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Help wanted: From high tech to fast food, Bozeman wrestles workforce shortage

June 17, 2019 /

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“It’s a fact that you just can’t find employees,” he said. “You’re sitting here like everyone else, hoping for a diamond in the rough, and it’s pretty slim pickings.”

Perkins has cut its hours drastically, going from being open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., to being open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. some days and until 2 p.m., other days, depending on if he has enough people to work a dinner shift.

Pretty soon, he anticipates Perkins will only be open until 2 p.m. each day, and not for a lack of business.

“You just don’t have anybody,” he said.