South Florida Restaurants Desperate For Workers Offer $400 Signing Bonuses

Miami FL

19 April, 2021

8:58 PM

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CBS Miami April 19, 2021 South Florida restaurants are so desperate to fill critical jobs they are offering signing bonuses. Social media users might've spotted restaurants' recent all-caps advertisements on Facebook and Instagram: A "$200 hiring bonus" at Riverside Hotel in downtown Fort Lauderdale, seeking entry-level servers and shift managers. Blocks west on the New River, seafood restaurant Rivertail has offered a "$250 signing bonus," hoping to fill seven jobs. Around the corner, Mexican eatery Bodega Taqueria y Tequila promises the biggest sign-on bonus of all: $400. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.