Charlottetown burger place driving staff to Cavendish location amid rising gas prices

One Island restaurant has provide you with a approach to appeal to new staff amid rising fuel costs.

Charlottetown’s BOOMBurger lately opened its seasonal summer time location in Cavendish. However like quite a lot of companies as of late, it was having a tough time discovering employees to work there.

So to maintain the place working, the house owners have determined to make it simpler for staff to get to Avonlea Village. Every day, employees can get a trip from its Charlottetown location to Cavendish and again on the finish of their shift.

“Transportation is actually onerous for individuals, particularly with fuel costs going up. And identical to typically, having a automotive is pricey to start out with,” mentioned assistant supervisor Abagail Estensten.

“You actually need to be aggressive proper now as an employer. I imply, at the same time as an worker you are going to be searching for who can do the most effective so that you can make your state of affairs barely simpler. So with the automotive it offers us that added further bonus.”

The restaurant bought a brand new automotive to ferry its staff to Cavendish and again. 

Whereas there’s already a $2 shuttle working between Charlottetown and Cavendish, some staff mentioned the bus service would not all the time line as much as their schedule.

Estensten mentioned the transfer permits it to rent youthful employees, who might not have a licence or one other approach to get to Cavendish.

“Going out to Cavendish sort of takes away from the paycheque, however now it would not have an effect on it as a lot,” mentioned Ashley Cullen, who works on the restaurant.

“Now I am completely satisfied to go on the market, and it is not an enormous deal.”