Disappearing shops

[primsong]

Well, yet another small business near my house is suddenly gone, an ice cream shop that's been there for decades - they must have been done as of the end of September because they were there on the 30th but on the morning of Oct. 1 the shop was vacant - squeezed everything they could out and moved in the night, I guess.  Looked up local news, it said they'd had to close because the minimum wage hike had made it impossible to still keep afloat.  Drat. I used to work in a shop like that and was eyeballing it as one of those I might apply at for part-time work.
:-(

Comments

[archersangel]

that stinks. but i suspect that more small business will go that way.

[primsong]

Unfortunately yes - we're not out of the woods yet economically, there's so many empty storefronts it can be kind of spooky sometimes.

[blackmare]

That's sad. I'm hopeful that most small businesses won't see that much of an impact, though. I mean, I've worked a lot of low level jobs, and the tiny businesses always paid considerably better than minimum wage anyway, while the giant ones squeezed their employees for every nickel. Not just with super low pay but with things like scheduling us for 3.5 hour shifts so they didn't have to cover a few minutes of paid break after 4 hours.

I work part time at a frame shop these days and if you like art (and actually have frame shops in your area), that might be a thing to look at for part time work. They typically pay better than minimum, you learn a skill set that is often in demand, and they may be seeking extra help right now because holiday season in a frame shop gets REALLY busy.