According to a new study, the corona crisis has mainly driven workers from the hospitality industry to retail. According to a study by the German Economic Institute (IW), in 2020 alone, 216,000 employees across Germany would have turned their backs on gastronomy. Almost 35,000 of them have found a new job in sales, where the discounters Aldi and Lidl, for example, offer starting wages of at least 14 euros. Around 27,000 people have switched from the catering trade to the transport and logistics industry, including as drivers for parcel services. About the same number would have been hired in the field of corporate management, for example as assistants.
Labor – trade instead of gastronomy – economy
