Recruiting with a bit of honesty

Recruitment sign at McDonald's, Broadway and Cambie, Vancouver, BC

So, as part of the management team at McDonald's my salary will start at $14.50 per hour. (For a 40-hour week that works out to $30,160 per year.) That does not sound too bad given that British Columbia's minimum wage is $10.45 per hour.

In some places that would be a reasonable salary and you could afford to rent a nice apartment. But in Vancouver the situation is a bit different. According to August 2015 story on Global TV for $1200 per month in Vancouver you can get a 550 square foot basement bachelor apartment. This means that after tax your cost of accommodation will be over 60% of your take-home pay.

It is no wonder that businesses in the hospitality industry have a hard time finding and keeping staff.