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Kuru Footwear, supplier of footwear for restaurant workers, people who stand all day, conducted a Dec. 2022 survey of 800 workers, 18 and older in the food/restaurant service industry.
Restaurant workers reveal how they feel about their job:
And they expressed tangible comments about their job:
Whereas a survey in August had only 700 executives polled by a executive research company; but it is only the bad news which has made headlines even this month. "Half of respondents said they’re reducing headcount or plan to, and 52% have implemented hiring freezes."
What is not publicized in bad news headlines: "about two-thirds of firms are boosting pay or expanding mental-health benefits."
Another surprising response, also not publicized by pundits and journalists, is that the benefit or change most sought is an expansion of opportunities to "work-at-home" or remotely.
So while some would suggest there is a decline around the corner, it would seem that smaller companies are doing well, restaurant workers are looking for other opportunities, and the patent & trademark office is issuing just as many patents as the year previously.