I worked in healthcare up until recently. Our executives were constantly spouting those same phrases while cutting staff and benefits to the bone. They never miss a chance to screw their employees. Also we were chronically short staffed but they had us under hiring freezes basically all the time. By the time we could hire again everyone was so burned out most of our hires quit and we were back at square one under a hiring freeze again. It’s not “difficult to staff” it’s difficult to staff when you have to fill 20 positions in 6 weeks or get your openings closed out.
I worked in healthcare up until recently. Our executives were constantly spouting those same phrases while cutting staff and benefits to the bone. They never miss a chance to screw their employees. Also we were chronically short staffed but they had us under hiring freezes basically all the time. By the time we could hire again everyone was so burned out most of our hires quit and we were back at square one under a hiring freeze again. It’s not “difficult to staff” it’s difficult to staff when you have to fill 20 positions in 6 weeks or get your openings closed out.
ohh yeah we’re understaffed, but we’ll be hiring in a month, don’t you worry!
Sounds like IT in a nutshell too unfortunately.