay-area pizzeria can't find an assistant manager despite raising pay to $70,000, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
"This job is seen particularly as thankless, overworked and underpaid — full stop," Danny Stoller, co-founder of Square Pie Guys, a small chain of upscale pizza restaurants in the San Francisco Bay area, told the news outlet.
Stoller advertised an assistant general manager position in Nov. 2020 and received no applications, despite raising the salary to $70,000. He eventually rebranded the job as a general manager position and hired someone.
Hiring and retention remains critical for employers, especially in the hospitality space. The brutal hours and relatively low pay for an assistant manager position can make it difficult to hire, experts told the news outlet.
