Businesses in Atwater Village say they continue to have difficulty filling openings so they have turned to raising wages to keep staff and attract new employees in a competitive job market.
"We definitely had to put out feelers and do interviews. We had to work a little bit harder to find them and maybe I just feel like we got lucky," said Michelle Pedersen, one of the owners of Treehaus Boutique in Atwater Village.
"We have had staffing issues for sure," said Carrissa Morin of Proof Bakery in Atwater Village."Last year was really, really difficult for us, especially in the summer when things started reopening. It seems like especially in the service industry, a lot of people who left the industry are not looking to return."
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