Tourism: Large hotels hit by “great resignation” – Now hiring just about anyone

There are tens of thousands of vacant jobs in tourist areas in Greece, waiting to be filled. At the same time and due to the pandemic, another problem arose. Hotel workers quit their jobs to find something more stable as the pandemic also affected tourism. The problem is intensifying in Greece since workers are avoiding hotels and other related jobs in the tourism industrydo not go to work in the hotels, complaining about "bad working conditions" and "low pay".

In order to work, however, hotels in Europe and in Greece, must be staffed. Large European chains have resorted to hiring workers with a simple resume, even if they don't have the necessary experience.

In fact, euronews reports that thousands of workers have left their jobs and now hotels cannot meet the demand for travel after the pandemic.

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This of course has an impact on the quality of services, but so far it does not seem to be a concern. However, hotels have realized this and thus are slowly limiting the services provided.

The chief executive of Accor, Europe's largest hotel chain, Sebastien Bazin, admitted to Reuters that: "Europe's largest hotel chain has undertaken a trial to hire people who have not previously worked in the tourism industry. We tested in Lyon and Bordeaux 10 days ago and this weekend we are interviewing people, without a CV, without previous work experience, who are hired within 24 hours."

In France, for example, vacancies are filled by students or immigrants. Once hired, new staff go through a 6-hour fast-paced training session and are then thrown into the fray.

In France and Spain, hoteliers are trying to entice workers to come and work in the industry, and there are not a few who offer various extra benefits, such...