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Thanksgiving is three weeks away. Do you know who's working?
Thanksgiving is three weeks away. Do you know who's working?
NFIB's October jobs report, out yesterday, found that 36% of small business owners still had openings they couldn't fill. Among owners who were hiring or trying to hire, 86% said they had few or no qualified applicants.
That means you probably can't hire your way into a full Black Friday week between now and then. The people who will cover Thanksgiving week are almost certainly the people already on the schedule.
So this week, ask for holiday time off in writing. Pick a deadline, put it on the wall, and mean it. Then build the roster for the days that matter: the Wednesday early close, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Small Business Saturday.
Write down who opens, who closes, and who has the keys and the alarm code. Tell the team which days are closed or short before a customer has to find out at a locked door.
Three weeks is enough time to shuffle coverage. The Tuesday before Thanksgiving is not.
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