From Germany to Australia, the Great Resignation is putting businesses worldover on the backfoot
Empty tables in front of a restaurant in the old town of Schwerin, Germany. The shortage of skilled workers in the restaurant and catering industry has caused severe losses during the peak tourism season. Image: Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images
Paris, France: Germany has a shortage of plumbers. The United States needs more postal workers. Australia is lacking engineers. In Canada, hospitals are looking for more nurses.
"The Great Resignation" that countries have experienced since Covid pandemic restrictions were eased is not over yet.
Michael Blume, chief executive of a software company in eastern Germany, said he had "a lot of difficulties finding workers".
"Wherever we look, we are lacking qualified workers," Blume, whose firm Currentsystem23 is based in eastern Germany, told AFP.