“There is still a lack of 120 to 150 seasonal workers in the department …”, told The dispatch Denis Carminati, former boss of the Auberge du Moulin in Sainte-Énimie, and President Lozérien of the Union of Hotel Trades and Industries (UMIH). This shortage of labor intensified during the Pandemic of Covid-19. Since the Covid crisis, it has become “a real obstacle course. At the national level, in our branch, there are 200,000 jobs that are not filled. The French all want to be civil servants or Prime Minister, or stay unemployed. But they no longer want to do this work, ”said Carminati.
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The problem is very real. “I need a CDI chief and a clerk, but I can’t find, deplores Amine Nfinif, from the Mendois restaurant Taj Mahal. France work sends me people without experience, or without motivation. In the process, he receives a profile that interests him, but it is difficult for him to recruit him. “I received on my employer profile the CV of a chef who lives in Morocco. He is motivated, he knows well the cuisine I make, but the French immigration office in Casablanca does not give him an appointment to make the medical visit, says this immigrant installed for fifteen years in Lozère. So he cannot apply for a work visa … It’s been four and a half months since it lasts. »»
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Telephone in hand, Amine shows the notifications he receives: “These are automatic answers to my emails, where I am given a number to call that never responds. The prefecture, in Mende, tells me that she can do nothing. “The one who took over the Taj Mahal in 2022, and who also worked at the Laiterie du Massegros, was forced to leave without balance until August because of the shortage of labor:” For the moment I am at the restaurant with a single employee … I occupy two jobs at the same time to make my business work, it is hell. »»
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In Carminati’s eyes, this situation is not isolated. According to her explanations, she forces some professionals to limit their activity, for lack of seasonal workers. “Migrant associations help us, but there are always blockages. Asking for regularization is complicated too. It’s a shame, because they are people who want to work. Many employers also offer free accommodation. And I want to specify it: they are paid like the French, ”he added.
